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• We should be focusing on unity and understanding, not reckless comparisons that diminish historical atrocities
• and we are asking for the exact same treatment when the Democratic governor of Minnesota uses such reckless
• a time when anti-Semitism is on the rise, we should be focusing on unity and understanding, not reckless
• and we are asking for the exact same treatment when the Democratic governor of Minnesota uses such reckless
• 03:45.400> Minnesota<00:03:46.200> uses<00:03:46.599> such<00:03:46.959> Reckless

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Martin's bill, applying to driver's license suspensions to a person convicted of a violation of reckless
• Senators, this amendment to the amendment makes the penalties for reckless boating consistent with those
• for reckless driving.
• It takes driving at high speed or with wanton disregard for safety while fleeing or attempting to elude
• Everything that they could even show up to court driving a Mercedes-Benz, but they don't own it.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, prayer, pledge, and several recognitions, including remarks from Senator Berman on Democratic priorities and introductions of military leaders and an intern. The chamber then moved through a long special-order calendar, with many bills substituted to House companions, amended, and passed, while several others were temporarily postponed. Major measures approved included the dangerous dogs/Pam Rock Act (SB 572/HB 593), which tightened penalties and procedures for dog attacks and passed 36-0; local government land regulation (SB 1080), which was amended to remove agricultural enclave language and passed 26-8; vessel/freedom-related legislation (SB 1388/HB 1137), which passed 35-0; blood clot screening and treatment (SB 890/HB 1421), which added registry and training provisions and passed 36-0; fleeing or eluding law enforcement (SB 468/HB 113), which increased offense levels and passed 36-0; concealed carry/licensing for certain officers and service members (SB 490/HB 383), which passed 33-3; timeshare management (SB 496/HB 897), which clarified governance and annual meeting requirements and passed 36-0; background screening education (SB 614/HB 531), which created a public webpage and passed 36-0; utility service restrictions (SB 1002/HB 1137), which preempted local energy-source restrictions and passed 36-0; Medicaid oversight (SB 1060), which created a joint oversight committee and passed 35-0; health facilities authorities (SB 68), amended to make fentanyl urine screening more discretionary, and passed 36-0; and veterans’ nursing home beds (SB 78/HB 797), which authorized veteran- and spouse-designated beds and passed 36-0. The chamber also passed disability history and awareness instruction (SB 540/HB 447), a highly personal bill honoring Evan Hartzell that drew extended debate about disability language, inclusion, and education; it passed 35-0 after 35 co-sponsors were added. Manufacturing policy bills SB 600 and SB 602 were approved after amendments to add reporting, ranking metrics, and fee-use restrictions, both passing 35-0. Educational opportunities for military children (SB 1528) passed 36-0 after testimony from student sponsors and senators praising the bill’s origin. Several other bills, including Medicaid oversight, mammograms, Parkinson’s disease, condominium/cooperative associations, waste management, human trafficking, and Bright Futures, were postponed or not taken up during this segment.

Transcript Highlights:

• Martin's bill, applying to driver's license suspensions to a person convicted of a violation of reckless
• Senators, this amendment to the amendment makes the penalties for reckless boating consistent with those
• for reckless driving.
• It takes driving at high speed or with wanton disregard for safety while fleeing or attempting to elude
• Everything that they could even show up to court driving a Mercedes-Benz, but they don't own it.

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including remarks from Senator Berman outlining Democratic priorities such as education, health care, environmental protection, and opposition to rollbacks on child labor, book access, and gun safety. The chamber also recognized military guests and an intern before moving to the special order calendar. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including measures on human trafficking, waste management, Bright Futures, Medicaid oversight at one point in the flow, and mammogram coverage, though the Medicaid oversight bill was later taken up and passed. The Senate passed a series of bills, often after substituting House companions and adopting technical amendments. Among the major measures approved were the dangerous dogs bill (the Pam Rock Act), which tightened penalties and procedures after fatal attacks; a local government land regulation bill that streamlined comp plan review and defined impact-fee circumstances, though members raised concerns about quasi-judicial hearing limits and local costs; a vessel-related bill combining boating safety and voter-freedom provisions; a blood clot screening and treatment bill creating the Emily Adkins Family Protection Act; fleeing and eluding penalties; concealed carry and firearm possession rules for certain officers and service members; timeshare management reforms; and public education on background screening requirements. The chamber also approved bills on disability history and awareness instruction, manufacturing and a related fee bill, utility service restrictions, educational opportunities for military children, health facilities authorities, and veteran and spouse nursing home beds. The disability instruction bill drew extended debate about the use of the term “disability,” inclusion, and whether the measure was consistent with broader DEI debates; it passed unanimously after emotional testimony from the sponsor and families. The manufacturing and utility bills focused on statewide economic policy and preemption of local restrictions, while the military children bill was presented as a student-driven proposal. Most measures passed with strong bipartisan support, with recorded votes ranging from unanimous to 33-3 on the firearm bill and 26-8 on the land regulation bill.

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• The state would cut the same amount of pollution that is created by driving a typical car 1.78 billion
• We need to be well positioned; we need to be driving and innovating for the future of our country.
• state's universities, and we're going to make sure that this ecosystem is about entrepreneurialism, driving
• It prohibits it for, you know, intentional, reckless, and gross negligence.
• I mean, usually those are exclusions for reckless behavior or intentional behavior.

Bills: HB106, HB144, HB145, HB252, HB1732, HB2221, HB2467, HB2468, HB2517, HB2518, HB2963, HB3016, HB3689, HB3960, HB4386, HB4490, HB4751, HB5247, HJR175, HB2213, HB106, HB144, HB145, HB252

Keywords: HB 106, oil and gas, Railroad Commission of Texas, overhead electrical lines, electrical distribution system, power line maintenance, administrative penalty, Natural Resources Code, oil and gas lease, well operator, energy safety, utility infrastructure, regulatory compliance, cleanup fund, oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund, production safety, leasehold operations, electric utility, distribution poles, inspection

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• Currently, driving license, driving while license invalid DWLI, a suspended license is a fine only Class
• DWLI offenses remains for those whose license has previously been suspended for driving while for driving
• Um, you don't have to drive.
• driving, or even those who qualify as habitual violators.
• I'm getting them for reckless driving. I'm throwing them in jail for longer than that, right?

Bills: HB316

Keywords: Medicaid, healthcare, affordable care act, medical assistance, federal funding

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• <00:25:07.440> or<00:25:07.679> intentional negligence, recklessness or intentional
• negligence, recklessness or intentional misconduct.<00:25:09.279> And<00:25:09.520> we
• administers an immunization, but they are not immune if they engage in gross negligent conduct or recklessness
• conduct<00:34:16.399> or in gross negligent conduct or in gross negligent conduct or recklessness
• recklessness or intentional misconduct. recklessness or intentional misconduct.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• WE DON'T SUPPORT ANYONE CONSUMING WHILE DRIVING OR BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE.
• THEY DO HAVE THE CRIMINAL MIND, THEY'RE NOT INTENTIONALLY DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE.
• SO IF YOU DO GET YOUR CHARGE REDUCED THROUGH THE DIVERGENT PROGRAM FOR DISMISSED OR RECKLESS DRIVING
• WHEN YOU APPLY FOR A JOB AND THEY PULL YOUR DRIVING RECORD AND SEE THAT DIVERGENT ON YOUR DRIVING RECORD
• IT IS A PRIVILEGE, IT'S NOT A RIGHT TO DRIVE ON PUBLIC ROADS AND KILL PEOPLE.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• That could be considered reckless. That could be considered manslaughter.
• Don't require all reckless, unintended deaths to serve life in prison similar to those pre-planned, intended
• That could be considered reckless. That could be considered manslaughter.
• Don't require all reckless unintended deaths to serve life in prison similar to those pre-planned intended
• legal definition of manslaughter is: It must be gross and flagrant, or a course of conduct showing reckless

Summary: The Criminal Justice Subcommittee met to consider three bills. HB 199, relating to Veterans Court, was presented as a repeat measure aligning Veterans Court procedures with mental health and drug court laws and allowing post-adjudicatory referrals. A technical amendment was adopted, numerous witnesses waived in support, and the bill passed unanimously 17-0. The committee then took up HB 45, which would add public swimming pools and public bathing places to existing sex offender residency, work, volunteer, and visitation restrictions. The sponsor argued it would protect children and apply only to specified sex offenses. Several members and public witnesses raised concerns that the bill’s definitions were overly broad, could effectively ban registrants from much of Florida, and could increase homelessness and make offenders harder to track. An amendment narrowing the bill’s scope and definitions was adopted after debate, and the bill passed 11-5 as amended. Finally, HB 17, the Jason Rayner Act, was heard to clarify that force may not be used to resist an arrest by an officer acting in the performance of official duties, retain good-faith language, add manslaughter to offenses requiring a life sentence when reclassified, and increase the severity level for battery on a law enforcement officer. The sponsor said the bill was intended to strengthen protections for officers; opponents argued it could sweep in accidental or less culpable conduct, while supporters said existing law already covered serious cases. A clarifying amendment was adopted, and the bill passed 16-0 as amended. The committee then adjourned.

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• It weakens stability, and it drives more people to migrate out of desperation.
• <00:20:50.080> more weakens stability, and it drives more weakens stability, and it drives
• Speaker, the American people deserve a hell of a lot better than this rushed, reckless process.
• Speaker, the American people deserve a hell of a lot better than this rushed, reckless process.
• They deserve leaders reckless process.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• One-size-fits-all policies drive up costs, delay projects, and make it harder for communities to grow
• also H.R. 6398, the Red Tape Act, and finally H.R. 6387, the Fire Act. people to pay for Trump's reckless
• war people to pay for Trump's reckless war of<04:22:24.000> choice<04:22:24.239> with<
• And now there's a reckless war of choice that has been raging in the Middle East.
• In fact, this reckless war of choice, this Trump Republican war over in the Middle East, has skyrocketed

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• , victim impact statements, interlock devices, again no driving, and home visits.
• Now, if there is some sort of workaround in terms of somebody driving a vehicle if they have a no driving
• Parole, many times, will have, in some cases, a no driving condition, or they will have a no driving
• to have to have an interlock if you're given that permission. ...There's no driving; you can't drive
• We have everything that comes through us, and so we have so many people that drive.

Bills: HB1482, HB2017, HB2103, HB2341, HB2756

Keywords: community supervision, repeat offenders, intoxication, Texas Penal Code, criminal justice reform, intoxication manslaughter, criminal penalties, mandatory supervision, parole eligibility, Grayson's Law, mental health, trauma, jailers, law enforcement, occupational health, diligent participation, state jail felony, time credits, rehabilitation programs, de-escalation

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• Again, no driving and home visits. So the circumstances, it, it is.
• driving or if they have an interlocked device, if.
• no driving except with interlock.
• to have to have an interlock if you're given that permission or if it's no driving, you can't drive
• And so we have so many people that drink, drive.

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• This measure takes direct aim at the council's reckless decisions.
• THIS MEASURE TAKES DIRECT AIM AT THE COUNCIL'S RECKLESS DECISIONS.
• DRIVE DOWN SHOOTING, HOMICIDES AND BURGLARIES.
• driving prices even higher and creating apprehension for employers.
• DRIVING PRICES EVEN HIGHER AND CREATING APPREHENSION FOR EMPLOYERS.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Senate Bill 1088 by Eckhardt, relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of reckless
• driving, to Transportation.

Summary: The Senate met briefly and referred a large number of first-reading bills and resolutions to standing committees. The measures covered a wide range of topics, including hemp regulation, dementia research funding, parental rights and public education, municipal library funding, tax and local government issues, criminal justice, health care, education, transportation, natural resources, and election law. Several constitutional resolutions were also referred, including proposals related to the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and a severance tax revenue fund. Most of the transcript consists of the reading of bill captions and committee referrals, with no substantive debate or testimony recorded. The listed measures included proposals on school uniforms, charter schools, Medicaid fraud remedies, insurance practices, occupational licensing for people with criminal convictions, water and sewer utility cybersecurity, agricultural protections, public meeting broadcasting, and various local and state governance matters. No votes were taken on the bills in this segment. The only formal action reflected was referral of the bills and resolutions to the appropriate committees, followed by adjournment of the Senate until the next scheduled meeting.

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• HB 2941, motorcycles reckless driving — Public Safety.
• HB 2941, motorcycles reckless driving — Public Safety.
• It drives my neighbors crazy. That's a public nuisance. Babies crying could be a public nuisance.
• It drives my neighbors crazy. That's a public nuisance. Babies crying could be a public nuisance.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The meeting opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, and several guest introductions, including the Doctor of the Day, realtors visiting for Realtor Day, and a representative from Home of Hope. The Senate then handled a large number of bill referrals and second-reading items before moving into Committee of the Whole on multiple calendars. Several bills were advanced with committee and floor amendments, including SB 1494, SB 1497, SB 1503, SB 1535, SB 1544, SB 1580, SB 1582, SB 1584, SB 1585, SB 1602, SB 1632, SB 1723, and SB 1798. Many of the amendments were described as technical cleanups, but some made substantive changes, such as SB 1535’s provisions on sealing records for sex-trafficking victims and SB 1723’s domestic-violence release and monitoring provisions. The Committee of the Whole also adopted a report recommending several bills do pass as amended. The chamber adopted House Concurrent Resolution 264 honoring former Senator Barbara Leff, followed by a moment of silence and remarks from her family. The Senate then returned to Committee of the Whole for Calendar 1, where it retained SB 1332 and advanced SB 1654, SB 1711, SB 1743, SCR 1047, and HB 2993. HB 2993 drew the most debate: opponents argued it had a single-subject problem, relied on funding from the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Fraud Fund, and could create unnecessary outside-counsel costs for DPS, while supporters cited the need for the supplemental and defended the funding approach. The motion to report HB 2993 do pass carried by division, 16-13. In third reading, the Senate passed HB 4115 and a series of Senate bills, including SB 1012, SB 1213, SB 1416, SB 1474, SB 1511, SB 1549, SB 1573, SB 1634, SB 1647, and SB 1649, with several passing on close 16-13 votes. Debate centered heavily on immigration enforcement, concealed carry in businesses serving alcohol, CDL and driver-license issues, campaign finance disclosure, and a digital asset reserve fund. Members on both sides repeatedly explained votes on constitutional, public safety, fiscal, and civil-rights grounds. The session ended with bills transmitted to the House after passage.

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• So let me ask, why are we wasting time and money on reckless measures that are being pushed down onto
• Accountable for tariffs that are driving up our grocery prices every single day.
• Californians deserve leadership, not recklessness. They deserve solutions, not distractions.
• And hate cannot drive out hate...' ...is darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.
• And hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.

Summary: The Assembly met after a quorum call, recess, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved into a highly procedural and contentious floor session centered on redistricting measures. Members debated a point of order raised by Assembly Member DeMaio challenging the constitutionality of SB 280, ACA 8, and AB 604; the Speaker ruled the point not well taken, and the Assembly sustained that ruling on appeal. The body also took up consent-calendar and procedural motions, including suspending rules to adopt late amendments on ACA 8 and to bring the measure up without reference to file. Several motions to re-refer or suspend rules on related measures failed, while the motion to adopt the late amendments on ACA 8 carried. The main substantive item was ACA 8, the Assembly Constitutional Amendment related to redistricting, presented by Assembly Member Berman as a response to mid-decade redistricting efforts in other states, especially Texas. Supporters argued the measure was a temporary, voter-driven response to protect democracy, counter partisan gerrymandering, and address broader threats tied to the Trump administration, including immigration enforcement and health care cuts. Opponents argued ACA 8 would undermine California’s independent citizens redistricting commission, violate the state Constitution, and amount to partisan gerrymandering or a power grab. Members on both sides framed the issue as a defense of democracy, but disagreed sharply over whether the Legislature should act or leave redistricting to voters and the existing commission. No final vote on ACA 8 is shown in the transcript excerpt, but the Assembly did vote on several procedural matters: the appeal of the Speaker’s ruling was sustained 58-18; the motion to adopt late amendments on ACA 8 passed 58-19; a motion to re-refer ACA 8 and SB 280 to Judiciary failed 19-58; and a motion to take up A.J.R. 21 without reference to file failed 19-58. The session remained focused on ACA 8 and related redistricting questions, with extensive floor speeches from both supporters and opponents.

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• care subsidies, slashing funding to address food insecurity, and actively harming all of us with a reckless
• war of choice, with no plan, that is driving up gas prices, this bill fails to help the people who need
• And the plan that we put forward would save $500 million more than the reckless spending bill that was
• The folks that are driving Wisconsin's economy and the private sector that are bringing in these additional

Keywords: 970, all

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• arrested Daniel for two counts of leaving the scene of a crash with property damage and two counts of driving
• arrested Daniel for two counts of leaving the scene of a crash with property damage and two counts of driving
• attacked in the open air: felony robbery, assault, and direct terrorist conduct, death threats, and reckless
• were attacked in the open air felony robbery assault and direct terrorist conduct death threats and reckless

Bills: S0002, S0006, S0018, S0026, S0028, S0050, S0178, S0326, S0538, S0786, S1004, S1096, S1178, S1366, S1632, S1634

Keywords: negligence, settlement, appropriation, highway safety, damages, law enforcement, child welfare, injury compensation, Department of Children and Families, compensation, law enforcement accountability, personal injury, motorcycle accident, Department of Transportation, legal claim, police negligence, monetary compensation, civil rights, city liability, veterans

Summary: The committee heard a series of bills, most of them claims or civil-law measures, and reported each favorably. Among the bills approved were SB 326 on curators of estates, SB 1096 clarifying filing deadlines under the Florida Civil Rights Act, SB 28 and SB 26 on claims against the City of Lakeland and the estate of Mark Legata, SB 6 involving a DCF-related claim for Layla Estrada/Sapphire Williams, SB 786 creating a nonjudicial process for closing trusts, SB 18 and SB 2 on claims involving the estate of McKenzie Navarre and Daniel Mosley, and SB 50 expanding veterans’ courts statewide. The committee also approved SB 538 on extracurricular activities, SB 1004 on pet sales and financing disclosures, and SB 1366, the sovereign immunity bill, which was presented as a starting point for negotiations with the House over higher claims caps and related provisions. Most of these bills were explained by sponsors as clarifying existing law, modernizing procedures, or resolving uncontested claims, and several had support from affected organizations or individuals; some also drew opposition or concerns from speakers, especially on trust notice issues, sovereign immunity, and the scope of the extracurricular and pet-sale bills. Several bills were amended before passage. SB 326 was narrowed by removing a section and changing reporting language for curators. SB 786 received a technical clarification amendment, while SB 18 removed an unneeded Medicaid-related section. SB 50 on veterans’ courts drew broad support from veterans’ groups and criminal-justice organizations. SB 538 on extracurricular activities was amended multiple times to address home education eligibility, activity fees for homeschool participants, technical cross-references, and compensation for extracurricular sponsors. SB 1004 was supported by animal-welfare advocates and consumer-protection interests. SB 178 on athletics in public K-12 schools was amended to limit the bill to head coaches, require personal funds, and allow similar bylaws by other athletic associations; it passed after discussion of a Miami Northwestern coaching controversy. The committee also took up two major policy bills with substantial testimony and questions. SB 1178 on foreign influence would create a state framework for foreign-agent registration, restrict gifts and contracts tied to foreign countries of concern and designated foreign terrorist organizations, limit certain sister-city and university linkage activities, and increase penalties for crimes committed to benefit foreign governments or terrorist groups; supporters framed it as a national-security and transparency measure, while the sponsor withdrew one amendment before passage. SB 1632 on ideologies inconsistent with American principles generated the most extended questioning, especially about its domestic-terrorism designation process, references to Sharia law, notice and due-process protections, and potential effects on students and speech; supporters argued it targets conduct, not belief, while opponents warned it could chill protected activity and unfairly target Muslim communities. The committee heard many public speakers on both sides, but no floor debate followed before the bill was moved forward.

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• And motans have been killed by reckless, unaccountable federal agents.
• constitutional rights, I'm asking him to support these common-sense proposals that protect us from reckless
• 09:52.240> from sense proposals that protect us from sense proposals that protect us from reckless
• c> lawless<00:09:54.560> market<00:09:55.839> mas<00:09:56.399> federal reckless
• and lawless market mas federal reckless and lawless market mas federal agents. agents. agents.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: Witnesses and lawmakers discussed the impact of “Operation Metro Surge” and related federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota, describing it as a severe constitutional and humanitarian crisis. John Beler of the ACLU of Minnesota said the organization had received more than 700 reports of constitutional violations and argued the state should protect sensitive spaces, create legal remedies, and limit state involvement in federal surveillance and enforcement. Sen. Erin Maye Quade and other speakers said the operation was still ongoing, caused family separations, economic harm, and trauma in communities, and called on Minnesota Republicans to break with the Trump administration and support accountability. Several business owners testified about direct effects on restaurants and construction workforces. Hano JD Delgado, a restaurant owner, said ICE activity had frightened workers, led to closures and lost business, and recounted alleged mistreatment of employees and himself, including detentions and an incident involving a 15-year-old U.S. citizen. Sarah Lawitch, a Cottage Grove contractor, said her crews and projects were disrupted because workers feared leaving home and that lawmakers should protect constitutional rights and local businesses. Speakers repeatedly framed the issue as racial profiling and an attack on legal residents and citizens, not just undocumented immigrants. Rep. Lee Fininky said she is carrying two bills aimed at federal and local law enforcement practices: one would prohibit officers from wearing masks on duty except for limited safety or health exceptions, and another would require vehicles used to detain people to be clearly marked and equipped with safety features. She and other DFL speakers also discussed a broader package of bills, including a proposal to let Minnesotans hold the federal government accountable and a bill requiring the BCA to investigate shootings. In response to questions, they said they were seeking Republican support but expected the measures to face legal challenges; no votes or formal committee action were taken in the excerpt.

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• When I was about 19 years old, while driving back, while backing out of a friend's driveway, my rear
• power, my car popped out of the ditch and got out into the street, I scraped the entire side of a car driving
• If you did it on purpose, then we'd never let you drive again. But you got in an accident.
• It's a lot easier to do something that is reckless, not consistent. with the law when you know that your
• decision. life-altering inalterable decision so early but you will use taxpayer funds to defend a reckless

Keywords: 988, house, all