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• do, that adjuster must have those records.
• Valuzzo, where the adjuster did do just that. The employee got an attorney.
• Adjusters control the activities of these vocational counselors. As Rep.
• Or the adjuster emailing them saying, I need you to find two more jobs.
• You're talking about from the adjusters? Let's talk about from a saver cream.

Bills: HB282, HB293, HB390, HB456, HB460, HB561, HB819, HB1023, HB1047, HB1101

Keywords: employment discrimination, criminal history, rehabilitation, hiring process, human rights, gender identity, sexual orientation, workplace equality, labor rights, domestic abuse, unpaid leave, employee rights, workplace protection, mental health, survivor support, workers' compensation, employment benefits, claims process, fraud prevention, legal petition

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• As you know, with limited options available for the agency to adjust, uh, we were still able to come
• As you know, with limited options available for the agency to adjust, uh, we were still able to come
• <00:36:19.200> gross recipients have a family adjusted gross recipients have a family adjusted
• And I think we're all glad to see that they're bouncing back and adjusting as well.
• The only other thing adjusting as well.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It is the original loss estimate prepared by the adjuster who inspected my home.
• , and I walked through my house for three hours, and the adjuster was taking notes the whole time.
• She said what's happening is that the adjusters are preparing accurate loss estimates of the damage.
• , people just, you know, you make progress finally with your adjuster, and then boom, the next week,
• you have a brand-new adjuster.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It is the original loss estimate prepared by the adjuster who inspected my home.
• , and I walked through my house for three hours, and the adjuster was taking notes the whole time.
• So she said what's happening is that the adjusters are preparing accurate loss estimates of the damage
• , people just, you know, you make progress finally with your adjuster, and then boom, the next week,
• you have a brand new adjuster.

Summary: The Assembly Insurance Committee heard several bills, with most of the discussion focused on insurance transparency, claims handling, privacy, and regulatory enforcement. SB 877 and SB 878 by Senator Pérez addressed post-disaster claims practices: SB 877 would require insurers to disclose original and revised loss estimates and related claim materials to policyholders, while SB 878 would add automatic interest penalties for delayed claim decisions or payments and require written identification of disputed items. Fire survivors, consumer groups, AARP, the Department of Insurance, and other advocates supported both bills, while insurer groups moved to neutral after amendments. Both bills were voted out on roll call and reported to the Committee on Appropriations. The committee also considered SB 1054 by Senator Cabaldon, which would expand data sharing and reporting to improve workforce program evaluation and help counties verify work requirements for Medi-Cal and CalFresh using employer-reported hours worked. County officials, workforce advocates, and the Department of Insurance supported the measure, and no opposition was heard. The bill passed on a due-pass-as-amended motion to the Committee on Labor and Employment. SB 1209 by Senator Allen, presented with Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, would give the commissioner stronger enforcement tools to require insurers to carry out corrective actions identified in market conduct examinations, including fines and hearings for noncompliance. The commissioner and author said the bill would close an enforcement gap and improve accountability; there was no opposition testimony, but the bill was left on call after the roll. The committee also heard SB 354 on insurance privacy, presented by Senator Padilla on behalf of Pro Tem Limón, which would modernize insurance privacy rules by expanding consumer rights over personal data, limiting sale and use of sensitive information, and increasing disclosure requirements. Supporters said the bill updates outdated 1980s-era rules, while insurers, agents, and business groups raised concerns about scope, compliance burdens, and small-business impacts. Members indicated the bill was still being negotiated and would return in a revised form in the Privacy Committee.

Transcript Highlights:

• we take a look to see if they're still suitable for projecting future member behavior or if some adjustments
• And I stress the word adjustments there because we're not making any sweeping changes here.
• So based on these takeaways and these observations, we made adjustments to our assumptions, and those
• The MVA makes no adjustment to annual investment returns.
• Starting off with Plan 3 includes an employer-funded guaranteed pension with a cost-of-living adjustment

Keywords: 904, all

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• Buzwa, Secretary of Louisiana Economic Development: As Representative McMakin described, this purely adjusts
• We have not adjusted our fees inside of the department, the self-generated fees that we charge when we
• The agency are not being adjusted.
• The fee adjustments are between $5 and at most $35, and not all fees have been adjusted.
• We would note that these fees have not been comprehensively adjusted since 2013.

Bills: HB214, HB217, HB514, HB593, HB618, HB732, HB908, HB961, HB1010

Keywords: property tax, blighted properties, urban rehabilitation, tax exemption, local government, financial incentives, blighted property, derelict property, property tax exemption, local redevelopment plans, rehabilitation standards, ad valorem tax, community development, senior citizens, homestead exemption, Louisiana Constitution, motor vehicles, local fees, transaction fees, funding

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• The bill restores meaningful use of cost-of-living adjustments.
• The bill restores meaningful use of cost-of-living adjustments for educators with direct student contact
• It requires the Department of Financial Services to review and adjust those caps every five years using
• the consumer price index, while placing a 3% cap on each adjustment.
• Adjustments are largely overdue. I remember actually with Mr. Sabula sitting behind me.

Summary: The committee first took up SB 694, which would compensate the descendants of the Groveland Four—Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepard, and Ernest Thomas—for the wrongful convictions, incarceration, and death tied to the 1949 case. Senator Bracey Davis described the bill as a final step after prior state apologies, pardons, and exonerations. The committee adopted a $4 million amendment that divided compensation equally among the four families and updated the recipient for Ernest Thomas’s share. Multiple family members and advocates testified in support, emphasizing the decades of trauma and the need for full justice. Senators in debate largely supported the bill, and it was reported favorably. The committee then approved SB 330, which clarifies disability provisions for firefighters, law enforcement officers, and correctional officers by refining the definition of heart disease and allowing certain officers who transfer agencies to rely on a prior physical under specified conditions. SB 474 also passed, expanding military leave protections to include public officials and employees who serve in the Coast Guard or Florida State Guard, adjusting pay eligibility for federal service, and updating related retirement and assistance provisions. SB 96, the Veterans Dental Care Grant Program bill, was amended to expand eligibility to veterans with incomes up to 400% of the federal poverty level and to move funding into the General Appropriations Act; members debated whether the broader eligibility could increase demand, but the bill was reported favorably. The committee also advanced SB 7018 on child welfare, making the Step Into Success pilot program permanent statewide, adjusting visitor/background-check rules for out-of-home placements, and creating a best-practices program through the Florida Institute for Child Welfare. CS/SB 480 on state IT governance was reported favorably after amendments that strengthened vendor performance metrics and restored state data center security provisions; it creates a new central IT governance structure under the Governor’s office and aims to improve oversight of procurement, spending, and technical debt. SB 1066, addressing partial restoration of the Ocklawaha River and Kirkpatrick Dam, passed after a late-file amendment and extensive testimony from environmental, recreation, and local economic interests. SB 1216, which gives school districts more flexibility in educator compensation, and SB 1120, which increases oversight and reporting for water management district spending, were also reported favorably. Finally, the committee considered SB 1366 on claims against the government, which raises sovereign immunity caps, ties future adjustments to CPI, shortens claim deadlines, and changes attorney-fee provisions. The bill drew support from local government and public-hospital groups as a compromise, but also significant concern from some senators about the impact on self-insured agencies and whether the fee changes would discourage attorneys from taking cases. The discussion remained ongoing, and the bill was still moving forward as the meeting continued.

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• We look at national inflation, and then we look at a regional adjustment.
• So, yeah, that forecast for real salary growth, not necessarily, but it's the inflationary adjustment
• And so with that in mind, we then considered whether OSA should be making any adjustments to those SIB
• At the end of the day, though, we found that the adjustments were largely unneeded or offsetting.”
• They included a one-time 3% cost-of-living adjustment in the first year, and this is along the lines

Summary: The committee approved the July minutes and then received an informational presentation from the Office of the State Actuary on the financial condition of the state retirement systems. The actuary reported that employer contribution rates are generally declining, helped by strong investment returns and reduced funding for PERS 1 and TERS 1, while funded ratios have continued to improve; on a combined basis the plans were reported at 100% funded in 2024, with open plans above 95% and legacy plans varying by system. The presentation also reviewed projected rates and funded ratios under current assumptions, noted that pension costs are taking a smaller share of the state general fund, and discussed risks from investment volatility, policy changes, and demographic experience. Committee members asked about savings from lower rates, deferred asset smoothing, and how Washington compares with other states. The committee then considered the state actuary’s recommendation on long-term economic assumptions and adopted all four recommendations by roll call votes: inflation at 3.0%, general salary growth at 3.5%, membership growth for Plan 1 funding at 1.0%, and investment rate of return at 7.25%. The actuaries explained that the inflation and salary growth increases were driven largely by higher long-term inflation expectations, while the investment return recommendation matched the current statutory assumption. Members discussed the timing of the Pension Funding Council’s decision, the effect of tariffs and inflation uncertainty, and how assumption changes would affect future contribution rates and budgets, particularly for open plans. Staff then gave an update on the LEOFF 1 study, explaining the difference between being “ahead of schedule” and truly overfunded, and summarizing responses received from DRS, the State Treasurer, and the State Investment Board on the merger and restatement proposals. DRS said both bills could be administered, though the merger bill’s COLA banking provision would be challenging until its new system is ready; the Treasurer urged caution, especially about the restatement bill and the use of one-time funds; and the Investment Board said removing assets from the trust would have some transaction costs but likely small impacts. The committee discussed whether to invite additional agencies and local government groups to testify, and staff said more responses, including from Ice Miller and the State Actuary, were expected for the October meeting. Finally, the committee heard a briefing on PERS 1/TERS 1 COLA policy and related bills from the last session. Staff reviewed the committee’s prior ongoing COLA recommendation, the SCPP-endorsed bills that would have created a one-time 3% COLA followed by an ongoing COLA, the Senate merger bill, and a separate ad hoc COLA bill. Public testimony largely supported Plan 1 COLAs and stable contribution rates, while several speakers urged caution about transferring LEOFF 1 surplus assets or merging legacy plans, and others raised concerns about climate risk and the pension fund’s investments. No further committee action was taken on the COLA item during this portion of the meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• The operating adjustment is critical to provide for the rising costs at our agency due to the various
• Adopting the governor's recommended operating adjustment will reflect this in the Senate position and
• will reflect this reflected adjustment will reflect this reflected in<00:27:04.400> the<00:27
• Demand for the agency's general fund services has grown over time, and without any operating adjustment
• We sincerely appreciate the governor's recommendation for a modest operating adjustment, and we urge

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So, we were able to add money to their bases with these base adjustments.
• adjustment uh base adjustment uh<00:05:12.000> that<00:05:12.240> the<00:05:12.960>
• And due to the these base adjustments.
• And it also leaves in the funding with my amendment and with the adjustments I'm making.
• from the government operating adjustment from the government on<00:13:28.000> this.

Bills: HF3874, HF962

Keywords: judicial funding, Chief Justice security, fiscal year 2028, court system, judicial branch

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• With that, the chair directs the LBB staff. to do the following: Ensure that FTE adjustments are made
• Make technical adjustments to riders and performance to conform to the committee's decisions.
• Adjust the informational listing and agency bill patterns for the percentage of funds available to the
• Adjust the employee benefits appropriations accordingly.
• At the discretion of the House Appropriations Committee Chairman, make necessary technical adjustments

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• might have to have some adjustments. might have to have some adjustments.
• Um, so we'll need to adjust for that.
• 8.3% adjustment affects that a bit. 8.3% adjustment affects that a bit.
• Under C, that adjusted amount is then the fair market value.
• No, you allow the local entities to adjust their mills.

Keywords: 916, all

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• liability from those small adjustments liability from those small adjustments to<00:20:58.400>
• So the risk adjusted return that risk.
• <01:40:57.600> for and a half% cost living adjustment for and a half% cost living adjustment
• <01:41:21.679> that's cost of living adjustment that's cost of living adjustment that's guaranteed
• So it is a.5% cost of living adjustment.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The meeting opened with a quorum call, the Pledge of Allegiance, a prayer, and approval of the prior meeting minutes. The first presentation was from Bo Craycraft of the Judicial Form Retirement System, who gave an update on investment performance, asset allocation, cash flow, and projected employer costs. He reported strong fiscal year 2025 investment results, with both the legislative and judicial retirement plans outperforming their actuarial assumed rates of return and benchmarks, driven largely by U.S. equity performance. He also noted the plans remained near their target asset allocation and continued to experience negative cash flow, though he said that was manageable in context of strong asset growth. Craycraft then discussed a recent experience study and actuarial assumption changes, especially a revised salary growth assumption and a higher cash balance interest credit rate. He said these changes increased projected employer costs, with contributions rising from about $700,000 to a projected $2 million in later years, though he expected the eventual 2025 valuation and investment gains to reduce that estimate. Members asked about mortality assumptions, the impact of the experience study on liabilities, and the sharp increase in the judicial plan’s projected employer cost. Craycraft explained that the increase was driven mainly by the updated assumptions and that no other major plan changes were involved. At the chair’s request, Craycraft also addressed the recent rise in Medicare Advantage premiums for the plan’s health coverage, saying the 2025 increase was largely tied to Part D changes and the Inflation Reduction Act and had been about 45%, but that future growth was expected to be under 5%. After his presentation, the committee moved to the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority update, where the next speaker began by saying the funds had exceeded actuarial assumed returns for the fiscal year.

Transcript Highlights:

• Now, adjustment that's in current law.
• get adjusted with that.
• <01:37:22.880> if um uh uh missed by uh an adjustment if um uh uh missed by uh an adjustment
• adjustment. Okay. Thank you. adjustment. Okay. Thank you.
• :49.440> get<01:38:49.679> adjusted programmatic requirements get adjusted programmatic

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• One of the primary ones that almost all businesses see is adjustments for depreciation items.
• One of the primary ones that almost all businesses see is adjustments for depreciation items.
• And then adjustments related to federal basis adjustments, so, you know, one person buys another person's
• related to Federal BAS then adjustments related to Federal BAS adjustments<03:33:46.720> so<03
• I don't remember $110,000, and I don't remember a COLA adjustment on that.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting was an introductory Ways and Means Committee orientation led by Chair John Janigian. Members went around the room introducing themselves, with several returning legislators and several freshmen describing their backgrounds in business, education, public service, finance, transportation, journalism, military service, and nonprofit work. Janigian explained his own legislative history and professional background, and other members, including Bill Bolton, Fred Doucette, Mary Ford, Jim Tierney, Scott Brier, Thomas Oppel, Mary Murphy, Representative Spar, Susan Elberger, Dennis Malloy, Jordan Ulery, and Julius Soti, briefly described their prior experience and reasons for serving on the committee. The chair then outlined the committee’s role. He said Ways and Means is responsible for revenue estimates that Finance will use to determine how much the state can spend over the next biennium, and that the committee would spend the next five to six weeks developing its best revenue estimate, due around February 15. He also explained that the committee hears from state agencies and departments about how taxes are created, collected, and performing against expectations, and that it reviews bills affecting state revenue, including tax increases, tax decreases, tax removals, and fee-related measures. Janigian noted that the committee had five bills at the time of the meeting and expected more to be referred. He explained that most would be first-committee bills, though some second-committee bills could come over if they involved taxes or fees after passing policy committees. He used marijuana-related legislation as an example of a bill that might first go to another committee and later reach Ways and Means if it had fiscal implications. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational, and members were told how to participate in hearings and follow-up questions during regular committee work.

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• PUC to establish automatic adjustment PUC to establish automatic adjustment mechanisms<00:30:19.760
• /c> predictable annual rate adjustment predictable annual rate adjustment that's<00:33:02.080> tied
• specific stated that such an adjustment specific stated that such an adjustment mechanism<00:36:
• the purposes of the rate adjustment the purposes of the rate adjustment mechanism.<00:38:04.240>
• Uh, well, they're both measures of inflation adjustment.

Bills: SB3275, SB3105

Keywords: cannabis, low-dose, personal use, cultivation, cannabis accessories, Hawaii cannabis law, medical cannabis, physician assistant, licensure compact, medical services, interstate practice, healthcare portability, military families, licensing authority, 912, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection reconsidered two condominium bills and adopted recommendations to pass both with amendments. For SB 2433, members approved amendments clarifying that condominium unit owners’ interests are to be recognized and protected in educational and related programs by the Real Estate Commission and DCCA, while making technical changes and changing the effective date. For SB 2838, the committee replaced the bill’s broader substantive language with a narrower requirement that associations provide electronic copies of specified documents, including master leases, reserve studies, audited financial statements, contracts, leases, and other agreements, along with technical changes and an amended effective date. Both measures were adopted unanimously by the members present, with Senator McKelvey excused. The committee then heard SB 2710 on animal issues, which would define and regulate dog breeders, set care standards, create county licensing authority, require records, and establish an animal abuser registry and related penalties. Testimony was mixed: the Public Defender and the American Kennel Club opposed the bill, arguing for stronger enforcement of existing laws rather than harsher penalties and warning that the bill would burden responsible breeders; the Hawaiian Humane Society supported the bill’s breeder regulation and registry provisions but urged removal of the hoarding section; and the committee noted 26 written testimonies in support, 14 in opposition, and four comments. In decision-making, the committee passed SB 2710 with amendments that blanked the license fee, deleted the animal abuser registry and shelter/pet store/breeder compliance checks, struck the hoarding provisions and proposed criminal penalty changes, and made technical changes with a deferred effective date. The committee also heard SB 2209 on rental discrimination, which would allow attorney’s fees to a prevailing party in source-of-income discrimination cases, and SB 2884, which would create a nonrefundable income tax credit for wind-resistant retrofits or hurricane shelters. The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission supported SB 2209, and the committee later passed it with a deferred effective date. SB 2884 drew support from DCCA’s Insurance Division, the Department of Taxation, HEMA, the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, and a public witness who urged hurricane preparedness; it was passed with the Department of Taxation’s proposed amendments and a deferred effective date. Finally, the committee heard SB 2922 on cooperative associations, which would create a general cooperative associations framework. DCCA offered comments, while the Hawaii Co-op Hui, Purple Maya Foundation, Enliven Cooperative, and Hawaii Farmers Union supported the measure and argued that current law is too limited for worker, producer, and multi-stakeholder co-ops. After discussion about using the existing chapter 421C structure rather than creating a new regulatory scheme, the committee passed SB 2922 with amendments adopting changes proposed in testimony from the Hawaii Farmers Union and deferred the effective date.

Transcript Highlights:

• It page three as we adjust those two.
• <01:15:48.000> the really is just the state adjusting the really is just the state adjusting
• Um, and those are the only two adjustments would be adjusting that cap.
• Two adjustments would be adjusting that cap.
• the county commissioners have to adjust the county commissioners have to adjust and<01:27:28.800

Bills: SF0082

Keywords: registered agents, corporate governance, entity ownership, business regulations, transparency, 916, all

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• Good thing we have those adjustable tables. Yes, sir. Yes, yes.
• By way of background, the JLBC is annually required to adjust the By way of background, the JLBC is annually
• required to adjust the school facilities division cost per square foot factors for new school facilities
• If the committee does approve this adjustment, it would need to be made retroactive to December 10, 2025
• If the committee does approve this adjustment, it would need to be made retroactive to December 10, 2025

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The committee first went into executive session and then returned to approve settlements in three risk management cases based on a motion to accept the Attorney General’s proposed settlement. After that, JLBC staff presented item 1 on the School Facilities Division construction cost index, recommending a 4.8% increase for fiscal year 2027 with retroactive application to December 10, 2025; members asked about why prior years had zero adjustments during the Great Recession, and the committee approved the item. Items 2A and 2B concerned Arizona Department of Education reports. For 2A, staff reviewed ADE’s annual federal monies report, noting fiscal 2026 federal funds of $1.38 billion, up from $1.27 billion the prior year, and the committee gave favorable review. For 2B, staff summarized the annual Career and Technical Education District report, including enrollment, expenditures, retention, and credential completion rates; members questioned the low 37% retention rate and asked for more comparative and explanatory data, but the committee still gave favorable review. Item 3A addressed a DES transfer of $3.3 million from the Home and Community-Based Services Medicaid line item to the state-only case management line item for developmental disability services. DES said both areas faced shortfalls and that the transfer would help immediate cash-flow needs, but members raised concerns about growth in the state-only program, possible migration into Arizona for services, fraud controls, and whether the department had formally notified the Legislature of the deficiency. The committee attached conditions requiring formal deficiency letters, monthly reporting on DDD populations by diagnosis, and a review of Minnesota audit findings, then approved the item. Item 3B, the Arizona Training Program at Coolidge annual review, was also approved. Finally, item 4 proposed transferring $650,000 from unused special election funds to the Secretary of State’s cybersecurity monitoring and management budget. The Secretary of State’s office said the money would support 24/7 monitoring, endpoint protection, and remediation of identified vulnerabilities, and members debated the office’s federal outreach and the March 1 deadline tied to county reimbursement for AVID-related costs. Despite concerns from some members about communication and the size of the remaining appropriation, the committee gave favorable review to the $650,000 transfer and then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• The next change item is on line 52 and this is the operating adjustment for the petroleum tank release
• The next change item is on line 52 and this is the operating adjustment for the petroleum tank release
• The first one is operating adjustment. proposal that was in the Senate bill. proposal that was in the
• for the petroleum tank adjustment for the petroleum tank release<00:05:01.360> compensation<00
• > are<00:05:30.000> operating Operating adjustments are contained in numerous agencies

Keywords: 1183, house

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• the House agrees to the Senate's proposal for the modification of this item and also proposes to adjust
• to ensure that any amounts reserved for administrative costs for those grant programs um will be adjusted
• <00:04:22.240> OHEI's proposes to uh adjust OHEI's proposes to uh adjust OHEI's appropriations
• programs<00:04:34.800> um<00:04:35.440> will<00:04:35.759> be<00:04:36.000> adjusted
• <00:04:36.720> to<00:04:37.040> these programs um will be adjusted to these programs

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The meeting focused on a House counteroffer to a higher education budget and policy agreement, with Ken Savory walking members through spreadsheet changes and Mr. Hopkins reviewing policy items. On the budget side, the House adjusted several appropriations and savings targets, including state grants, child care grants, student teacher and shortage area grants, student parent support, spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury research grants, dual training grants for legal cannabis employers, and University of Minnesota cannabis research. The House also noted no change to Minnesota State, alignment with the Senate on the summer academic enrichment program, and that remaining state grant parameters would continue to be negotiated. On policy, the House said some items were agreed to and grayed out, including campus sexual misconduct policy and treatment of appropriations. The House kept its original position on the NN Mayo Clinic Partnership and did not include K-12 direct admissions or the College Financing Literacy Act. It also proposed adjusting OHEI appropriations for competitively and legislatively named grant programs so administrative cost reserves would conform to 10% and 5% parameters when current law is below those levels. The committee then heard testimony in support of continuing the spinal cord injury/traumatic brain injury grant program at its current level. Joey Carlson described his spinal cord injury, his career path, and how the program helped advance research and industry connections, while Matthew Broadick argued the program has produced clinical trials, FDA approval-related progress, jobs, and strong return on investment. He also said the program belongs at the Office of Higher Education rather than the Department of Health because its mission better fits research and innovation. Members asked about the program’s long-term home, and the witnesses defended OHE’s role. No votes were taken; the chair thanked the House for the offer, said it would be reviewed, and recessed the meeting.