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• only do our architects go in there to see if they can work with the developer to what we call value engineer
• only do our architects go in there to see if they can work with the developer to what we call value engineer
• line of sight into developments that cost more than others. ...the developer to what we call value engineer

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• as<01:36:31.520> uh<01:36:32.520> uh<01:36:32.679> as<01:36:32.840> engineer
• <01:36:33.320> La unfunded mandate as uh uh as engineer La unfunded mandate as uh uh as engineer

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 410, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ biennium operating budget. OHA asked for a modest increase over its base budget, including $1.2 million to fund 13 new full-time positions for a strategy and implementation team tied to its long-term plan, with emphasis on housing, education, health, and economic resilience. OHA also described a broader effort to work directly with executive branch departments to improve outcomes for Native Hawaiians. Testimony was largely supportive, with several individuals speaking in favor and one testifier expressing strong frustration about Native Hawaiian rights and access to resources. The chair noted there were 38 additional written/supporting testimonies and three in opposition. Members asked about OHA’s funding sources and public land trust revenues; OHA said it is not receiving the full 20 percent share, described a public land trust working group and system issues, and said a related bill would seek funding to begin an inventory. No vote was taken in the portion provided. The committee then considered House Bill 304, which would make the Hawaiian version of a law binding when the law was originally drafted in Hawaiian and later translated into English. The Judiciary supported the bill, saying it reinforces Hawaiian as an official language and looks to the original language for legislative intent. The Attorney General supported the intent but recommended narrowing the bill with a proviso to avoid ambiguities, limiting it to laws originally drafted in Hawaiian that were not later amended, codified, recodified, or reenacted in English. Public testimony was generally supportive, though one speaker raised broader sovereignty concerns. Members questioned how many laws would be affected and whether the proposed amendment would undercut the bill; the Attorney General said the amendment was meant to address uncertainty in interpretation. No final action was reported. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 603, which would direct OHA to administer a Native Hawaiian business marketing program to promote Native Hawaiian-owned businesses through marketing and technical assistance. OHA supported the concept, saying a label or branding program could help consumers identify and support Native Hawaiian-owned businesses, but requested that funding be redirected to a working group to study program design, implementation, enforcement, and long-term viability. The chair noted four supportive testimonies had been received, and a member asked OHA to confirm that its programs serve all Hawaiians, not only those eligible for homelands; OHA said it serves all Hawaiians in the state. The transcript ends before any vote or further action on HB 603.

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• Teams compete in pit-based challenges and undergo reviews by judges to demonstrate their engineering
• Teams compete in pit-based challenges and undergo reviews by judges to demonstrate their engineering
• Teams compete in pit-based challenges and undergo reviews by judges to demonstrate their engineering
• Teams compete in pit-based challenges and undergo reviews by judges to demonstrate their engineering

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, April 27, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• It also allows for a private right of action, and it is there are clear limitations on the search engines
• rest of the bill does not. are clear limitations on the search are clear limitations on the search engines
• 36.760> held<01:17:37.120> liable<01:17:37.640> for<01:17:37.760> the engines
• that are not held liable for the engines that are not held liable for the content<01:17:38.640> that

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a performance of the national anthem, then established a quorum and approved the previous day’s journal. Members handled routine business including second readings of several Senate files, first readings of House files 5067 through 5073, and messages from the Senate transmitting bills and requesting concurrence on House File 3437 and House File 1410. The House concurred in Senate amendments to HF 3437, a commerce bill with a technical cross-reference correction, and passed it 133-0. It also concurred in Senate amendments to HF 1410, a public safety bill on correctional officer procedures, and passed it 132-2 after members described the changes as clarifying and balanced for labor and management. The chamber then took up House File 3404, which increases penalties for impersonating a peace officer. The bill would raise the base offense from a gross misdemeanor to a felony, create aggravated offenses for impersonation involving unauthorized access, misleading orders, law-enforcement-style vehicles, or possession of a firearm, and add a duty for officers to identify themselves while protecting undercover work. Supporters, including the author and several members, tied the bill to the June 14, 2025 killings and said it was needed to restore public trust and protect both the public and legitimate law enforcement. The House passed HF 3404 134-0 after a moment of silence. The House also passed House File 3155, which closes a loophole in gift card fraud law by allowing prosecution based on the value stored on the card rather than just the plastic card itself. Supporters described organized retail crime schemes in which stolen gift cards are drained after activation and said the bill would help retailers, consumers, and law enforcement. The bill passed 134-0. Senate File 3958, which changes the deadline for a disaster assistance contingency account report from January 15 to January 31, also passed 134-0. Finally, the House considered House File 3875, the judiciary policy bill. An author’s amendment removed a section that had been unintentionally left in the bill, and members then discussed provisions allowing courts more flexibility in publishing notices, streamlining some notification requirements in dissolution cases, and making restitution orders permanent unless rescinded by court order. The transcript cuts off during discussion of the bill, before any final vote is shown.

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• emissions from everything else that's not part of a regulatory process or not part of a vehicle or an engine
• process or not part of a vehicle<02:18:28.440> or<02:18:28.519> an<02:18:28.599> engine
• <02:18:28.960> burning vehicle or an engine burning vehicle or an engine burning gas<02:18

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• But I was lucky enough to get into a magnet school called Brooklyn Tech, and it was a pre-engineering
• called Brooklyn Tech, and it<02:19:22.160> was<02:19:22.240> a<02:19:22.399> pre-engineering
• it was a pre-engineering it was a pre-engineering curriculum<02:19:24.559> where<02:19:25.439

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• This administration has repeatedly turned official channels of communication into engines of disinformation
• 56.320> into official channels of communication into official channels of communication into engines
• engines of disinformation. engines of disinformation.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, January 9, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• which helps prepare Hawaiʻi’s students for fulfilling high-wage careers in science, technology, engineering
• technology, highwage careers in science, technology, highwage careers in science, technology, engineering
• ,<01:51:16.000> and<01:51:16.159> math<01:51:16.560> related engineering, and math
• related engineering, and math related industries.<01:51:17.600> Mahalo.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: This joint informational briefing on Act 310 grants and aid focused on organizations describing how federal funding cuts, Medicaid/SNAP changes, and related policy shifts are affecting their services and budgets. Committee members explained there would be no Q&A, testimony would be limited to one minute, and in-person participants would be heard before Zoom callers. Members repeatedly asked testifiers to identify the amount of federal funding lost or at risk. Testimony came from a wide range of nonprofits and community providers, including Aloha Care, Hawaii Bicycling League, Hawaii Literacy, Hawaii Youth Symphony, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii, the Tsunami Museum, The Kohala Center, West Hawaii Community Health Center, West Hawaii Region Hospital Foundation, Sounding Joy Music Therapy, Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii, Dynamic Community Solutions, Feeding Hawaii Together, Girl Scouts of Hawaii, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, Hawaii Youth Services Network, Hawaiian Lending and Investments, Homana, Honolulu Theatre for the Youth, Kids Hurt Too Hawaii, and Kokua Kalihi Valley. Most described reduced or threatened federal support and requested state funding to maintain services such as health care access, food security, disaster preparedness, literacy and digital inclusion, youth mentoring, arts education, housing, and climate or agricultural resilience. Several speakers emphasized direct impacts on vulnerable populations, including kūpuna, low-income families, immigrants, homeless youth, and people with disabilities. Requests ranged from relatively small planning or program grants to multi-million-dollar stabilization asks, with some organizations citing specific losses such as reduced Medicaid or USDA funding, canceled EPA or FEMA support, or expiring federal grants. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the briefing.

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• The Architectural and Engineering Board is $43,000.
• The, uh, the<01:38:19.520> architectural<01:38:20.080> and<01:38:20.239> engineering
• <01:38:20.639> board the architectural and engineering board the architectural and engineering

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• You know, I'm looking at since time period when I get into this business, we now have engineered seeds
• You know, I'm looking at since time period when I get into this business, we now have engineered seeds
• You know, I'm looking at since time period when I get into this business, we now have engineered seeds
• You know, I'm looking at since time period when I get into this business, we now have engineered seeds

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• knew that, that. employment or even careers in this industry when it comes to science, technology, engineering
• Um, or for example, right now we're working with DFPS on some of their business process. re-engineering
• And so seeing it from the user perspective upwards can help you re-engineer the system to significantly
• I'm a grand- I'm Perrin, a retired professional engineer and business executive and a 30-year volunteer

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• media company should be treated, or their app should be treated, as defective products for being engineered
• being a problem, young people then are going to gravitate to these chatbots, which are specifically engineered
• are to these chat bots which are to these chat bots which are specifically<02:15:41.280> engineered
• <02:15:42.480> and<02:15:42.880> optimized specifically engineered and optimized specifically
• engineered and optimized to<02:15:45.920> take<02:15:46.239> advantage<02:15:46.960>

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened under call, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then took the roll, establishing a quorum. The chamber received a House message announcing passage of Senate File 3720, a workers’ compensation bill adopting 2026 recommendations of the Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council, and then moved through routine author changes and motions, including sending House File 3825 to the Finance Committee and advancing House File 3298, which was described as funding the removal and replacement of underground tanks to protect water supplies. A major floor item was Senate File 4282, the education forecast-adjustment bill. Senator Kunish explained that the conference committee updated appropriations to reflect forecast changes, added language on highly qualified paraprofessionals for Title I special education, provided tribal contract aid if a permanent school fund amendment passes, allowed districts to use operating capital for utility costs, extended grants for gender-neutral bathrooms, and made two school district fund transfers. The Senate adopted the conference report and passed the bill 34-33. The Senate then considered House File 3489, which would establish a felony offense of grooming, require reporting to licensing boards, update school and mandated reporter rules, and add funding for investigators. Supporters framed it as a child-protection measure based on a survivor’s testimony and a teacher-abuse case; one member also spoke in favor, while another offered a strongly partisan critique of public education. The Senate adopted the A11 amendment, gave the bill third reading, and passed it 66-0, then recessed briefly to honor guests in the gallery. After recess, the Senate took up House File 5074, the annual claims settlement bill. Senator Clark said it appropriates just over $5.1 million for claims including exoneration payments and a permanent injury claim, highlighting compensation for James Lamar Davis, Clayton Douglas Groves, and Marvin Haynes. The bill drew some debate over the Haynes payment and the calculation for an ankle injury claim, but it ultimately passed 64-2. The final item was House File 4074, the 2026 omnibus pension bill, described as improving public safety and other public employee retirement benefits, removing a COLA delay, creating work groups on duty disability, and addressing pension provisions for probation officers, 911 telecommunicators, St. Paul teachers, and other groups; the discussion was underway when the transcript ended.

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• We're also doing the reverse, which is the value engineering proposition, in order to bring projects
• Together they managed the coordination between FEMA, Army Corps of Engineers, EPA, uh work that's way
• 40.000> of coordination between FEMA, Army Corps of coordination between FEMA, Army Corps of Engineers
• 41.920> work<01:57:42.159> that's<01:57:42.800> way<01:57:43.040> far Engineers
• , EPA, uh work that's way far Engineers, EPA, uh work that's way far beyond<01:57:43.679> the<

Bills: SB2613, SB2147

Keywords: public school land transfer, Department of Education, DOE, land conveyance, fee simple title, tax map key, TMK, Act 307, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, Act 139, Board of Land and Natural Resources, BLNR, Department of Land and Natural Resources, DLNR, Kauai, Maui, Honolulu, Kaimuki Middle School, Wilcox Elementary School, school property

Summary: The committee heard SB 2613, a cleanup bill relating to public school land transfers under Act 307 (2022), which revises tax map key references and the conveyance process for properties transferred to the Department of Education. The Hawaii State Public Library System supported the measure, saying it would complete the long-unfinished separation of the library system from DOE property control and make future building projects more efficient and cost-effective. DOE also supported the bill and requested an amendment to remove TMK 43-62 parcel 10, the Wilcox Elementary School parcel, so that it could instead be transferred to the county for use with the adjacent park and tennis courts. Members focused heavily on why land transfers and construction approvals have been slow, especially the need for right-of-entry documents and an MOA for a library construction project. Library and DOE witnesses said the delays stemmed from site-control issues and confusion over property status, and that the bill would clarify which parcels are transferred by operation of law and remove the need for additional transactional documents in many cases. Several members questioned whether the bill actually changes authority or simply clarifies existing practice, and DOE said it wanted legislative clarity so the transfers are unmistakably effective on a date certain. The committee also discussed a separate section of the bill dealing with public use of school facilities after hours, including parking fees on property under DOE jurisdiction. DOE explained that any parking charges would apply only to property it controls, not county roads, and that fees are set through existing facility-use procedures. Members raised concerns about the pace of land transfers generally and urged DOE to move more expeditiously on pending parcels. The hearing then moved on to SB 2147, which would designate the first Friday in February as Love My Library Day; the library system testified in support as the committee began that measure.

Transcript Highlights:

• >> Out of 10, you can't get more than... now it's more like bio bio engineering now it's more like bio
• bio engineering biotech<03:52:33.199> and<03:52:33.359> stuff<03:52:33.520> like
• ><04:05:54.080> uh companies whether it's uh bio u uh companies whether it's uh bio u uh engineering
• 05:55.279> forth<04:05:55.760> a<04:05:55.920> lot<04:05:56.080> of engineering
• and so forth a lot of engineering and so forth a lot of potential<04:05:57.279> and<04:05:57.600

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• And as an aside, most if not all planning boards have staff in that they have counsel and usually engineering
• And as an aside, most if not all planning boards have staff in that they have counsel and usually engineering
• that they have uh council<06:01:27.920> and<06:01:28.400> usually<06:01:29.040> engineering
• <06:01:29.760> on<06:01:30.000> a council and usually engineering on a council and
• usually engineering on a development<06:01:31.200> and<06:01:31.440> I<06:01:31.760>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• If you have your search engine, look up AI review of congressional speeches.
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Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• not something that we would say to those other seasonal workers, those carpenters, those operating engineers
• not something that we would say to those other seasonal workers, those carpenters, those operating engineers
• not something that we would say to those other seasonal workers, those carpenters, those operating engineers
• workers, those carpenters,<03:16:41.439> those<03:16:41.680> operating<03:16:42.279> engineers
• , carpenters, those operating engineers, carpenters, those operating engineers, those those those

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The small day child care providers are being social engineered out of business by the government.
• The small day child care providers are being social engineered out of business by the government.
• The small day child care providers are being social engineered out of business by the government.
• The small day child care providers are being social engineered out of business by the government.
• The small day child care providers are being social engineered out of business by the government.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• this and, of course, with the influx of money that we've had, they're having trouble even getting engineers
• When I talked with the Association of Engineers this past summer, one of their issues was they, you know
• When I talked with the Association of Engineers this past summer, one of their issues was they, you know
• When I talked with the Association of Engineers this past summer, one of their issues was they, you know
• Association of Engineers this past Association of Engineers this past summer,<00:28:18.080> one

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 10 February, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, received an invocation from Dr. Denise Pope, and led the pledge of allegiance. The body then dispensed with the reading of the journal, committee reports, and bill titles. Several guests were introduced, including the doctor of the day, student pages, Carthage Christian Academy, Mississippi Valley State University visitors, the University of Southern Mississippi’s DuBard School and related programs, and members of the Mississippi Association of Nurse Anesthetists. The Senate took up Senate Bill 2896, which revises the Department of Public Safety salary schedule for MHP and MBN officers. Senator Hopson explained it as the vehicle for possible pay raises for troopers, NBI, and MBN officers, and the chamber adopted the committee substitute and passed the bill by morning roll call. The Senate also passed Senate Bill 2917, a recurring appropriations cleanup measure; its main change would allow Mississippi Valley State University to use previously designated dormitory funds for repair and renovation instead. A reverse repealer amendment was adopted before final passage by morning roll call. Senate Bill 2825, the Mississippi Health Care Industry Zone Act, was then considered. Senator Harkins said the bill extends the repealer for the health care industry zone incentive program to 2028 and noted the program has generated significant investment and jobs statewide. An amendment requested by the Mississippi Development Authority was adopted to revise eligibility language, including replacing a CON requirement with a requirement that a hospital have at least 25 acute care beds and deleting a section under current law. The bill then passed by morning roll call. Finally, the Senate considered Senate Bill 2894 on local improvement projects and the return of unexpended funds and earned interest. Senator Harkins explained that the bill would require older local improvement project funds to be returned if projects were not moving forward, require reporting to DFA and the Legislative Budget Office, allow audits, and permit limited extensions, while also withholding a portion of other state distributions for noncompliance. Senators raised concerns about projects that are already obligated or delayed by workforce and engineering constraints, and Harkins said the bill would be refined with a reverse repealer to work with LBO and avoid disrupting active projects. The bill was discussed but not finally disposed of in the portion of the transcript provided.

Keywords: 1189, house, all