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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
State of the Union Address by the President of the United States (Tuesday, February 24, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- At age 17, Buddy volunteered to defend America in World War II.
- </c> ended eight wars, including Cambodia. ended eight wars, including Cambodia.
- A war which would have never happened if I were president. Would have never happened.
- </c> can imagine, many, many American war can imagine, many, many American war fighters. fighters. fighters
- We won the first world war with it, the second world war with it, and then they decided to change the
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on State Administration Feb 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- We also have momentum with our emergency hire authority that was granted in Assembly Bill 171.
- Of budget authority for the project.
- I have a belief, after World War II, that veterans returning home with war-related injuries might have
- We saw veterans coming from the war.
- Gulf War veterans who are here in the state of California.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, April 23, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Pass a war powers resolution.
- </c> commander-in-chief who threatens war commander-in-chief who threatens war crimes,<00:17:12.079><
- We should be spending our time wars.
- </c> our troops and help us win the war. Mr. our troops and help us win the war. Mr.
- </c> If he chooses to go to war without Congress, go to war. Might makes right.
Bills:
HB5587
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House POCI Caucus Press Conference 5/8/25
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:04:00.879><c> I</c><00:04:01.120><c> was</c><00:04:01.200><c> the</c><00:04:01.360><c> author
- I was the author of undocumented motans.
- We came here three days after the end of World War II.
- We came here three days after the end of World War II.
- We came here three days after the end of World War II.
Summary:
Lawmakers and advocates from the POCI Caucus held a news conference focused on protecting recent DFL-enacted policies in a newly divided Legislature. They highlighted accomplishments from the last biennium, including earned sick and safe time, ethnic studies, unemployment insurance changes, environmental protections, and MinnesotaCare coverage for undocumented immigrants, and argued these measures should not be rolled back in budget negotiations. Speakers said Republicans were pushing cuts or carveouts that would disproportionately harm Black, brown, immigrant, women, and low-income communities, and they urged the House and Governor Walz to reject those changes.
A major theme was opposition to proposed carveouts to earned sick and safe time. Amanda Otero of TakeAction Minnesota said the proposed changes would remove benefits from more than 100,000 workers based on employer size, and lawmakers said sick leave should be universal. Another major topic was MinnesotaCare for undocumented immigrants. Representative María Isa Pérez Vega, Council Member Jason Chavez, and others argued the program is affordable, reduces uncompensated emergency care, and improves public health by expanding preventive care. Chavez and Emilia Gonzalez Avalos shared personal stories about family members who benefited from health coverage and said cutting access would worsen disparities and hurt families and communities.
The event also included remarks on ethnic studies and historical memory. Representative Samantha Sencer-Mura connected the Ethnic Studies for All Act to her family’s experience with Japanese American incarceration during World War II, and Sally Sudo described her family’s removal and imprisonment under Executive Order 9066. Speakers framed these stories as warnings against scapegoating and exclusion. In the question-and-answer portion, lawmakers said they were still in negotiations but emphasized that certain protections were non-negotiable and that any compromises should be distributed equitably rather than targeting specific groups.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Rules Committee May 6th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So we've been using that mandatory authority that you've provided us.
- We have those authorities, the mandatory authorities that we use, that most of those systems end up converting
- James Piper, Executive Director of the Regional Water Authority, in strong support.
- Vince War I, Majo with MCE, in strong support.
- Before the war was declared on February 28th, prices started to spike. Margins spiked.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Rules first handled several routine actions, including approving three governor’s appointments not required to appear: Anthony Surich as Executive Director of the California Housing Finance Agency, Craig Snelling J.D. to the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, and Nicholas Mueller to the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission. The committee also approved referral of bills to committees, all by 4-0 votes. It then took up appointments requiring testimony, beginning with Jereen DiAdamo to the State Water Resources Control Board.
DiAdamo focused her remarks on safe drinking water, groundwater sustainability, conservation, and Bay-Delta restoration. She said the number of Californians without safe drinking water has fallen from 1.6 million to 800,000 since 2019, credited the SAFER program, technical assistance, and mandatory consolidation authority, and described ongoing work on failing and at-risk systems, domestic well mitigation, SGMA implementation, and the Bay-Delta Plan. Senators pressed her on audit follow-up, measurable goals for reducing the remaining unsafe systems, funding uncertainty, and concerns from environmental and tribal groups that the board has favored water users over ecosystem protections. Supporters from water, agriculture, business, and local agencies praised her collaborative style and consensus-building, while opponents argued she had not done enough to protect the Delta and called for new leadership. The committee ultimately voted 4-0 to advance her appointment to the full Senate.
The committee then heard from Sivagunda Gunda for reappointment to the California Energy Commission. He highlighted progress on grid reliability, zero-carbon generation, and planning for California’s energy transition, including transportation fuels, building electrification, and the eventual retirement of Diablo Canyon. Senators questioned him about the future of Kern Energy and small refineries, the state’s transportation fuels plan, fuel imports and costs, and whether California can retire Diablo Canyon by 2030 without harming reliability. Gunda said the state is planning as if Diablo Canyon retires in 2030, that current resource additions make reliability manageable, and that affordability and market coordination remain key issues. The committee then voted 4-0 to advance his appointment to the full Senate, and the hearing recessed afterward.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, June 12, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> just, peaceful, and swift end to the war just, peaceful, and swift end to the war in<00:48:54.880
- It thus became an unmistakably immoral war and increasingly appeared to be a war of revenge."
- </c> Theology and the Naval War College. Theology and the Naval War College.
- </c> Eastern theater during World War II. Eastern theater during World War II.
- </c> their war against the Russian invasion. their war against the Russian invasion.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- They survived the Franco-Spanish Civil War of the 1930s.
- They survived the Franco-Spanish Civil War of the 1930s.
- He fought in World War II, Korea...”
- He fought in World War II, Korea...” “The Air Force and three wars.
- He fought in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
Committee:
House State Affairs
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- sharing Texas history, especially the stories of Texans who served in the war between the states. ..
- I really am impressed with your desire to preserve the history of all Texans, whether it was a war or
- not a war.
- Some of you were even co-authors on these bills.
- After the Civil War, this wonderful partnership occurred. And it built over 5,000 schools.
Bills:
HB370 , HB738 , HB2935 , HB3227 , HB4103 , HB5259 , SB519 , SB1350 , SB1247 , SB1248 , SB2112 , HCR81 , HCR83 , HCR84 , HCR59 , HCR109 , HCR111 , HCR135 , SCR6
Committee:
House Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Keywords:
HB 370, Events Trust Fund, Texas events funding, sports eligibility, women's sports, girls' sports, biological sex, transgender athletes, sex-segregated sports, athletic competition, event subsidies, tourism funding, site selection organization, anti-trafficking plan, female athletes, public funding, economic impact, sports policy, Rosenwald Schools, historical preservation
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, January 9, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Israel has conducted this war with as much restraint as war can allow in the face of horror.
- <c> War</c><00:26:03.480><c> can</c> much restraint as War can much restraint as War can allow<00:26:
- </c> the false accusations of Israeli war the false accusations of Israeli war crimes<00:27:06.480><c
- Should have no authority over our people, no authority over the prime minister of Israel, yet it is extending
- It claims authority it does not have.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- But even lacking the clarity around the jurisdictions of authority and the Department of Revenue's role
- , that's currently in the... ...jurisdictions of authority and the Department of Revenue's role that's
- character building, benevolent, protective, and rehabilitative social services, camps, veterans of war
- We bore the brunt of the war on drugs. The outcomes were not accidental.
- We bore the brunt of the war on drugs. The outcomes were not accidental.
Committee:
Senate Ways & Means
Keywords:
tax exemptions, affordable housing, nonprofit, unoccupied property, housing policy, community reinvestment, economic development, local investment, financial assistance, SB 5868, superior court, judge, judgeship, judicial vacancy, court administration, Skagit County, Yakima County, RCW 2.08.061, Washington courts, county judges
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Funding (10/28/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- answers are World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, and Persian Gulf War. elections um to
- <03:21:26.479><c> Korean</c><03:21:26.880><c> War,</c><03:21:27.200><c> Vietnam</c> War I, World War
- II, Korean War, Vietnam War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War,<03:21:27.920><c> and</c><03:21:
- </c> War, and Persian Gulf War. War, and Persian Gulf War.
- Uh and they said we at war or not.
Summary:
The subcommittee took up several school building aid bills. HB 295, which would make school building aid program funds non-lapsing, drew debate over whether the program is effective and whether funds should be allowed to carry forward. Supporters argued the program is underfunded and that even small leftover amounts should remain available for building aid; opponents said non-lapsing funds limit future budget flexibility and that the program creates winners and losers. The committee voted 4-3 to recommend HB 295 inexpedient to legislate (ITL).
The committee then considered HB 366, which would increase school building aid for eligible projects and include retroactive funding for projects completed in the past. The motion to ITL was supported on the grounds that retroactive payments would be unfair to districts still waiting in line and that the legislature should focus on future projects. Supporters of the bill said the increase was modest and that districts that built during a prior moratorium on aid were left with long-term fiscal burdens. The committee again voted 4-3 to recommend ITL.
The discussion also broadened into special education funding and a retained bill, HB 742, concerning catastrophic special education aid and the source of funding. Members debated whether the education trust fund should cover the aid and whether the committee should act now or wait for a separate commission studying special education costs. Several members emphasized that special education costs are rising, that more data is needed on student identification and funding formulas, and that the commission’s report may provide better guidance. The chair said the subcommittee’s recommendations would go to the full committee, and the next meeting was expected to be rescheduled from November 4 to later that week because of election-related conflicts.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, February 4, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Not one of them was authorized to break any law or to participate in January 6.
- In conclusion, God bless our troops as the global war on America continues.
- In conclusion, God bless our troops as the global war on America continues.
- until subsequent legislation authorizes it.
- This bill would extend that authority to fiscal year 2030.
Keywords:
Coptic Christians, human rights, Egypt, religious freedom, US-Egypt relations, minority rights, violence prevention, inauguration, Congress, House attendance, ceremony, legislative session, inaugural ceremony, House of Representatives, President, Vice President, adjournment, aviation, transportation, centennial
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, May 12, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This is not the end of the war.
- This is not the end of the war.
- This is not the end of the war.
- This is not the end of the war.
- Our country has endured wars, wars, wars, economic<08:50:23.280><c> hardship,</c><08:50:24.240><c> division
Keywords:
organized retail crime, retail theft, cargo theft, supply chain crime, shoplifting, organized theft groups, cargo diversion, stolen goods, fencing, online marketplace, e-commerce, gift cards, prepaid cards, money laundering, Homeland Security Investigations, HSI, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, interstate theft, transnational crime
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, March 17, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- When the Civil War British government.
- There's always money for war.
- </c> dollars a day, my friends, on this war dollars a day, my friends, on this war in<02:34:20.960><c
- of choice. us out of war.
- Instead, they dragged us us out of war.
Keywords:
rules resolution, special rule, House procedure, floor consideration, lead ammunition, lead tackle, fishing tackle, hunting, wildlife management, federal lands, federal waters, Department of the Interior, Department of Agriculture, immigration and nationality act, inadmissible, deportable, public benefits fraud, fraud against the United States, alien deportation, law enforcement animals
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 2/26/25
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Transcript Highlights:
- Mar, are there any questions for the testifier of the author?
- Mar, are there any questions for the testifier of the author?
- Last year we had somebody from the Korean War vintage, Vietnam War vintage, and write down multiple generations
- </c><00:36:51.760><c> vintage</c> somebody from the Korean War vintage somebody from the Korean War vintage
- Vietnam<00:36:53.280><c> War</c> Vietnam War Vietnam War vintage<00:36:55.240><c> and</c><00:36:55.640
Committee:
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Market value exclusion increase for some veterans 3/11/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So, one, if you are a soldier overseas and you're killed in war, a Minnesota soldier overseas, active
- ,<00:13:02.639><c> a</c><00:13:02.880><c> Minnesota</c> war, a Minnesota war, a Minnesota uh<00:13:04.639
- , if you're surviving spouse in war, if you're surviving spouse doesn't<00:13:10.639><c> file</c><00:
- Are there any questions for the testifiers or the bill author? All right.
- Are there any questions for the testifiers or the bill author? All right.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee Apr 7th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Before we start, I want to announce that Senate Bill 884 has been pulled by the author.
- Okay, and I want to thank the author for bringing this forward.
- We are committed, however, to working with the author and sponsors to meet their goals, but the bill
- One of the things that we would like is to have, again, express authorization to...
- And I understand you're going to work with the author. But like, what is the alternative?
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments heard several election-related bills. SB 1175 by Senator Rubio would require lobbyists to file employment changes and terminations directly with the Secretary of State through the new Cal-Access replacement system, rather than through employers or firms, to reduce delays and improve transparency. SB 1357 by Senator Ochoa Bogh would protect the privacy of voters who sign a notice of intention to circulate a recall petition by omitting signatures and street addresses from the published notice and adding a disclosure explaining the notice’s purpose. Both bills drew support from state election officials and were advanced by committee vote.
The committee also heard SB 1369 by Senator Reyes, which would add safeguards to judicial recall efforts by requiring oral disclosure when signature gatherers are paid and shortening the signature-gathering period for judicial recalls from 160 days to 80 days. Supporters, including judges and trial lawyers, argued the bill would protect judicial independence and safety amid recent recall efforts, while one senator questioned whether judges should be treated differently from other officials. The bill passed on a 3-1 vote and was re-referred to the Senate Committee on Public Safety. SB 1414, also by Senator Reyes, would create an independent redistricting commission for San Bernardino County; supporters said it would reduce gerrymandering and improve public trust, while county representatives raised concerns but remained open to amendments. It advanced on a 3-1 vote to the Local Government Committee.
SB 970 by Senator Cervantes would direct the Secretary of State to adopt regulations allowing military and overseas voters to return ballots electronically, responding to the loss of the federal DOD fax service and mail delays. County election officials and veterans groups supported the bill, while the Secretary of State’s office and voting integrity groups opposed it, arguing that secure electronic ballot return is not feasible and could conflict with existing law. The bill passed 4-0 to Appropriations. The committee also heard SB 1420 by Senator Richardson, which would expand voter awareness of “sign, scan, and go” voting and require guidance on implementation; it was supported by election officials and advocacy groups and advanced to Appropriations. Finally, SB 1310 by Senator Choi would allow limited sharing of jury questionnaire information with election officials to help update voter rolls, but opponents warned it could lead to erroneous voter cancellations; the author narrowed the bill’s scope in response to concerns, and it passed to Judiciary. Several bills were held on call briefly until absent members were added, after which the committee completed its business and adjourned.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Okay, our next bill author is Representative Nash. I guess we're going to Nash.
- So, you know, the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War is not a surprise.
- 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, the secret war in Laos, and the Southeast Asian conflict recognizes
- I am really happy to be authoring this bill and to have my bipartisan co-authors as well.
- We've also commissioned a local author to write the history.
Committee:
House Legacy Finance
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Military and Veterans Affairs Oct 14th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I or World War II veterans.
- Now, most of my members are Vietnam veterans and World War II veterans.
- We just lost our last World War II veteran, Mr. Tolomonte.
- Same thing with the Korean War folks. And the Vietnam guys are getting up there as well.
- She's familiar with the New Mexico Finance Authority. They do have low-interest revolving.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, July 14, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> that we are once again at war with Iran. that we are once again at war with Iran.
- </c> unwinable wars overseas. unwinable wars overseas.
- and reassert our congressional authority over war-making powers.
- to end the Iran war.
- We can end this war.