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• There is, you know, waste that is still there. It's just really going to impact long term.
• There is, you know, waste that is still there. It's just really going to impact long term.
• A small modular reactor is a nuclear power plant, but small.
• I feel that the votes for this bill are voting for a nuclear power plant, a nuclear reactor in your backyard
• A reactor in your backyard and you don't get a voice, and maybe it's a good location for a small nuclear

Keywords: 1182, all

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• </c><00:36:13.440><c> power</c><00:36:13.760><c> as</c> tree burning and nuclear power as tree burning
• There's so much better technology when it come to waste your energy.
• 42:10.319><c> to</c> much better technology when it come to much better technology when it come to waste
• </c><00:42:11.839><c> Way</c><00:42:12.079><c> better</c><00:42:12.720><c> than</c> waste your energy
• Way better than waste your energy.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs and Committee on Transportation, Culture, and the Arts heard several resolutions, with most public testimony focused on Senate Concurrent Resolution 159 and Senate Resolution 129, which urge continued U.S. support for the Ukrainian military. Testimony on those measures was largely opposed, with witnesses arguing Hawaii should prioritize local needs such as homelessness, infrastructure, and cost of living over additional aid to Ukraine; one support testimony was noted from the Democratic Party of Hawaii. Despite the opposition, both committees recommended passage with technical, nonsubstantive amendments, and the recommendations were adopted. The committees also considered transportation-related resolutions. Senate Concurrent Resolution 182 and Senate Resolution 152 would initiate a summer streets pilot program, and Senate Concurrent Resolution 200 and Senate Resolution 180 would ask AMPO to coordinate a transportation management training program. Testimony on the summer streets proposal included support and opposition, with one witness saying community input should be gathered through existing district and community meetings rather than creating a pilot. The training-program measure drew opposition from a witness who argued it would add unnecessary bureaucracy. Both pairs were recommended for passage, with the summer streets resolutions passed unamended and the training-program resolutions passed with technical amendments. In the Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs committee, Senate Concurrent Resolution 18 and Senate Resolution 14, concerning relocation of the Pearl City post office to Navy property, were recommended for passage with technical amendments. The committee also heard extensive testimony on Senate Concurrent Resolution 136 and Senate Resolution 150, which call for a geothermal energy working group. Supporters included the State Energy Office, PUC, consumer advocate, and others, though the energy office asked to move the report deadline to 2027. Opponents raised concerns about cost, health impacts, environmental risks, and Native Hawaiian representation. The chair proposed amendments to add a Native Hawaiian member, the consumer advocate, and the House and Senate energy committee chairs, clarify participation by utility, geothermal, and nonprofit representatives, and extend the report deadline to 2027. The resolutions were then recommended for passage with amendments, and all recommendations were adopted before adjournment.

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• </c><00:51:07.559><c> fraudulent</c> means runting out wasteful fraudulent means runting out wasteful
• , fraud, and abuse, the firing of experts that oversee the nuclear enterprise and our nuclear weapons
• , fraud, and abuse, the firing of experts that oversee the nuclear enterprise and our nuclear weapons
• The firing of experts that oversee the nuclear enterprise and our nuclear weapons, the tariffs, which
• <03:27:45.800><c> time</c> wasting time wasting time uh<03:27:47.239><c> repealing</c><03:27:48.080><

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Senate Bill 1105 by Parker relates to the establishment of the Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Authority

Bills: SJR36, SB26, SJR3, SJR48, SJR50, SJR51, SCR15, SCR17, SB3, SB5, SB12, SB18, SB1001, SB1002, SB1003, SB1004, SB1005, SB1006, SB1007, SB1008, SB1009, SB1010, SB1011, SB1012, SB1013, SB1014, SB1015, SB1016, SB1017, SB1018, SB1019, SB1020, SB1021, SB1022, SB1023, SB1024, SB1025, SB1026, SB1027, SB1028, SB1029, SB1030, SB1031, SB1032, SB1033, SB1034, SB1035, SB1036, SB1037, SB1038, SB1039, SB1040, SB1041, SB1042, SB1043, SB1044, SB1045, SB1046, SB1049, SB1050, SB1051, SB1052, SB1053, SB1054, SB1055, SB1056, SB1057, SB1058, SB1059, SB1060, SB1061, SB1062, SB1063, SB1064, SB1065, SB1066, SB1067, SB1068, SB1069, SB1070, SB1071, SB1072, SB1073, SB1074, SB1075, SB1076, SB1077, SB1078, SB1079, SB1080, SB1081, SB1082, SB1083, SB1084, SB1085, SB1086, SB1087, SB1088, SB1089, SB1090, SB1091, SB1092, SB1093, SB1094, SB1095, SB1096, SB1097, SB1098, SB1099, SB1100, SB1101, SB1102, SB1103, SB1104, SB1105, SB1106, SB1107, SB1108, SB1109, SB1110, SB1111, SB1112, SB1113, SB1114, SB1115, SB1116, SB1117, SB1118, SB1119, SB1120, SB1121, SB1122, SB1123, SB1124, SB1125, SB1126, SB1127, SB1128, SB1129, SB1130, SB1131, SB1132, SB1133, SB1134, SB1135, SB1136, SB1137, SB1138, SB1139, SB1140, SB1141, SB1142, SB1143, SB1144, SB1145, SB1146, SB1147, SB1148, SB1149, SB1150, SB1565

Keywords: teacher compensation, education funding, public school educators, teacher retention, teacher designation, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, research funding, state budget, prevention, healthcare, medical research, Dementia Prevention and Research Institute, severance tax, oil and gas, Texas STRONG fund, economic stabilization, public health, property tax relief

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• generating unit to make an effort to prioritize the siting and development of the nuclear generating
• unit at a site that is located in or near a nuclear-ready community.
• energy, except nuclear energy is not the only solution.
• Nuclear energy is not the only solution. We need to allow counties to consider all of it.
• There is still no way to deal with the waste.

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• war and abolish nuclear weapons.
• nuclear weapons base.
• war and abolish nuclear weapons.
• That refusal results in an unstable nuclear apartheid that drives nuclear weapons proliferation.
• The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was not ratified by any of the nuclear arsenal-owning

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security held a public hearing on a wide range of bills affecting law enforcement, corrections, fire services, emergency management, telecommunicators, and sex offender policy. Testimony strongly focused on proposals to restore an education incentive for Massachusetts State Police troopers hired after the Quinn Bill was repealed, with State Police Association witnesses arguing the current system creates unfair pay disparities, hurts recruitment and retention, and leaves newer troopers earning less than some supervisors with the same or less education. They urged favorable reports on H. 2651, S. 1759, and S. 1783. A separate witness also supported H. 2627, a sheriff’s pay-parity bill, while suggesting amendments to avoid distinctions between correction officers and jail officers and warning that the proposal should not be viewed as a funding issue alone. The committee also heard testimony on public safety and oversight bills. A rape survivor testified in support of S. 1663, arguing that municipal fire or police personnel convicted of sex offenses should not remain in positions of public trust. Senator Miranda testified in support of S. 1723, S. 1724, and S. 1727, which would create correctional officer training/accountability standards, a correctional inspector general, and privileged communication with legislators for incarcerated people; he said the bills respond to misconduct and lack of independent oversight in the Department of Correction. In contrast, the Fire Chiefs Association and Professional Fire Fighters opposed H. 2572/S. 1668/S. 1740 on emergency management, saying the bill was developed without enough collaboration, lacked local-control safeguards, and could undermine incident command and local decision-making during disasters. Several panels supported other public safety measures. The Fire Chiefs Association and PFFM backed S. 1641 and S. 1744 to create a Massachusetts Public Safety Building Authority to help fund fire station and municipal public safety building projects, and supported S. 1647 to implement the Walsh-Kennedy Commission recommendations on hot works and welding safety, including tougher penalties and training requirements. Witnesses also supported H. 2664/S. 1736 to create a hoisting machinery regulations board, saying current licensing standards for heavy equipment are too minimal. Another panel backed H. 2663/S. 1761 to classify 911 telecommunicators as first responders, citing stress, burnout, and the expanding role of dispatchers. Finally, an attorney from CPCS testified in opposition to S. 1752, warning that expanded sex offender residency restrictions would likely increase homelessness, make supervision harder, and raise constitutional concerns based on prior court rulings.

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• </c> basically defines advanced nuclear basically defines advanced nuclear resources<02:21:39.520><c>
• The same can be said of a nuclear waste storage site in New Mexico and Texas, where the industry leaders
• The same can be said of a nuclear waste storage site in New Mexico and Texas, where the industry leaders
• The same can be said of a nuclear waste storage site in New Mexico and Texas, where the industry leaders
• The same can be said of a nuclear waste storage site in New Mexico and Texas, where the industry leaders

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• A common example is waste management units on refinery properties.
• Waste management units on refinery properties can have hazardous waste discharges in them.
• Water Code 13304 authorizes the water boards to require cleanup of all waste discharged.
• We also regulate waste management units at a refinery under waste discharge requirements for discharges
• of waste to land pursuant to Title 27.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Moving on to North Korea, nuclear, the nuclear arsenal there continues to advance unchecked.
• Nuclear deterrence must be the foundation for any defense strategy.
• Let's talk about the threat of a nuclear Iran.
• Tolerate a nuclear Iran and hope to contain it. Use military force to stop Iran from going nuclear.
• the… large majority of nuclear material in our arsenal.

Keywords: defense, geopolitical tensions, military readiness, China, Russia, U.S. military, Indo-Pacific, alliance, procurement

Summary: The meeting focused on critical defense and security matters, particularly concerning the ongoing geopolitical tensions involving China and Russia. There were discussions surrounding U.S. military readiness, with significant emphasis on the potential threats posed by China in the Indo-Pacific region. Members expressed concerns about America's military capabilities in relation to the growing Chinese fleet and the importance of maintaining strong alliances with nations like Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Additionally, the notion of prioritizing the defense industrial base was highlighted, emphasizing the need for effective procurement and modernization efforts to counter adversarial threats. Furthermore, notable commentary included a reference to President Zelensky's remarks regarding peace negotiations with Ukraine, expressing a willingness for further cooperation with the U.S.

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• The applicant must explain why the site in or near the nuclear-ready community was not selected.
• Except nuclear energy is not the only solution. We need to allow counties...
• Nuclear energy is not the only solution. We need to allow counties to consider all of it.
• Small modular reactors are nuclear reactors. They have a lot of the same problems as big reactors.
• There is still no way to deal with the waste.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, and a series of guest introductions recognizing Maricopa County Community Colleges Day at the Capitol, the Doctor of the Day, Glendale Community College leadership, and other visitors. The chamber also received a gubernatorial communication withdrawing Holly Prangman’s nomination to the State Board of Psychologist Examiners. The body then considered multiple bills in Committee of the Whole. Measures advanced included HB 2342 on planned communities/HOA-related provisions, HB 2456 on small modular reactors and energy siting, HB 2457 on power plant and transmission line siting, HB 2752 on Commerce Authority trade offices, and HB 2923 on mental health court-ordered treatment, with several floor amendments adopted. Additional bills were also advanced from later calendars, including HB 2249 on parents’ bill of rights remedies, HB 2482 on school facilities and building renewal grants, HB 2895 on Native American language instruction certification, HB 2661 and HB 2662 on family law/parenting issues, HB 2793 on annexation procedures, HB 2805 on electronic signatures and nomination petitions, HB 467 on voter registration status, HCM 2005 on foreign government property ownership, HCM 2006 on Endangered Species Act reform, HB 2641 on PFAS firefighting foam prohibition, HB 2673 on incarcerated persons and mental illness treatment, HB 2745 on legislative subpoena/contempt, HB 2763 on shooting range closure conditions, and HCM 2011 on Mexican wolf delisting. The Senate then took up third-reading votes on several measures. HB 2035 on child welfare and placement passed 17-10, with senators citing concerns about kinship care definitions and LGBTQ exclusions. HB 2109, HB 2189, HB 2244, HB 2440, HB 2594, and HB 2932 all passed by varying margins, and HCM 2007 on renaming State Route 69 also passed. HCR 2059, supporting county sheriffs, passed after debate over the “supreme constitutional authority” language, with some senators objecting to what they described as a conspiratorial framing and others defending sheriffs’ constitutional role. SB 1503 on first responders’ state death benefits passed with the required emergency and supermajority votes, and HB 2342 and HB 2456 later passed on third reading. The Senate also agreed to a free conference committee on HB 2000 and adjourned until April 16, 2026, after announcing several conference committee meetings.

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• Ybarra: Yes, this particular amendment is put in place for companies that produce their own energy with waste
• This is the best way to use that waste and create energy for a company so they don't use more energy
• I've got nuclear steel, wanted to come to my hometown, 250 jobs... I'll tell you this.
• I've got nuclear steel wanted to come to my hometown. 250 jobs are, the jobs in Quincy are farm workers

Summary: The committee held a public hearing on SSB 6269, which updates the Motor Fuel Quality Act by removing the separate definition of alternative fuel and broadening the definition of motor fuel to include gaseous products and fuels used for transportation purposes. The Washington State Department of Agriculture testified that the change would let weights and measures staff test a wider range of fuels, including hydrogen and other clean fuels, and Douglas County PUD supported the bill as necessary to help regulate the state’s first hydrogen fueling station and future hydrogen infrastructure. A question clarified that the bill concerns the purity of the final hydrogen fuel product, not certification of the production process. The committee then received a briefing on three amendments to SB 5982, which expands Clean Energy Transformation Act coverage to additional entities. Amendment 170 would remove a requirement tied to affected market customers consuming the same or greater share of non-emitting and renewable electricity for the same end uses; Amendment 171 would exempt electricity used solely for emergency backup purposes; and Amendment 173 would similarly exempt backup generation using de minimis fossil fuels and related load from CETA compliance. Members discussed whether the amendments were needed to protect cogeneration facilities and emergency backup systems, while others argued they could weaken CETA’s clean-energy goals. In executive session, SB 6013 was reported out of committee with a do pass recommendation by a 21-0 voice vote. On SB 5982, Amendment 170 failed, Amendment 171 failed, and Amendment 173 passed. The committee then adopted the amendments into a striking amendment and voted 12-8 to report Substitute Senate Bill 5982 out of committee with a do pass as amended recommendation. Members supporting the bill said it levels the playing field and preserves exemptions for backup power and existing cogeneration, while opponents argued it could undermine CETA and allow continued fossil-fuel use or create loopholes.

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• Chair, members of the committee, we had a nuclear medicine camera, medical equipment, was a nuclear medicine
• Had a nuclear medicine camera, medical equipment, was a nuclear medicine camera.
• I'm just trying to figure out an option for us not to waste $2.5 million today.
• I'm just trying to figure out an option for us not to pay waste $2.5 million dollars today.

Bills: SB152, SB145, SB190, HB247

Keywords: telecommunications, low-income assistance, lifeline, broadband, rural broadband, universal service fund, public regulation commission, PRC, 911 surcharge, telecommunications relay service, VoIP, mobile service, internet affordability, digital equity, digital inclusion, rural internet, broadband infrastructure, eligible telecommunications carrier, ETC, tribal consent

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• By Representative Miller and Gentry, advanced nuclear reactors.
• Members, in what ironically might be my least nuclear bill. I bring you advanced nuclear reactors.
• HB 1461 establishes a framework for the licensing and regulation of advanced nuclear reactors.
• By Representative Miller and Gentry, advanced nuclear reactors.
• Members, in what ironically might be my least nuclear bill. I bring you advanced nuclear reactors.

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• heat to reduce generated and the waste heat to reduce energy<00:26:18.640><c> costs</c><00:26:18.960
• manufacturers, food and beverage industries, to bring high-strength waste to the facility to create
• waste into energy<00:28:14.159><c> working</c><00:28:14.440><c> with</c><00:28:14.640><c> multiple</
• </c> Industries to bring high strength waste Industries to bring high strength waste to<00:28:18.799>
• DRI production requires ammonia produced with clean energy sources such as wind, solar, nuclear, and

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Members, this is Chairman Harris's bill regarding nuclear energy.
• Members, this is Chairman Harris's resolution providing funding for nuclear energy initiatives. energy
• The 30 gigawatts of solar that we have will produce about five million tons of waste material.
• Just for context, that five million tons is about as much waste as the city of Austin produces over a
• So other electricity generators face numerous regulations involving their waste stream.

Bills: HB246, HB796, HB 1056, HB1544, HB1846, HB2001, HB2618, HB2625, HB2869, HB2898, HB3069, HB3114, HB3157, HB3228, HJR98, HB246

Keywords: federal directives, state authority, Tenth Amendment, government enforcement, local governance, gold standard, legal tender, currency, transactional currency, financial transactions, electronic payment systems, state finance, regulatory compliance, electric trucks, charging infrastructure, advisory council, transportation, sustainability, criminal penalties, official information

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• engineering, when you work with government entities like the lab, Air Force Research Lab, and Air Force Nuclear
• This company will be producing hypersonic missiles for non-nuclear deterrence.
• I was just wondering if these might also be used to track the transfer of nuclear waste as they're making
• One of the challenges when tracking a canister of radioactive waste is that you have an intense. metal
• the instance that happened at the WIPP plant, kitty litter was mixed into a container of radioactive waste

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• Judges were never government waste.
• president fired our nuclear experts from the<02:07:45.920><c> National</c><02:07:46.560><c> Nuclear</
• </c> make sure that we don't have nuclear make sure that we don't have nuclear power<02:07:59.760><c>
• ,</c> border, slashes wasteful spending, border, slashes wasteful spending, delivers<02:29:30.640><c>
• Let's not waste it. I American people. Let's not waste it.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• One is nuclear, where what this chart says is we're going to keep our three existing nuclear units at
• our two nuclear plants.
• There are options, but there's not a tremendous number of options. form of new nuclear or additional
• Hydro form of new nuclear or additional Hydro or<00:12:20.639><c> carbon</c><00:12:21.040><c> capture
• </c> you have my Pledge on questions of waste you have my Pledge on questions of waste and<01:02:08.799

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• For the Department of Toxic Substances Control, $837,000 from the Hazardous Waste Control Account and
• $25,000... $837,000 from the Hazardous Waste Control Account in 2025-26 and ongoing, and $1.7 million
• Next, for the Department of Toxic Substances Control as well, $2 million from the Hazardous Waste Control
• Fund, $15 million from the Beverage Container Recycling Fund, and $15 million from the Electronic Waste
• from special funds in many instances, not the General Fund: the environmental license plate fee, the waste

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee hearing focused on the governor’s May Revision, especially the proposed extension of the cap-and-trade program to 2045 as “cap-and-invest,” the related greenhouse gas reduction fund (GGRF) spending framework, and several trailer bill proposals. Department of Finance staff outlined budget solutions including a $1.5 billion annual General Fund-to-GGRF shift for Cal Fire that would grow to $1.9 billion by 2029-30, continued support for high-speed rail, climate bond implementation, and various environmental and water-related statutory changes. The administration also described proposals affecting the Delta Conveyance Project, water quality planning, groundwater bulletin timing, Exide cleanup funding, and other agency-specific items, though the chair repeatedly asked staff to keep the presentation high-level and save details for the next hearing. Members from both parties raised strong concerns about the cap-and-invest proposal, arguing that it could reduce or displace funding for transit, affordable housing, active transportation, wildfire prevention, zero-emission vehicles, and other previously committed programs. Several members questioned whether the administration was effectively shifting essential ongoing services like Cal Fire onto a temporary carbon market fund, how the General Fund backstop would work if auction revenues fall short, and whether the proposal would leave enough money for continuous appropriations and future awards. Members also criticized the inclusion of cap-and-invest reauthorization in the budget process and asked for clearer information on the impact to high-speed rail, transit, and other GGRF priorities. The Delta Conveyance Project and related trailer bill language drew significant opposition from members and public commenters, who argued the proposal would fast-track the project, weaken CEQA-related review, and authorize revenue bond financing without sufficient legislative oversight. Public testimony also included support for maintaining or expanding funding for transit, affordable housing, AB 617 community air protection, offshore wind infrastructure, and ignition interlock programs, while environmental and community groups opposed cuts to wildfire prevention, housing, and school climate-related programs. No votes were taken; the hearing was informational, and the chair said the committee would continue the discussion and receive more detailed responses at the follow-up hearing on Tuesday.

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• </c><01:39:28.239><c> uh,</c> natural gas plants and nuclear uh, natural gas plants and nuclear uh, nuclear
• </c><01:41:22.960><c> We</c> of nuclear or fossil fuel plants. We of nuclear or fossil fuel plants.
• </c> the chair of the state solid waste the chair of the state solid waste working<03:21:34.880><c> group
• </c><03:25:21.760><c> Waste</c> and millions of dollars of damage.
• Waste and millions of dollars of damage.

Keywords: 1189, house, all