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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, June 23, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- No to a Republican to do their jobs.
- </c><00:15:17.120><c> in</c> what the GOP and the Republicans in what the GOP and the Republicans in
- c><03:05:44.720><c> up</c><03:05:44.960><c> for</c> Republican colleagues to stand up for Republican
- ><04:17:03.840><c> work</c><04:17:04.000><c> to</c> Republican colleagues also to work to Republican
- I would urge my Republican issues.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee 4/15/26
Rules and Legislative Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> have the support of your Republican have the support of your Republican Caucus<01:15:49.000><c>
- Tell me if those weren't Republicans what you would be doing.
- You've heard from Republicans. You've heard from Independents.
- You've heard from Republicans. You've heard from Independents.
- It's not a shock to me that you all want a Republican governor, and you all want a Republican attorney
Keywords:
permanent school fund, school endowment fund, Minnesota constitutional amendment, school aid, public school funding, State Board of Investment, investment income, distributable amount, school districts, property taxes, income taxes, voter approval, ballot question, constitutional amendment 2026, education finance, fund perpetuity, purchasing power, trust lands, swamp lands, internal improvement land fund
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 2/18/26
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- was appointed this month for a term ending in January of 2029, and he also identifies with the Republican
- representative for a term Republican representative for a term ending<00:07:41.680><c> in</c><00:07:
- And if there are no Republican party.
- I identify with the Republican Party, but I have not always exclusively supported Republican candidates
- ><c> party,</c><00:26:03.120><c> but</c> identify with the Republican party, but identify with the Republican
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Republican Media Availability 4/22/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I mean, is that to say that on the health budget specifically Republicans, it's a non-starter to discuss
- I mean, is that to say that on the health budget specifically Republicans, it's a non-starter to discuss
- So, in other words, Republicans don't want to backfill that gap because there is a gap right now, and
- Um, you know, we right now have the agreed-upon Democrat and Republican House targets.
- </c> agreed upon Democrat and Republican agreed upon Democrat and Republican House<00:08:24.639><c> targets
NJ
Transcript Highlights:
- Thanks as well to the members of the committee, Democrat and Republican, for the hard work and genuine
- Confirming Republican contentions denied by the former administration that our structural deficit was
- To be clear, because I know the accusation is coming, Republicans... Nothing ever will.
- To be clear, because I know the accusation is coming, Republicans don't suggest all add-ons via the '
- ...side with Republicans and fix this broken budget, or at least take a half step toward doing so.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions, May 22, 2026 - AM
Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c> that people are just staying Republican, that people are just staying Republican, right?
- </c> election, 20 to 25% of the Republican election, 20 to 25% of the Republican electorate<00:41:57.200
- We know that in an upcoming Republican primary there are, you know, guidelines to be a Republican.
- ,</c><01:33:18.639><c> 61,000</c> being Republican, 61,000 being Republican, 61,000 which<01:33:20.400
- </c><01:50:39.440><c> uni</c> except for the one big Republican uni except for the one big Republican
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- We, the Republican caucus, believe that the money belongs to the people.
- But these are the Republican priorities, right?
- That is a Republican-constructed budget, recognizing divided government.
- We have a unified Republican majority.
- I'm proud of my Republicans for fighting back. Wherever I can.
Bills:
HB4138, HB4139, HB4140, HB4141, HB4142, HB4143, HB4144, HB4145, HB4146, HB4147, HB4148, HB4149, HB4150, HB4151, HB4152, HB4153, SB1831, SB1832, SB1833, SB1834, SB1835, SB1836, SB1837, SB1838, SB1839, SB1840, SB1841, SB1842, SB1843, SB1844, SB1845, SB1846
Keywords:
appropriations, education funding, health care, general fund, state budget, local funding, gaming, pari-mutuel, horse racing, regulatory assessment, first-time starters, budget implementation, federal funds, government services, budget stabilization, financial reporting, capital outlay, infrastructure, veterans services, highway construction
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 20 (2-4-26)
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And no matter what you are, Republican or Democrat, you've had to stand for election.
- Um, it's rare that you can become the county judge executive in Jefferson County as a Republican.
- Um, it's rare that you can become the county judge executive in Jefferson County as a Republican.
- Um, it's rare that you can become the county judge executive in Jefferson County as a Republican.
- It would be like County as a Republican.
Summary:
The Kentucky Senate convened with an opening prayer and Pledge of Allegiance, then completed roll call, excused absent senators, and approved the journal from February 3, 2026. The chamber received second readings for Senate Bill 5 on Kentucky-grown agricultural product procurement and Senate Bill 73 on tallow-based cosmetic products, and heard committee reports advancing Senate Bill 18 with a committee substitute, along with Senate Bills 33, 85, and 132. The House also communicated passage of House Bill 1694 and requested concurrence. Senate Bill 162, relating to children, was introduced, and Senate Bill 34 was passed over while retaining its place on the calendar.
The Senate adopted Senate Citation 4 recognizing National School Counseling Week, with remarks emphasizing the role of school counselors in student academic and mental health support. The body also adopted Senate Resolution 71 honoring Dr. Samantha Shaver for her service as president of the Kentucky Dental Association; the sponsor and other members praised her leadership and oral health advocacy. Later, the Senate received a committee report posting Senate Bills 5, 12, and 73 to the regular orders and referring several bills to committees, including Senate Bills 129, 136, and 183 to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor, Senate Bill 71 to Education, and Senate Bill 9 to State and Local Government.
Members made several co-sponsorship requests for bills including Senate Bills 9, 12, 33, 132, 143, 153, 154, 159, and 183. A lengthy floor statement from the Senator from Clay praised Senator McConnell’s long service and recent federal funding achievements for Kentucky, including education, transportation, defense, and economic development projects. The Senate also received a floor amendment to Senate Bill 33, introduced Senate Bill 163 on unemployment insurance and Senate Resolution 78 honoring the CSX Santa Train, and then adjourned until 2 p.m. on Thursday, February 5, 2026.
US
Transcript Highlights:
- My Republican colleagues and I are committed to preventing a $4 trillion-plus tax hike on the American
- According to the non-partisan Joint Committee on Tax, the price tag for the Trump Republican tax agenda
- Republicans have locked our side of the aisle out of this debate. There is no discussion.
- And Republicans have said, sure, why not? Mr.
- Republicans in Congress will set out the general rules for this tax giveaway.
Keywords:
Commerce, International Trade, Tax Policy, Nominees, Inflation, Middle-class, Trade Practices, Economic Concerns
Summary:
The committee convened to discuss various bills and nominees, including the critical nominations of William Kimmett for Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade and Ken Keyes for Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy at the Treasury Department. Discussions highlighted the nominees' roles in managing critical trade and tax policies amidst rising economic concerns, particularly focusing on inflation and its impact on American families. Members expressed both support and skepticism, emphasizing the significance of fostering fair trade practices and ensuring tax policies that benefit the middle-class amidst claims of an agenda favoring affluent individuals and corporations.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And their 15th jet and their 20th mansion, that is not right, and Democrats, Republicans, independents
- cannot understand why this is until you recognize that it's because these billionaires pay for these Republican
- member of Congress's campaigns, who just so happen to fund the campaigns of Republican members of the
- And what Republican members of Congress and Republican members of the state House want to do is take
- The establishment Republicans in this state. Try to save money on the backs of these children.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Cmte on Rules - Subcommittee on the Federal Impact on Minnesotans and Economic Stability - 02/20/26
Transcript Highlights:
- Um it's no Republican fine with that.
- It's been true under Republican presidents.
- </c><01:48:14.239><c> Uh</c> true under Republican presidents. Uh true under Republican presidents.
- </c> Congresses controlled by the Republican Congresses controlled by the Republican party.<01:48:20.159
- It is Republicans in this legislature.
Summary:
The Senate Rules and Administration Select Subcommittee on Federal Impacts on Minnesotans and Economic Stability met on February 20, 2026, to hear from Minnesota Management and Budget State Budget Director Anna Mingi about federal funding changes affecting the state budget. Before testimony began, Senator Rasmusson objected to a draft committee report that had been prepared in advance of the hearing, arguing it was inappropriate to summarize testimony before it occurred. The chair responded that nonpartisan staff had prepared the draft from Mingi’s submitted presentation and could revise it after the hearing if needed.
Director Mingi explained that federal dollars make up more than one-third of state spending and support about 650 federal awards totaling over $23 billion this year, with more than $15 billion supporting state entitlement programs. She said the federal funding environment had changed significantly since January 2025 through executive orders, pauses, terminations, new grant conditions, delayed awards, and the July 2025 passage of H.R. 1, the federal reconciliation bill. Her main focus was H.R. 1’s effects on health care and food assistance, including work requirements for some adults, changes to eligibility for legal non-citizens, limits on retroactive Medicaid coverage and directed payments, new limits on provider taxes, and SNAP changes that shift some benefit and administrative costs to the state and counties. She estimated H.R. 1 would reduce federal funds to state-administered programs by about $327 million in the current biennium and $1.6 billion in the next, with additional costs to hospitals, counties, and other partners beyond the budget horizon.
Members asked follow-up questions about whether the estimates were relative to the forecast and whether federal Medicaid funding would still rise over time. Mingi said the estimates were based on the November forecast baseline and that Medicaid federal dollars would likely continue growing overall, though the law still creates significant losses relative to prior projections. Senator Rasmusson emphasized that point in remarks to the committee. The discussion then shifted to federal grant pauses and cancellations: MMB’s tracker showed about six awards on hold totaling roughly $491 million, 13 confirmed cancellations across areas including clean energy, education, food assistance, and public health, and additional threatened or litigated cuts not included in those totals. Mingi identified two canceled violence-prevention-related grants, including a FEMA public safety grant and a justice reinvestment grant, and noted that CDC had recently moved to cancel or seek cancellation of several Minnesota public health grants, including a $65 million public health infrastructure award.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Republicans are obsessed with fairness and safety.
- This foolishness is actually, I believe, Republicans working to oppress girls.
- It is about the Republican attempt to protect It is about the Republican attempt to protect ESA vouchers
- And absolutely, Republicans are hiding behind military families. And I vote no.
- But my Republican colleagues still refuse to fund it.
Summary:
The Senate met, opened with prayer and the pledge, and then handled a series of messages and floor actions. The chamber transmitted a large group of Senate bills to the governor and Senate Concurrent Memorial 1004 to the Secretary of State. It also received House requests to return Senate Bills 1175 and 1198 for reconsideration, which were granted without objection. The Senate then moved into Committee of the Whole to consider several House concurrent resolutions.
On H.C.R. 2001, a constitutional referral on election requirements, senators debated a Judiciary Committee amendment and a Hoffman floor amendment that would require voter ID, allow election-day tabulation of early ballots at polling places, and require legislative funding for implementation. Supporters said the measure would improve election security, voter confidence, and speed up results; opponents argued it was vague, could undermine mail voting, and lacked clear implementation details. The amendment was adopted, and after further debate the Committee of the Whole gave H.C.R. 2001 a do-pass recommendation by a 15-12 vote. Later, on third reading, the full Senate passed H.C.R. 2001 by a 16-12 vote and transmitted it to the House.
The chamber also considered H.C.R. 2003, a referral on student athletics and biological sex. Senator Ortiz offered a floor amendment to replace the blanket ban approach with rules based on athletic ability and inclusion; supporters said it would preserve fairness while avoiding discrimination, while opponents said it would gut the measure and weaken protections for girls’ sports. The Ortiz amendment failed 11-16, and H.C.R. 2003 then received a do-pass recommendation in Committee of the Whole and later passed third reading. H.C.R. 2044, a referral on prohibiting preferential treatment and discrimination, also received a do-pass recommendation without recorded controversy. The Senate then adjourned after completing the remaining procedural motions and votes.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/14/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Republicans are for the end consumers Republicans are for the end consumers with<00:32:08.240><c> the
- I'm hearing from my Republican colleagues.
- This need to be a Republican Democrat.
- </c> communities because Republican communities because Republican businesses,<00:34:16.240><c> Democrat
- </c> I'm hearing from my Republican I'm hearing from my Republican colleagues.<00:35:40.720><c> They<
Keywords:
workers' compensation, Minnesota workers' compensation, Workers' Compensation Advisory Council, reinsurance association, Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Association, WCRA, occupational disease, presumption, first responders, firefighter cancer, PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, police officer, paramedic, emergency medical technician, correctional officer, security counselor, public safety dispatcher, temporary total disability, permanent partial disability
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> island sorry Hawaiian Islands Republican island sorry Hawaiian Islands Republican women<00:01:50.320
- </c> March 6 and the Hawaii Republican March 6 and the Hawaii Republican Presidential<00:02:42.400><c
- </c> therefore Hawaiian Islands Republican therefore Hawaiian Islands Republican women<00:03:11.640><
- Jamie deWeer, Hawaiian Islands Republican Women.
- Republican Republican women<01:06:51.359><c> morning</c><01:06:51.680><c> again</c> morning<01:06:56.400
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on SB 114, which would create a presidential preference primary for the 2028 election. The Office of Elections said the bill would cost about $4.1 million. Supporters, including the Hawaii Democratic Party and the League of Women Voters, favored moving the process to a state-run primary, while several opponents, including the Hawaiian Islands Republican Women and multiple individual testifiers, argued it would be too expensive, would shift control away from the parties, and would replace volunteer-run caucuses with a mail-in system. Committee members questioned the chief election officer about election timing, certification, and how a primary might be scheduled with other elections. Testimony was recorded as 11 in support, 41 opposed, and 3 comments, and no vote was taken in the excerpt.
The committee then took up SB 725, which would require judges to make findings about a defendant’s ability to afford bail. Judiciary and Attorney General witnesses asked that the bill be deferred or amended, saying the Judicial Council is already reviewing pretrial bail reform and that the bill’s language could create practical problems for police, sheriffs, and courts. Supporters, including the Correctional System Oversight Commission, the public defender, the Community Alliance on Prisons, the ACLU of Hawaii, and disability rights advocates, said cash bail disproportionately harms low-income defendants, increases pretrial detention costs, and should require clearer findings and records. Opponents included the Hawaii County prosecuting attorney. Members questioned how bail is initially set, what records exist, and whether the bill would change current practice; Judiciary witnesses said initial bail decisions are often made by police or judges and later reviewed on the record, while supporters argued the bill would strengthen front-end due process. The ACLU said it supported the bill with amendments, including clearer standards for ability to pay and written findings.
The committee also began hearing SB 733, a proposed constitutional amendment to establish a continuous legislative session. Early testimony was strongly supportive, with advocates arguing that the current 60-day session limits public participation, makes it hard for working people to testify, and prevents lawmakers from collaborating effectively. Supporters said a year-round model could improve transparency, reduce duplicate bills, and better accommodate neighbor island legislators. The excerpt ends during the opening testimony on SB 733, before any committee action or vote is shown.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Republican Members Propose New Legislation Addressing Fraud - 02/19/26
Transcript Highlights:
- I am State Senator Mark Johnson, Senate Republican Leader.
- 24.720><c> to</c><00:06:24.880><c> do</c> Senate Republicans are prepared to do Senate Republicans are
- But it was overwhelmingly supported by Republicans and Democrats.
- But it was overwhelmingly supported by Republicans and Democrats.
- It's what Republicans and Democrats.
Summary:
Senate Republican leaders held a press event to roll out a package of anti-fraud proposals focused on state welfare and human services programs. Mark Johnson opened by citing recent fraud scandals, including a shuttered housing program and reports of vulnerable adults being left without care while providers billed for full services, and said Republicans want top-down reform, stronger accountability, new technology, and tighter oversight of taxpayer dollars. Michael Kreun said Republicans support an independent Office of Inspector General and argued the Senate-passed bill should not be weakened in the House; he also said the Senate should restore its role in confirming agency commissioners, especially at DHS, which he described as central to the fraud problem.
Jordan Rasmusson outlined a plan to stop “blank checks” for DHS and DCYF services by requiring legislative audit review when a program exceeds budget by 5 percent and legislative approval for additional spending at 10 percent over budget. He also said DHS should adopt basic integrity tools such as electronic visit verification and client sign-off. Steve Drazkowski described two bills: a statewide “do-not-pay” list to block payments to ineligible people or entities, and an “I’m Not a Robot” proposal for Medicaid managed care that would require enrollee verification forms, with a 2 percent payment withhold used to encourage compliance and potentially fund county system upgrades. Mark Krueger said the state should improve technology and data use for eligibility determinations, citing other states’ rapid fraud-fighting systems, and proposed penalties for false reporting to the Legislative Auditor after a DHS audit found falsified site-visit records.
Steve Gruenhagen said his bill would require DHS and DCYF to resume annual fraud-prevention and oversight reports to the legislature, which he said had stopped after 2017 despite rising fraud cases. Michael Holmstrom proposed unannounced site visits for all DHS and DCYF providers before enrollment, reenrollment, and revalidation, funded through provider service fees, and cited a recent case involving a woman with autism who was billed for far more care than she received. In the Q&A, Kreun said House Democrats’ delete-everything amendment to the inspector general bill removed the law enforcement division and stripped the bill of its “teeth,” and he suggested the governor’s office may have been involved in efforts to replace the bill with a weaker coordination council model. No votes were taken in the press conference.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session May 20th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, the last Republican governor in California was in 2010.
- Get this: the last Republican pro tem of the Senate was in 1970.
- Republican pro tem of the Senate was in 1970. So how did we get here?
- representatives and Congress members and give them some money in rural Republican areas.
- This is because the current Republican Party... ...fault for being in this situation.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a floor introduction welcoming Berkeley Mayor Adina Ishi. The body then moved through a series of third-reading bills, with most measures presented as responses to current policy concerns and several placed on call before roll votes were completed. Early measures included SB 1312 on abandoned cemeteries, SB 1112 increasing penalties for towing industry notice violations, SB 877 requiring insurers to disclose claim materials and revisions, SB 1046 directing Cal/OSHA to develop protections for workers exposed to transboundary pollution in the Tijuana River Valley, and SB 1091 creating a community anti-displacement and preservation housing program. These bills generally drew support and passed, with SB 1091 ultimately passing 34-2 after a call vote.
The floor also considered SB 951 on AI-related layoffs and worker notice, SB 1030 repealing the “man in the house” rule in CalWORKs, SB 1218 tying vehicle registration renewal to payment of illegal dumping fines, SB 1013 tightening privacy and oversight rules for automated license plate readers, SB 1116 making technical changes to the Starter Home Revitalization Act, SB 1201 protecting veterans from food-assistance cuts, and SB 1164 strengthening state voting-rights protections. Debate on SB 1013 featured sharp disagreement over whether the bill’s 30-day retention limit and audit requirements were necessary guardrails or would hinder law enforcement investigations. SB 1164 also drew opposition over concerns about litigation and expanded Attorney General oversight, but supporters argued California should codify voting-rights protections amid federal uncertainty. Most of these measures passed, with SB 1013 and SB 1164 receiving notable no votes.
A major portion of the session focused on AB 1768, an urgency measure authorizing Los Angeles and Contra Costa counties to place local sales-tax measures before voters to help offset federal funding cuts to health care and safety-net services. Supporters framed it as a local-control measure needed to backfill losses from federal disinvestment and protect Medi-Cal, CalFresh, hospitals, clinics, and county services; opponents argued it would worsen affordability, expand regressive taxation, and bypass normal committee review. After extensive debate, the urgency measure received the required votes and passed. The Senate also adopted SCR 171 designating May 20 as California Nonprofits Day by unanimous roll call. The session ended with committee announcements, including budget subcommittee meetings, and a notice that the Senate would recess and reconvene later in the week.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session May 20th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, the last Republican governor in California was in 2010.
- Get this: the last Republican pro tem of the Senate was in 1970.
- Republican pro tem of the Senate was in 1970. So how did we get here?
- representatives and members of Congress and give them some money in rural Republican areas.
- This is because the current Republican Party... ...fault for being in this situation.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/11/2026 - House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections
Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections
Transcript Highlights:
- for no For the Republican Party, and just as a note, I looked for no Democrats.
- And you'll note one registration is Democrat, one registration is Republican.
- As soon as the election, during the election, he voted Republican.
- So this really shouldn't be a Democrat or Republican issue. We should all want our vote to count.
- They would register, and then they would get their voter ID card, and it was Republican.
Keywords:
elections, voting systems, vote tabulation, election security, internet connectivity, offline voting, chain of custody, polling place equipment, counting center, central counting center, election management system, EMS gateway, tabulation equipment, secretary of state, certification, decertification, HAVA, Help America Vote Act, ballot images, audit logs
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Plastic bottle excise tax proposed 3/10/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- That's just the loan in PFA request from Republican members.
- </c> request from Republican members. request from Republican members.
- And, um, Republicans are going to work towards solving these kinds of problems without raising taxes.
- And, um, Republicans are going to work towards solving these kinds of problems without raising taxes.
- And, um, Republicans are going to work towards solving these kinds of problems without raising taxes.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Governor Tim Walz Media Availability 12/4/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- president, a Republican House, Republican Senate—the longest shutdown simply kicked the can down the
- There was a budget coming out of House Republicans and a budget coming out of me.
- "So, if you're concerned about fraud and if the Republican friends come up here and start talking, they
- And I have yet to see an elected official, a Republican elected official, say, 'You're right.
- </c> to see an elected official, a Republican to see an elected official, a Republican elected<00:17: