Video & Transcript Research : 'Senate Concurrent Resolution 5'
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Gun Violence Prevention Working Group Media Availability - 09/15/25
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> Senator, there hasn't been the votes to do this even when the Democrats controlled the House, Senate
- There was a few of them that didn't, you know, that's why you guys couldn't pass it out of the Senate
- There was a few of them that didn't, you know, that's why you guys couldn't pass it out of the Senate
- Do you think that the Senate would have a vote on this even if it were to fail for the reasons that at
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about >> Is Senator Hoffman's proposal about >> Is Senator Hoffman's
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Gun Violence Prevention Working Group - 09/15/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Joint Legislative Budget Commission Sep 12th, 2025
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- THE SUMMER FROM THE STATE AGENCIES, FROM THE ESTIMATING CONFERENCES, FROM EDR, FROM THE HOUSE AND SENATE
- BUT WE EXPECT FIVE ADDITIONAL YEARS OF GROWTH ABOVE 5% WHICH IS BUT WE EXPECT FIVE ADDITIONAL YEARS OF
- GROWTH ABOVE 5% WHICH IS STRONG.
- SENATOR BOYD, I'M GOING TO PICK YOU FIRST.
- SENATOR BOYD YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Sen.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Tribal Flag Plaza Dedication Ceremony Sep 11th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
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- Kate Bean, Representative Cleorne, Representative Schultz, Senator Cleorne, Representative Schultz, Senator
- Cleorne, Representative Schultz, Senator Cleorne, Representative Schultz, Senator Papus,<00:04:11.599
- > Papus, Senator Nelson, James Garrett, Papus, Senator Nelson, James Garrett, Hannah<00:04:14.319>
- Kate Bean, Representative Isaac Schultz, Representative Jenny Cleorne, Senator Sandy Papis, Senator Carla
- Sandy Papis, Senator Cleorne, Senator Sandy Papis, Senator Carla<00:23:46.880>
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MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Minnesota Senate Internship Program: Teresa Hernandez Sep 10th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate internships aren't only for people interested in partisan politics.
- And so when I was interested in applying to the Minnesota Senate, I was particularly interested in positions
- So instead of choosing a side, she chose a seat in the nonpartisan Senate Council Research and Fiscal
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on However, some of the tasks I've taken on include, you know, working with senators - of work better together, which was really important for the process and for progress here in the Senate
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Press Conference: DFL Media Availability on Federal Impacts - 09/09/25
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, I am here, Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy.
- Senator Coopek will be the vice chair.
- Mann, Senator Muade, and Senator Dibble, Senator Jordan Rasmusson, Senator Kuran, Senator Aki from the
- I've added Senator Rust and Senator Marty, the chairs of taxes and finance as ex officio members.
- >> You know, we have, I've had conversations with Senator Klobuchar's office, Senator Smith's office.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Minnesota Raises Flags of new Tribal Plaza During Dedication Ceremony at State Capitol Sep 9th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Addressing Challenges and Concerns for EMS Workers - 09/04/25
Transcript Highlights:
- My name is Senator Judy Seeberger. I represent District 41 in the East Metro.
- Uh, as the senator said, I am Representative John Huitt.
- So, um, the senator is exactly right that we have to look at a global picture.
- So anyways, um um um the<00:19:25.280>
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this.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Sep 2nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Flores, Senator Betancourt, Senator Blanco, Senator Campbell.
- Senator Hinojosa, Senator Kolkhorst, and seven. Quorum is present.
- With that, I recognize Senator Nichols on HB27. Senator Menendez is present.
- Senator Swerdner?
- So, Senator Perry.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This is the House companion to Senator King's bill.
- Thank you, Senator Gainey. Any questions for the author? Senator?
- Senator King is recognized to tell us about the substitute.
- Senator Paxton moves that House Bill 15, as substituted, be reported to the full Senate with the recommendation
- All right, Senator Hughes moves that we report House Bill 7 favorably to the whole Senate.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota Senate Internship Program: Taylor Lundin Aug 28th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- But as the next intern in our series found out, there's still a lot you can learn from a Senate internship
- I wasn't sure exactly what I expected the Senate to be like.
- knowledge, it impacted her personally as well. >> I was really excited when I got the offer from Senator
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota Senate Internship Program: Muthu Meenakshisundaram Aug 27th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Every year, the Minnesota Senate offers an internship program, which is open to everyone 18 and up.
- about the right policies, persuasion. >> And while spending a semester in and around Minnesota's Senate
- Being able to intern here in the Senate has given me a lot of freedom to contribute to the work of the
- It's the senator, the legislative assistant, and then you, the intern.
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assistant, the senator, the legislative assistant, the senator, the legislative assistant
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Restrictive Housing Legislative Working Group 08-21-2025
Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So I'm Brandon Elefante, and I chair the Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs in the Senate
- So I'm Brandon Elefante, and I chair the Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs in the Senate
- >> Carl<00:03:18.640>
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- creation of a web page that the Senate creation of a web page that the Senate is<00:19:36.080>
Summary:
The Restrictive Housing Legislative Working Group held its first meeting on August 21, 2025, to organize under Act 292, which directs the group to review and recommend laws, policies, and procedures on restrictive housing for vulnerable populations, including older adults, people with disabilities, people with serious mental illness, those with sensory impairments, and people perceived to be LGBTQIA+. Co-chairs Sen. Brandon Elefante and Rep. Della Au Belatti outlined the group’s purpose, membership, and timeline, noting the final recommendations are due to the Legislature by January 8, 2027. Members and invited participants introduced themselves, including legislative members, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation staff, the Department of Health, the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission, ACLU of Hawaii, Community Alliance on Prisons, UPW, and an OHA representative in the audience.
The working group discussed its initial focus and agreed that a first priority should be understanding current restrictive housing practices at DCR, including policies on solitary confinement, training, reporting, and how the department currently handles vulnerable populations. Co-chair Belatti said the group should also hear from people with lived experience, including incarcerated individuals and family members affected by solitary confinement, and review litigation, settlements, and outside expert work on best practices. DCR Director Tommy Johnson, appearing by Zoom, said the bill contains specific implementation timelines and that the group should use future meetings to surface topics tied to the act’s requirements. Rep. Shimizu asked how the working group’s recommendations would fit with SB 104 and whether they would supersede existing provisions; Belatti responded that the act allows time for review and for both departmental policy changes and legislative recommendations, with section two’s implementation date set for July 1, 2026.
Public comment was limited, with no online testimony. An OHA representative thanked the chairs and said the office looked forward to participating once formally designated. House legislative attorney Sean Aronson suggested the group should hear about any outside or court-mandated oversight of DCR in a future presentation. A member of the working group also asked about scheduling an in-person visit to a correctional facility, and the chairs said that could be arranged with DCR. The group tentatively scheduled its next meeting for October 16, 2025 at 9:30 a.m., noted that September would be skipped, and discussed holding future meetings on third Thursdays. The meeting ended with thanks to staff and adjournment.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting Aug 21st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator King? Here. Senator Gray? Senator Alvarado? Here. Senator Hinojosa? Here. Senator Hughes?
- Senator Parker? Here. Senator Paxson? Senator Sparks? Here. Eight present.
- Thank you, Senator Hinojosa. Senator Miles, you're recognized. Thank you, sir.
- Senator Alvarado. No. Senator Hinojosa. No. No. Senator Hughes? Yes. Senator Miles?
- Senator Parker, Senator Paxson, Senator Sparks, Senator Creighton? Aye. Senator Akin? Aye.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Aug 20th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Betancourt. Senator Blanco. Here. Senator Campbell. Senator Hinojosa. Senator Kolkhorst.
- Senator Menendez. Senator Schwartner. There have been seven present; a quorum is established.
- I recognize Senator Perry to lay out Senate Bill 1.
- Senator Bettencourt is present. Members, any questions? Senator Kolkhorst.
- Senator Perry?
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting Aug 17th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Keene? Here. Senator Creighton? Senator Alvarado? Senator Henderson? Senator Hues?
- Senator Miles? Senator Parker? Senator Paxton.
- Senator Alvarado. Senator Hinojosa, aye. Senator Hughes, yes. Senator Miles, aye. Senator Parker.
- Senator Paxton. Senator Sparks. Senator Creighton. Senator King.
- Senator Parker? Aye. Senator Paxson? Aye. Senator Jackson? Aye. Senator Sparks? Aye.
HI
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- Um were told that the deadline was 5:00.
- When—oh, go ahead, Senator.
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Summary:
The Judiciary Committee held an informational briefing on the State of Hawaii’s affirmative litigation against the federal administration, with no public testimony. Attorney General Lopez and deputies said the office’s goal is to enforce the rule of law, not make partisan points, and noted that Hawaii is involved in 27 ongoing cases. They grouped the cases into four broad areas: immigration, funding freezes and grant terminations, federal agency dismantling/reductions in force, and protecting elections, health, and safety.
Several immigration-related cases were discussed in detail. These included a challenge to the federal sharing of Medicaid data with DHS for immigration enforcement, a similar challenge to USDA’s demand for SNAP applicant and recipient data, and litigation over immigration-enforcement conditions attached to federal grants. The office also described the birthright citizenship executive order, saying it conflicts with the 14th Amendment and Supreme Court precedent; lower courts granted preliminary relief, and the U.S. Supreme Court later addressed only the scope of nationwide injunctions, not the merits. In the Department of Transportation case, the court granted a preliminary injunction against the “Duffy directive,” finding the immigration conditions lacked statutory authority, were arbitrary and capricious, and violated the Spending Clause and APA.
The briefing also covered multiple funding disputes. In the education funding freeze case, the Department of Education and OMB withheld about $6 billion in formula funds, including roughly $33 million for Hawaii; after suit was filed, the funds were released. Other cases included the termination of over $11 billion in public health grants, which affected Hawaii Department of Health grants, the NIH indirect cost cap case, and NIH grant terminations tied to DEI, transgender issues, and vaccine hesitancy. The speakers said some cases have already resulted in preliminary or permanent injunctions, while others remain on appeal or are still being litigated.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Seclusion in Minnesota Schools: A new working group evaluates the procedure Aug 15th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- When it comes to seclusion, Senator Judy Seeberger and her son were introduced to the restrictive procedure
- The next meeting is Wednesday, September 17th, and you can watch it live or later on our Senate Media
- That's MN Senate Media. part of schools or is it really that part of schools or is it really that there's
- watch it live or later on our Senate watch it live or later on our Senate Media<00:02:43.599>
- That's MN Senate Media YouTube channel. That's MN Senate Media.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Seclusion Working Group - 08/13/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- My name is Senator Judy Seabberger.
- Thank you, Senator. Uh like I >> All right. Thank you, Senator.
- Thank you, Senator.
- Two members of the Senate, one appointed by the Senate Majority Leader and one appointed by the Senate
- by the Senate the Senate, one appointed by the Senate Majority<00:27:53.760>
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TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Aug 8th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Betancourt. Present. Senator Blanco. Here. Senator Campbell. Present. Senator Hinojosa.
- Senator Menendez, Senator Schwartner. Mr.
- Senate Bill 2, committee substitute Senate Bill 2.
- Thank you, Senator Bettencourt; you are my senator.
- Senator Perry moves that Senate...