Video & Transcript Research : 'missing children'
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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, June 29, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, I mentioned Miss Smell and M and Miss Malart when we first started.
- , ...when it comes to their children, America's children.
- Miss Georgia's team.
- , and children in the 13 colonies, including his own children at his beloved Montichello.
- And I fight those fights so that my children and their children don't have to.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Nudification technology access prohibited 2/19/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So, Miss Kelly, if you will go first and then again we'll be followed by Miss Gustoi.
- then again we'll be followed by Miss then again we'll be followed by Miss Gustoi.
- It learns to match and real children.
- For children, these actually happened.
- Gustoi and then followed by Miss Gusti will be Miss Hurley with her testimony and then Sandy Johnson
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Legislative Task Force on Child Protection 8/13/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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children <00:16:01.839>and available to a children children and available - Thank you. >> Miss Johnson and Miss Nor. >> Miss Johnson. >> I can certainly answer that.
- <00:30:20.640>
Miss <00:30:20.799>Johnson. >> Miss Johnson and Miss Nor. - Miss Johnson. >> Miss Johnson and Miss Nor. Miss Johnson.
- Miss Summer looks like Miss Summer. Miss Summer looks like Miss Summer.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- um documentation related to children um documentation related to children with<00:30:59.159>
- and all 10 of for up to 10 children and all 10 of those<00:31:44.760>
children <00:31:45.120>< - deteriorating the health of our children deteriorating the health of our children in<00:41:21.839
- expected to be available to children expected to be available to children into<00:48:12.880>
- We want to keep children safe. We also want to care for children.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- I will hear from the children.
- Children experience less trauma.
- Children deserve family and permanency. Children deserve family and permanency.
- I have never harmed my children.
- My children were accused of being coached because my children are children of color.
Summary:
The committee opened with remarks framing the meeting as a bipartisan effort to improve Arizona’s child welfare system, especially DCS oversight, accountability, and child safety. The chair said the committee would focus on reforms based on Auditor General findings and hear bills and testimony from youth, advocates, foster parents, and attorneys. Roll was taken, and the committee then began considering several child-welfare bills.
HB 2611, dealing with group foster home safety, employee drug screening, resident rights, training, and advocates in congregate care, drew extensive testimony. Supporters, including current and former foster youth, described bullying, unsafe staff behavior, drug use in homes, trafficking concerns, and the need for posted rights, mental health services, and stronger accountability. The sponsor and members discussed an amendment that would require quarterly drug-screening results to be submitted, require removal from child contact pending confirmatory testing after a positive result, and give the DCS director more discretion. The amendment was adopted, and HB 2611 as amended received a do-pass recommendation by a 5-1 vote, with some members voting present or expressing procedural concerns but supporting further work on the bill.
HB 2035, which expands kinship placement requirements by adding extended family members to search and notification duties and presuming kinship placement is in the child’s best interest, also received substantial testimony. Advocates argued kinship care reduces trauma and improves stability, while several witnesses described cases where children were not placed with available relatives and instead ended up in congregate care. The committee discussed whether the bill duplicated existing law and whether DCS was already required to search for kin; the sponsor said the bill strengthens existing policy and adds written documentation requirements. HB 2035 was given a do-pass recommendation by a 4-2 vote.
The committee then heard HB 4049, which would authorize DCS to employ legal counsel or incur legal expenses, along with an amendment that would require the Attorney General or appointed counsel to represent the state’s interests independently in certain cases and not be subject to DCS retaliation for taking a different position. Testimony split between those who argued the current structure creates a conflict of interest and allows DCS narratives to go unchallenged, and those who said the AG’s office already has separate divisions and that keeping representation centralized preserves consistency and oversight. Discussion continued on whether the current system is structurally broken and where counsel would be housed if the arrangement changed; the transcript ends while that debate is ongoing, without a recorded final vote on HB 4049.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
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to to prepare our elementary children to to prepare our elementary children - believe all understand the missed believe all understand the missed opportunities<00:32:34.240><
- Those children aren't less capable. Those children simply don't have access.
- to make decisions that harm children. to make decisions that harm children.
- Because remember, children do not need tech. Technology companies need children.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Seclusion Working Group - 08/13/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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Hall. Miss Hall. Miss Hall. - Miss Heiser, you were next. Miss Heiser, you were next.
- Miss<01:21:16.239>
Abd <01:21:16.560>Holden, Miss Abd Holden, Miss Abd Holden, > - So I would agree, agree, agree, Miss<01:38:17.920>
Heiser. Miss Heiser. Miss Heiser.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS House Floor - 1 April, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Lady from DeSoto, Miss Remac. >> Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
- These children and these parents don’t have lobbyists. They have us.
- In the north side gallery, we have Miss Bree Brooke Bell Brooks.
- She is Jones County's Miss Hospitality, and she is here today.
- It's my pleasure to introduce the doctor of the day, Miss Briana Hurd Pino.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Miss Sandsmark and Miss Hoffer, I hope I got those right.
- incorrect, Miss Hoffer. incorrect, Miss Hoffer.
- And then Miss Jean, Laura Jean. And then Miss Jean, Laura Jean.
- Miss Luger.
- Thank you, Miss Saville.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Children and Family Law (01/13/2026)
Children and Family Law
Transcript Highlights:
- said what happened for that children? said what happened for that children?
- with their children? with their children?
- it is destroying children. it is destroying children.
- Uh I missed I missed your name. Uh I missed I missed your name.
- Thank you, Miss Gerard.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- Chine, Miss Coleman, Miss Coleman-Madison, Mr. Elliott, Miss Figures, Mr. Gavan, Mr. Gudger, Mr.
- Elliot, Miss<00:02:24.480>
Figures, Miss Figures, Miss Figures, >> Mr.<00:02:26.800> - Justine, Miss Coleman, Miss Coleman-Madison, Mr. Elliot, Miss Figures, Mr. Gavan, Mr. Gudger, Mr.
- Chain, Miss Coleman, Miss Coleman-Madison, Mr. Elliot, Miss Figures, Mr. Gan, Mr. Gudger, Mr.
- Chain, Miss<01:14:39.920>
Coleman, Miss Coleman, Miss Coleman, Miss<01:14:42.159>Coleman
Summary:
The Alabama Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a roll call establishing a quorum. Senators then adopted the prior day’s journal and excused absent members. A lengthy point of personal privilege followed, in which Senator Smith criticized the prior day’s handling of the special order calendar and argued that minority-party senators were denied the chance to speak, while Senator Coleman said Senate Bill 318 had been removed from the calendar and tied that to Child Abuse Prevention Month; she also noted Senate Bill 43, which would provide civil recourse for child sex assault survivors, had not advanced. The presiding officer also recognized guests in the gallery, including staff from the Alabama Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention and members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
The Senate then received multiple committee reports, largely on a unanimous or near-unanimous basis. Finance and Taxation Education reported favorably on House Bills 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 565, 517, and 98, and Senate Bill 380, with some substitutes or amendments; Finance and Taxation General Fund reported Senate Bill 378 favorably; County and Municipal Government reported House Bills 568, 499, and 433; Education Policy reported House Bills 8 and 380; Banking and Insurance reported House Bill 545; Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development reported House Bill 586 with two nays; Healthcare reported House Bills 533 and 605; Tourism and Marketing reported House Bills 513 and 626 and Senate Bill 357; and local legislation committees reported several Mobile County and Madison County bills, including Senate Bill 379 relating to Madison County and various House bills, all advancing to the next legislative day.
In motions and resolutions, the Senate agreed to allow committee reports to be received at any time during the day. Several resolutions were introduced and referred to the Rules Committee, including Senate Joint Resolution 100 honoring Presley Skelton, SJR 101 commending Auburn University’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, SJR 102 establishing the Alabama Forest Products Retention and Pulp and Paper Mill Stability Study Commission, SJR 103 mourning Norman Wendell Arnold, and SJR 104 designating Alabama as the river state. The chamber also suspended the rules to take up Senate Joint Resolution 105, commending Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth for his service; the resolution included a lengthy recitation of his background and accomplishments and was read for immediate consideration with all senators added as sponsors.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Workforce committee debates HF1325 to change MN's earned sick, safe time law 3/12/25
Transcript Highlights:
- questions there me have thank you Miss questions there me have thank you Miss schaer<00:13:31.399
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Luger schaer appreciate that um Miss Luger schaer appreciate that um Miss Luger Nicolai - Thank you. but I also had to miss shifts at work but I also had to miss shifts at work which<00:24:31.960
- <00:35:15.599>
Miller 1325 thank you very much Miss Miller 1325 thank you very much Miss Miller - So I just want to thank Miss Herman.
Summary:
The committee took up House File 1325 and adopted the author’s A2 amendment before hearing testimony. Representative Schultz presented the bill as a set of bipartisan changes to make Minnesota’s earned sick and safe time law more workable for small businesses, public employers, and taxpayers, arguing the current law is an unfunded mandate that increases costs and property taxes. The bill’s supporters said it would add flexibility, including changes affecting coverage for certain workers, employer size thresholds, front-loading, weather-related exceptions, and a delay on penalties.
Commissioner Nicole Blissenbach of the Department of Labor and Industry opposed the bill, saying it would exclude about 800,000 workers, or roughly 30% of the workforce, from earned sick and safe time protections and create confusion and enforcement problems. She also objected to the proposed penalty delay, saying the department already uses compliance assistance and needs penalty authority for serious violations. The Minnesota Chamber supported modifications to the mandate, saying businesses—especially small ones—have struggled with compliance and that the law has had unintended effects on PTO policies and leave use. The League of Minnesota Cities supported parts of the bill, especially changes affecting more generous city leave policies and weather-event exemptions, saying current language creates confusion and can interfere with emergency staffing.
Opponents from Education Minnesota, SEIU Minnesota, TakeAction Minnesota, and a nurse from Unity Hospital argued the bill would strip protections from part-time workers, minors, and workers with family caregiving needs, and would weaken a law they said has helped workers avoid discipline or lost wages when sick. Supporters from counties and an HR consultant emphasized administrative burdens, emergency staffing needs during weather events, and the difficulty of applying ESS rules to existing leave policies. No final vote on the bill was taken in the portion of the meeting provided; the bill was laid over for further consideration.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Child care program integrity discussed 3/3/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Children, Youth and Families. Uh so Children, Youth and Families.
- This is the children and families committee. This is a danger our children are facing.
- This is the children and families committee. This is a danger our children are facing.
- This is the children and families committee. This is a danger our children are facing.
- This is the children and families committee. This is a danger our children are facing.
Summary:
House File 3819 was heard and ultimately re-referred to the Judiciary Committee after the committee adopted the author’s A1 amendment and then defeated a DE1 amendment. The bill, as described by Chair West, is aimed at strengthening integrity in state child care assistance and other public programs by requiring annual disaggregated fraud reporting, making certain inspections unannounced and in person, tying inspectors to electronic attendance records, extending data retention for video footage from 28 to 90 days, requiring cameras at entrances and exits for centers receiving more than $500,000 in CCAP and/or early learning scholarship funds, adding an extra licensing visit for those higher-funded centers, and restoring perjury penalties for false attendance records. West said the changes were intended to address fraud, improve accountability, and protect assistance for families who need it.
Public testimony was largely opposed. Child care providers and advocates argued the bill would impose expensive, unfunded surveillance and compliance burdens on small businesses, blur the line between fraud enforcement and licensing/safety regulation, and disproportionately target providers serving low-income families and families of color. Several testifiers said cameras and retention requirements would be costly, technically burdensome, and invasive, and warned the bill could deter providers from participating in CCAP and discourage families from using assistance. One testifier supported stronger child protection measures in principle but said the bill should focus on funding, training, and wages rather than surveillance. Another parent testifier opposed the bill on privacy and discrimination grounds and urged investment in child care instead.
Representative Hansen offered the DE1 amendment, which would have created a task force to study child care surveillance and develop recommendations on safeguards such as encryption and breach notification. Hansen argued the committee was not equipped to design cybersecurity policy on its own and that the issue of child sexual abuse material required urgent, bipartisan attention. Chair West opposed the amendment, saying task forces often do not produce meaningful change and that the bill already addressed the issue. The committee voted on the DE1, and it failed on a tied vote. After that, the committee voted to re-refer House File 3819, as amended, to the Judiciary Committee.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Joint General Fund Budget Hearings Jan 29th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- But that is Miss Laura Hall right here. But that is Miss Laura Hall right here.
- the children actually go that month. the children actually go that month.
- <01:45:04.239>
Drugs for children entering care. Drugs for children entering care. - I guess uh Miss Boswell, have at it. I guess uh Miss Boswell, have at it.
- of Alabama's children are on Medicaid. of Alabama's children are on Medicaid.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Service Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Public Service
Transcript Highlights:
- So it was a missed opportunity to be able to... ...for me, so it was a missed opportunity to be able
- UNICEF and Save the Children report that between 14,000 and 18,000 children have been killed in Gaza
- murdered, their homes and possessions all destroyed, children with missing limbs, children being starved
- What if that was your children? I'm sure that you have children, grandchildren.
- So I ask you, are the lives of the children in Gaza any less valuable than the lives of the children
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Public Service held a hearing focused first on teacher retirement legislation, especially H. 2932 and S. 1884, which would give long-serving educators a one-time opportunity to enroll in Retirement Plus after the program’s 2001 rollout was described as confusing and inconsistently communicated. Legislators, union leaders, and many teachers testified that some educators missed the opt-in window because of faulty notices, leave status, transfers, or misinformation about payroll deductions, and that many have had to work several extra years as a result. Supporters said the bills would correct an unfair administrative error, provide a buyback option with interest, and could also save local school districts money by allowing earlier retirements. Representative Mark Sylvia also testified for H. 4234, a Fairhaven-specific bill to raise the age limit for special police officers from 65 to 70 and clarify appointing authority, citing experience and budget needs.
The committee then heard testimony on several pension investment and divestment bills. Supporters of H. 2811 and related climate-risk measures argued that PRIM should assess, disclose, and address climate-related financial risk in the state pension fund, warning that fossil fuel investments could threaten long-term returns and public finances. Environmental advocates and financial experts said climate risk is systemic and urged transparency, divestment planning, and alignment with the Commonwealth’s climate goals. Another set of speakers supported H. 2984, which would divest pension investments from companies selling weapons to Israel; they argued the state should not be complicit in violence in Gaza and cited humanitarian and human rights concerns. Additional testimony supported H. 2900 and S. 1869 to divest from the firearm industry, with speakers saying pension investments should not undermine Massachusetts gun laws.
No votes were taken during the hearing. The chairs repeatedly thanked speakers, limited testimony time, and noted that written testimony could be submitted later. The hearing concluded with the committee moving through the sign-up list and hearing extensive public testimony on the teacher retirement and divestment proposals.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Non-public, but I'm still dealing with children, and these are still children that are going to be the
- children. got here. Okay. children. got here. Okay.
- for our children. for our children.
- >> Miss Snder? >> Okay, Miss Schneder, thank you for your testimony, Miss Snder.
- . children. children.
Keywords:
school safety, grants, education funding, Northern Lights Express, security improvements, rural schools, safe schools, charter schools, nonpublic schools, Tribal education, funding increase, safe schools aid, school security, mental health support, Tribal schools, cybersecurity, funding, mental health, evidence-based plans, public safety
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- None of the students who attend Lifewise classes miss any core curriculum.
- To let children leave the school during the school day from 8 to 3:30 usually.
- This is just missed time, right? Correct. But, but there's documentation.
- They would love their children to learn about their family's faith.
- Allow for kids to miss regularly and then require them to to catch up on their own.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Seclusion Working Group - 10/08/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you, >> Miss<00:30:20.080>
Heiser. >> Miss Heiser. >> Miss Heiser. - Miss Heiser, any followup? Miss Heiser, any followup?
- Miss<01:10:29.840>
Abd <01:10:30.159>Holden. Miss Abd Holden. Miss Abd Holden. - Miss<01:13:10.960>
Woodward. Miss Woodward. Miss Woodward. - Miss Abd Holden. Um, Madam either. Miss Abd Holden.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Apr 28th, 2025
S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships
Transcript Highlights:
- How is that helping the children?
- And children in CPS cases.
- Of the children reported missing to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in 2024, who
- We stand with our children.
- To answer the question, DFPS has a children and youth missing from DFPS conservatorship and human rights
Bills:
HCR10, HB1814, HB2160, HB2353, HB2643, HB2971, HB3282, HB3382, HB3996, HB4507, HB4509, HB4805, HB5551, HB1863, HCR10
Keywords:
family abduction, child safety, custodial rights, parental kidnapping, awareness day, marriage license, informal marriage, family code, identity verification, child support, family law, child custody, court interview, parent-child relationship, child welfare, attorney ad litem, compensation, legal representation, government entity, HB 2643
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/12/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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- and I think sometimes that gets missed and I think sometimes that gets missed on<00:27:06.559>
- to care about and prioritize Children to care about and prioritize Children and<00:30:52.840>
- knowingly leaving our children knowingly leaving our children vulnerable<00:31:02.639>
to - to care about and prioritize Children to care about and prioritize Children and<00:30:52.840>