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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, September 17, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Speaker, the central issue at hand right now is health care. Let me repeat it. It is health care.
- >> Mr.<07:18:47.120>
Speaker, <07:18:47.520>the <07:18:47.760>central <07:18 - Speaker, the central issue at hand >> Mr.
- You know, my Republican friends are doing nothing to address the central issue that is at hand right
- You know, my Republican friends are doing nothing to address the central issue that is at hand right
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So are there anything to help bring all of those resources kind of centralized for folks who may not
- So one of the challenges that we face is our clinics are focused mainly in the central urban area.
- So those are our two hospitals: one central, one far northeast.
- This committee has been central to all these policy conversations.
- So here in the Austin region, we have started the Central Texas Healthcare Partnership.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, February 3, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Last week, South Central Kentucky experienced a catastrophic snow and ice storm that left many thousands
- Last week, South Central<04:37:21.359>
Kentucky <04:37:21.840>experienced <04:37:22.400> a Central Kentucky experienced a Central Kentucky experienced a catastrophic<04:37:24.080>- Across Central New York and the Mohawk Valley, people are worried, and they have every reason to be.
- This affordability crisis isn't just hitting hardworking families across central New York and the Mohawk
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Commission to Study Stable Tokens (01/14/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, stable tokens are really a central piece of the work that we’re doing at Anchorage Digital, and we
- Stable tokens are a central piece of the central focus for us at Anchorage Digital and a big part of
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of <00:18:36.240>uh <00:18:36.320>the <00:18:36.720>central are - a central piece of uh the central are a central piece of uh the central focus<00:18:37.360>
for - So I have seen both the centralized and more decentralized and tech-heavy sides of this industry.
Summary:
The commission met to review stable tokens, real-world asset tokenization, and blockchain-based trust, approved the agenda and December 12 minutes, and heard a presentation from Anchorage Digital after postponing a planned Bitco presentation because of its IPO quiet period. Anchorage’s Melinda Delos, Joe Mioli, and Kevin Wasaki introduced the firm, describing it as a global digital assets platform and the first crypto-native institution in the U.S. to receive a federal banking charter. They said their approach emphasizes security, regulated custody and trading services, and responsible innovation for institutional clients, banks, states, and sovereigns.
The presentation focused on post-Genius Act momentum in the stablecoin market. Anchorage said the law provided regulatory clarity and helped spur activity with major clients, including Athena, Tether, and Western Union. The speakers highlighted Western Union’s planned stablecoin as especially significant because it reflects adoption by a long-established traditional payments company, and they said the project illustrates how stablecoins can support programmable, real-time, interoperable payments. They also noted that Anchorage is providing issuance infrastructure for the Western Union project.
The commission and presenters also discussed government uses of tokenized assets, including reserve legislation, digital assets for tax collection and fees, and a Marshall Islands initiative to use a tokenized sovereign bond for direct citizen payments. In response to a question, Anchorage said it would follow up on which states are using digital assets for revenue collection, mentioning Louisiana and Pennsylvania as examples. The banking discussion centered on remittances, instant payments, and interbank settlement, with Anchorage arguing that stablecoins can reduce settlement time, fees, and foreign exchange risk while improving traceability and auditability.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- We have over the last few years seen the state come in and use their central planning powers to mandate
- planning powers to mandate central planning powers to mandate uh<00:12:35.279>
zonings <00:12: - <00:19:07.360>
planned <00:19:07.679>mandates of state centrally planned mandates of - state centrally planned mandates bordering<00:19:09.760>
on <00:19:10.160>communistic < - and that is the one-sizefits-all central and that is the one-sizefits-all central planning<02:32
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, July 3, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Laura lives in the Central Valley of California, an area of the country with the highest concentration
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valley Laura lives in the central valley Laura lives in the central valley - I'm a 57-year-old man living in central Minnesota.
- Brooklyn, $3.35 an hour, coming of age in the middle of the crack cocaine epidemic in central Brooklyn
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Brooklyn, <04:49:49.520>$3.35 central Brooklyn, $3.35 central Brooklyn,
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, September 4, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- aim to promote national central aim to promote national security,<00:44:55.200>
energy <00:44: - Shasta is the largest reservoir in California and the primary source of the Central Valley Project.
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valley primary source of the central valley primary source of the central valley
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division III (03/03/2025)
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process basically we have a centralized process basically we have a centralized - This is an external contracted vendor call center that basically answers calls into a central location
- So this New Heights team, essentially, I like to refer to as the central nervous system of the division
Summary:
The committee held a Division 3 budget work session focused on the Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Economic Stability. Karen Hebert, the division director, and Nathan White, DHHS chief financial officer, walked members through the governor’s operating budget pages and a briefing book, explaining that the division was consolidated in 2018 and serves programs aimed at financial stability, poverty reduction, child care access, and related supports. Members repeatedly asked for clearer breakdowns of general fund spending, historical growth since consolidation, and how the division’s broad mission areas map onto specific budget lines.
A major portion of the discussion centered on the Bureau of Child Development and Head Start collaboration and the child care subsidy program. Hebert said the child care scholarship/subsidy helps low- and moderate-income families access daycare so parents can work, attend school, or receive treatment, and that eligibility is based on state median income up to 85%. She reported a 45% increase in utilization, 4,032 children receiving daycare support as of the end of January, and about 15% of eligible children being served. She also described the quality improvement system “Granite Steps for Quality,” with 160 providers enrolled out of 717 licensed programs, and noted that 1,200 child care professionals added credentials in the last year.
Members pressed for cost-benefit information, asking for data on how much the state pays, how many providers and children are served, and whether the department could quantify unmet need. The witnesses said some projects were funded with short-term ARPA child care dollars and that detailed cost data for specific examples, such as the Gorm Community Learning Center expansion, would need to be looked up. They also explained that the child care fund is a federal block grant with required spending set-asides of 9% for quality, 3% for infants and toddlers, and up to 5% for administration, and that unused funds remain available. The committee also reviewed slide 10’s accounting units, including that the Child Care Workforce Fund is 100% general funds and was created as a priority item under HB 2 from the 2024 session, while some other child care-related units are 100% federal funds.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (02/24/2026)
Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
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African um ibeane comes from a central African um ibeane comes from a central - It's a... it's, as I said at the very top, it's from a central African shrub.
- It's from a central African shrub. It's only found in Africa.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division I (01/22/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- The restaurant, for example, you and I pay the tax when we go, but the collection is centralized with
- tax, that's collected at the county level and then remitted to the state, so those sort of more centralized
- The restaurant, for example, you and I pay the tax when we go, but the collection is centralized with
- tax, that's collected at the county level and then remitted to the state, so those sort of more centralized
- They keep a very significant database of plants, as well as rare, threatened, or endangered animal species
Summary:
New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority officials, led by Executive Director Rob Dapice, briefed legislators on the agency’s structure and funding. They explained that the authority is created by state law but is not a state agency, its debt is not state debt, and it is governed by a board appointed by the governor and approved by the Executive Council. The discussion focused on the Affordable Housing Fund and the lead paint hazard remediation fund, including how state appropriations and federal resources are combined to finance affordable rental housing and lead abatement work.
Dapice said the Affordable Housing Fund is used as gap financing for multifamily affordable housing projects, typically alongside federal tax credits and tax-exempt bonds, and that state dollars leverage roughly 2:1 to 10:1 in additional federal and private investment, averaging about 4:1. He said the fund has received historic appropriations in recent budgets, including $30 million over the last two biennial budgets and an annual $5 million set-aside from the real estate transfer tax. He also said the fund is usually structured as 0% interest, deferred loans rather than grants, with repayments returning to the fund if projects generate cash flow.
Members asked about rents, oversight, staffing, revenues, and whether the programs had added positions. Dapice said affordability restrictions generally last 30 to 99 years, rents are tied to income limits and capped so tenants pay no more than 30% of income, and compliance staff inspect properties regularly to verify income eligibility and rent limits. He said the organization has about 130 to 135 employees, down from about 145, with no new positions added because of the appropriations. He estimated total revenues at roughly $300 million, with administrative budget around $22 million, much of it pass-through grant money.
On lead paint remediation, he said the state first appropriated $6 million in 2019, plus $1 million in ARPA funds, and that the program has cleared more than 500 units. He said the federal grant program is not annual or predictable, with a recent award of about $7.75 million, and that the maximum federal grant per unit is $177,000, typically paired with up to $100,000 in state loan support. He also noted that the program can address homes before a child is poisoned if lead hazards are identified, but that cases involving an already exposed child are a higher priority. No votes or formal actions were taken.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
FIN Info Briefing - Fri Jan 16, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- An increased ceiling for central services assessments payments as CSA paid out by the department has
- An increased ceiling for central services assessments payments as CSA paid out by the department has
- An increased ceiling for central An increased ceiling for central services<00:18:50.160>
assessments - They don't have centralized locations for facilities or warehouses.
- They don't have centralized equipment.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 03/03/26
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- 200 communities across southwest and 200 communities across southwest and south<01:10:01.199>
central - We have offices south central Minnesota.
- for her home in partnership with Habitat for Humanity<01:43:10.639>
South <01:43:10.880>Central - <01:43:12.159>
She Humanity South Central Minnesota. - She Humanity South Central Minnesota.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, March 3, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And perhaps most dangerously, they want to destroy the central ingredient of our democracy: our hope
- And perhaps most dangerously, they want to destroy the central ingredient of our democracy: our hope
- And perhaps most dangerously, they want to destroy the central ingredient of our democracy: our hope
- And perhaps most dangerously, they want to destroy the central ingredient of our democracy: our hope
- Growing Places is building a regional food system in North Central Massachusetts.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- "Central to our approach is the Compass Minnesota MTSS attendance guidebook, released October 31st last
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the <00:15:47.040>Compass Central to our approach is the Compass
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/11/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- The central sculpture will be a focal point, surrounded by a stunning arrangement of Sentinel Stones
- The central raised podium is inscribed, 'War ravages the world around it, yet the spirit of service,
- emotion and reflection the central emotion and reflection the central raised<00:46:44.680>
Podium - And we hope that we're going to do something really strong and impressive as a downtown central fine
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Fine impressive as a downtown central Fine impressive as a downtown central
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 02/06/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm the director of Perham Area EMS, and I'm also the board chair for what we're calling the West Central
- I'm the director of Perham Area EMS, and I'm also the board chair for what we're calling the West Central
- In Otter Tail and Grant counties, which are in west-central Minnesota, we are the home to nine different
- In Otter Tail and Grant counties, which are in west-central Minnesota, we are the home to nine different
- rural location so that you're a central rural location so that you're spread<01:09:03.640>
out
Summary:
The Health and Human Services Finance and Policy Committee met on February 6, 2025, for an update on emergency medical services (EMS) policy and implementation. Senator Seberger described the work of the EMS Task Force, which traveled statewide to hear concerns from providers about staffing, reimbursement, and retention. She said the task force led to the Sprint Medic model and two innovation zones in Otter Tail and St. Louis counties, and she urged continued monitoring and possible reconstitution of the task force to evaluate what is working and what could be expanded statewide. She also said future EMS work should continue to explore alternative response models and telemedicine, but that the most immediate need is additional funding, especially to address unpaid non-transport calls.
Dylan Ferguson, director of the newly formed Minnesota Office of Emergency Medical Services, gave a detailed update on the office’s structure and priorities after the transition from the Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board. He described the office’s three divisions, the appointment of deputy directors, the first meetings of the advisory councils, and work on a statewide EMS strategic plan. He also reviewed the $24 million emergency ambulance aid program, explaining its 40-40-20 formula, the emphasis on rural services, the reporting and spending deadlines, and the positive response from ambulance providers. He noted that the $6 million Sprint paramedic grant program is underway, with Otter Tail County moving forward and St. Louis County still finalizing its application.
Ferguson also outlined the office’s budget request for modest staffing and contract-cost increases, two rulemaking efforts to update outdated ambulance vehicle standards and expand medication options for basic life support services, and ongoing data collection on workforce needs, violence against EMS providers, and ambulance crashes. He highlighted the paramedic scholarship program administered by the Office of Higher Education, saying nearly 300 scholarships have been awarded. Members and Senator Seberger praised the EMS reforms and emphasized that non-transport calls create significant unreimbursed costs, especially for rural and volunteer services, but no votes or formal committee actions were taken during the meeting.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Schools and so when I look at Central Schools and so when I look at our<01:03:55.920>
situation - Certainly, academic growth is central to what we do in our schools, but I imagine that most of us would
- Certainly, academic growth is central to what we do in our schools, but I imagine that most of us would
- Thank you, Chair Kunesh and members of this committee. academic growth is Central to what we do academic
- growth is Central to what we do in<01:28:41.239>
our <01:28:41.600>schools <01:28:42.600
Summary:
The Education Finance Committee met on February 5, 2025, to hear testimony from representatives of Minnesota’s Catholic and other nonpublic schools, focused on state nonpublic pupil aid, transportation, counseling, nursing, and related support programs. Meg Forette of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis argued that Catholic schools serve more than 30,000 students across many districts, educate a diverse population, and achieve strong academic results while operating at far lower per-student costs than public schools. She urged lawmakers to reject proposed cuts to nonpublic funding, saying they would be inequitable and harmful to lower-income families, and also raised concerns about state teacher-licensing requirements conflicting with Catholic values.
Trisha Menshu, principal of St. John Paul II Catholic School in Northeast Minneapolis, described a student body with high levels of poverty, learning needs, and academic gaps, and said state-funded nurse and guidance-counseling services are essential to keeping students safe, healthy, and on track for high school. She said the school absorbs many costs itself, including medical supplies and significant staff time, and credited the support programs with helping students make strong academic growth and graduate on time. In response to a senator’s question, she clarified that the school uses the nursing aid for limited nurse time and pays other medical-related costs from operating funds, with no billing back to public school districts.
Committee members asked follow-up questions about the relationship between teacher licensing and Catholic values, and about how medical needs for nonpublic students are funded. Forette said the concern was not with welcoming all students but with how DEI-related trainings and language are presented in ways that conflict with Catholic teaching. The committee then moved on to the next testifier, Andrew Hiliker of Stella Maris Academy in Duluth, who began by describing his school’s growth and the state’s role in supporting all students, regardless of school choice.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Joseph, which is central Minnesota.
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the due to the proximity of I-94 and the due to the proximity of I-94 and the Central - Central Minnesota economic corridor. Central Minnesota economic corridor.
- Joseph, but also to Central Minnesota, the surrounding farm towns that are around there, and that everyone
- Joseph, but also to Central Minnesota, the surrounding farm towns that are around there, and that everyone
Bills:
HF4710, HF4055, HF3848, HF3989, HF4599, HF3767, HF3592, HF3575, HF3574, HF3543, HF4606, HF4489, HF3891, HF3438, HF3811, HF3400
Keywords:
capital investment, water infrastructure, sewer systems, public funding, municipal development, Eveleth, wastewater treatment, state bonds, environmental compliance, infrastructure, bonds, economic development, local government, transportation, intersection improvements, Lake Elmo, HF4599, St. Joseph, Minnesota bonding bill, bond proceeds fund
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Vertical integration allows centralized management to deploy anti-union... controls multiple parts of
- Vertical integration<00:05:40.080>
allows <00:05:40.560>centralized integration allows - centralized integration allows centralized management<00:05:41.680>
to <00:05:41.840>to - And that work was done by South Central Minnesota Food Recovery.
- I think the CFS Central Farm Service is the name of the co-op that we're trying to work with, and a lot
Keywords:
agriculture, livestock, retailers, ownership interest, exclusive contracts, meat packing companies, dominant retailers, state law, Department of Agriculture, appropriation, funding, agriculture policy, state budget, animal welfare, cat declawing, animal cruelty, therapeutic procedures, civil penalties, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, aquatic life
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- members of the Maryland Federation of Republican Women joining us today from Western Maryland, from Central
- joining us today from Western<00:06:55.120>
Maryland, <00:06:56.080>from <00:06:56.400>Central - <00:06:56.880>
Maryland Western Maryland, from Central Maryland Western Maryland, from Central - It's basically instead of having one central repository, that fingerprint's shared around the world.
- I'm trying to do my best to explain it." central repository, that fingerprint's central repository, that
Summary:
The Senate convened with an invocation, journalized the prayer, and recognized Read Across America Day with a special resolution congratulating the Maryland State Education Association on the program’s 28th anniversary. Senators also welcomed several guests and student groups, including Eleanor Roosevelt High School students, Maryland Federation of Republican Women members for Red Scarf Day, medical shadows from Johns Hopkins, a student page prospect, and a group from Matthew Henson Elementary School.
The chamber then took up multiple Finance Committee consent calendars and individual local alcohol-related bills, all of which were reported favorably, adopted without objection, and ordered printed for third reading. Measures included changes to alcohol license fee refunds for uniformed service members, Anne Arundel County license classifications and compensation for liquor board officials, a Baltimore City racetrack license extension, a Cecil County license quota change, and new or expanded licenses for golf courses, sports venues, and barber shop/beauty salon establishments. The Senate also advanced bills on social work licensing, a rural readiness economic development program, a Maryland-Ireland Trade Commission extension, peer-to-peer car sharing insurance rules, telematics-based auto insurance disclosures and appeals, and veteran status notation on public profiles.
Several bills were amended before being advanced, generally with technical or clarifying changes and no recorded opposition. Senate Bill 18 would create a provisional social work license; Senate Bill 351 would regulate insurer use of vehicle telematics data; Senate Bill 395 would revise insurance and liability rules for peer-to-peer car sharing; and Senate Bill 197 would alter comprehensive plan elements in land use law. Senate Bill 439, protecting fire and rescue public safety employees from adverse action based on medical cannabis certification, also moved forward without amendment.
One measure, Senate Bill 69, which would make permanent the nonprofit navigator position in the Department of Commerce, was discussed at length after a member raised concerns about oversight of nonprofit grant funding. On request, the bill was special ordered to the next day for further consideration. All other bills discussed in the transcript were advanced to third reading by unanimous or near-unanimous voice action, with no recorded roll-call votes.