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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard, of Hawaii, to be Director of National Intelligence; to be immediately followed by a closed hearing in SH-219. Jan 30th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Intelligence (Select) Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- disclosure of classified information were made for several reasons, one of which was to address gross waste
Committee:
Senate Intelligence (Select) Committee
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nomination of Daniel Driscoll, of North Carolina, to be Secretary of the Army, Department of Defense. Jan 30th, 2025 at 08:30 am
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel
Transcript Highlights:
- I've made it my mission to find ways to identify waste, fraud, eliminate it, and get...
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
January 15, 2025 - 09:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- density bonuses applied, that already have the flexibilities and the variances there so that you don't waste
Summary:
The committee met to hear a panel on workforce and attainable housing, with presentations from Florida Housing Finance Corporation, Pensacola Habitat for Humanity, Wendover Housing Partners, the City of Tallahassee, and Escambia County. Speakers described how state and local tools such as SHIP, the Live Local Act, land trusts, accessory dwelling units, infill development, and public-private partnerships are being used to expand housing supply and preserve long-term affordability. Several panelists emphasized that housing demand is rising across income levels, that workforce households often need subsidy to buy or rent, and that housing location, transportation access, and proximity to jobs and services are critical. They also highlighted challenges including rising construction costs, limited land, insurance, NIMBY opposition, and the need for more flexible financing tools and employer participation.
Members asked about area median income thresholds, whether current programs are reaching the households most in need, and what additional tools might help. Florida Housing said its traditional rental programs generally serve households at or below 60% AMI, while need is increasingly reaching up to 80% AMI statewide and higher in some regions; staff also provided examples of AMI levels by county. Other discussion focused on the impact of local government opt-outs, tax abatements, corporate ownership of single-family homes, insurance costs, Fortified construction standards, and whether bonuses or other income calculations can unintentionally disqualify applicants. Panelists urged more political will, more local flexibility, and additional incentives for employers and landowners to support housing near jobs.
The committee also used an anonymous interactive polling exercise, and members identified partnerships, SHIP funding, local government action, cost, and insurance as key issues. In closing, the chair said the committee would continue a member-driven process and likely hold a workshop on housing-related topics. No formal votes or bills were taken up in the meeting, and the session adjourned after the discussion.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Jan 15th, 2025
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- would resign, and there'd be a special election and tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars would be wasted
- <05:03:52.878><c> dollars</c><05:03:53.120><c> would</c><05:03:53.280><c> be</c><05:03:53.440><c> wasted
- </c><05:03:54.080><c> and</c> of taxpayer dollars would be wasted. and of taxpayer dollars would be wasted
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- This is just a further waste, and we are in a structural deficit. We need to do better.
- /c><01:42:48.560><c> just</c><01:42:48.800><c> a</c><01:42:48.880><c> further</c><01:42:49.280><c> waste
- ><01:42:49.640><c> and</c><01:42:49.760><c> we</c><01:42:49.920><c> are</c> This is just a further waste
- , and we are This is just a further waste, and we are in<01:42:50.200><c> a</c><01:42:50.240><c> structural
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 03/23/26
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> Um, what safeguards do you have in here to avoid the hot topic across the media with waste, fraud
- /c><00:48:08.720><c> the</c><00:48:08.960><c> media</c><00:48:09.280><c> with</c><00:48:09.520><c> waste
- ,</c> topic across the media with waste, topic across the media with waste, fraud,<00:48:10.160><c> and
Committee:
Senate Jobs and Economic Development
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 3 - 03/19/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- And so, maybe it's there and I've just wasted an awful lot of breath and energy.
- and<03:08:16.000><c> uh</c><03:08:16.080><c> I've</c><03:08:16.360><c> just</c><03:08:16.560><c> wasted
- </c><03:08:17.000><c> awful</c><03:08:17.240><c> lot</c><03:08:17.400><c> of</c> and uh I've just wasted
- an awful lot of and uh I've just wasted an awful lot of breath<03:08:17.720><c> and</c><03:08:17.840
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Public Safety
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (03/18/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm the fraud, waste, and abuse administrator at the Department of Health and Human Services. >> Good
- Hennessy.<00:05:31.440><c> I'm</c><00:05:31.600><c> the</c><00:05:31.680><c> fraud,</c><00:05:32.000><c> waste
- I'm the fraud, waste, and Hennessy.
- I'm the fraud, waste, and abuse<00:05:32.720><c> administrator</c><00:05:33.360><c> at</c><00:05:33.520
Summary:
The committee first held a public hearing and then an executive session on Senate Bill 401, which DHHS described as a cleanup bill. Testimony from the department explained that the bill would repeal obsolete reporting requirements tied to a repealed municipal reimbursement program and to the now-repealed commission on demographic trends. No one testified in opposition, and the committee voted 12-0 ought to pass, placing the bill on the consent calendar.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 402, which would eliminate certain non-compete agreements for physician associates going forward. Senator Gray introduced the bill, and a representative of the New Hampshire Society of Physician Associates said it would improve workforce recruitment and access to care without changing scope of practice or affecting existing agreements. Committee members asked about the length of current restrictions and whether the change would make New Hampshire more attractive to PAs. The committee voted 12-0 ought to pass and sent the bill to the consent calendar.
Next, the committee took up Senate Bill 426, which would repeal the permissible fireworks committee. Senator Uler and the deputy state fire marshal said the committee’s original purpose had been overtaken by later changes adopting federal fireworks standards, and that the fire marshal now has the necessary authority. The committee voted 12-0 ought to pass and placed the bill on the consent calendar.
Finally, the committee began hearing Senate Bill 469, a DMV modernization bill allowing electronic signatures in place of wet signatures for certain motor vehicle title and registration processes. Senator Lang, Carvana, the New Hampshire Auto Dealers Association, Copart, and DMV staff all supported the measure, saying it would reduce delays, errors, and paperwork burdens. Members asked about AI, consumer protections, costs, and how electronic signatures would work in practice, including in cases involving deceased owners. The transcript cuts off during that hearing before any committee action on SB 469.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (03/18/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm the fraud, waste, and abuse administrator at the Department of Health and Human Services.
- Hennessy.<00:05:31.440><c> I'm</c><00:05:31.600><c> the</c><00:05:31.680><c> fraud,</c><00:05:32.000><c> waste
- I'm the fraud, waste, and Hennessy.
- I'm the fraud, waste, and abuse<00:05:32.720><c> administrator</c><00:05:33.360><c> at</c><00:05:33.520
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- You wanna make sure that we're not doing that in a wasteful manner.
- But nobody wants to waste people's time when there's inefficiencies of food that goes bad or people's
- time is wasted.
- like to know a plan of action as far as getting you guys together on the same page so that we don't waste
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- is not going to rent it, so then that conversation should not be even talked about because we're wasting
- not be even talked about<01:59:12.560><c> because</c><01:59:12.800><c> we're</c><01:59:13.000><c> wasting
- c><01:59:13.360><c> our</c><01:59:13.599><c> time</c><01:59:14.159><c> so</c> about because we're wasting
- our time so about because we're wasting our time so now<01:59:14.639><c> we</c><01:59:14.800><c> got
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- We shouldn't be wasting the cost, the time, or the effort.
- We shouldn't be wasting the cost, the time, or the effort.
- We shouldn't be wasting<03:15:51.560><c> the</c><03:15:51.640><c> cost,</c><03:15:52.600><c> the</c><
- 03:15:52.720><c> time,</c><03:15:53.040><c> or</c><03:15:53.080><c> the</c> wasting the cost, the time
- , or the wasting the cost, the time, or the effort.<03:15:53.560><c> It's</c><03:15:53.840><c> just</
Committee:
Joint Education
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- way to finance as required, please say no, as me and my neighbors do not feel like seeing the city waste
- way to finance as required, please say no, as me and my neighbors do not feel like seeing the city waste
- way to finance as required, please say no, as me and my neighbors do not feel like seeing the city waste
- way to finance as required, please say no, as me and my neighbors do not feel like seeing the city waste
- Say no, as me and my neighbors do not feel like seeing the city waste more of our tax dollars for the
Committee:
House Taxes
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, February 9, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It will also improve efficiency and eliminate unnecessary steel, waste, and cost.
- It will also improve efficiency and eliminate unnecessary steel, waste, and cost.
- efficiency and eliminate<04:05:51.120><c> unnecessary</c><04:05:52.000><c> steel,</c><04:05:52.800><c> waste
- ,</c><04:05:53.680><c> and</c> eliminate unnecessary steel, waste, and eliminate unnecessary steel, waste
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Cmte on Rules - Subcommittee on the Federal Impact on Minnesotans and Economic Stability - 10/30/25
Transcript Highlights:
- I think we would have had dollars here if we wouldn't have had such waste.
- I think we would have had dollars here if we wouldn't have had such waste.
- I think we would have had dollars here if we wouldn't have had such waste.
- I think we would have had dollars here if we wouldn't have had such waste.
- would like to participate and that I think we would have had dollars here if we wouldn't have had such waste
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 4/28/25 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- have more barriers into acquiring the funding to finish it, so we don't have to sit and rot and just waste
- have more barriers into acquiring the funding to finish it, so we don't have to sit and rot and just waste
- have more barriers into acquiring the funding to finish it, so we don't have to sit and rot and just waste
- this vote goes down the way it seems like it's going to, I want to try to offer you some comfort. waste
- a lot of our lives sitting at waste a lot of our lives sitting at 109th<00:50:43.680><c> or</c><00:50
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- If a person nearby is in cardiac arrest or trapped in a wreck, I'm not going to waste time and go to
- It's a waste of their time.
- </c><03:21:06.160><c> It's</c><03:21:06.399><c> a</c><03:21:06.560><c> waste</c><03:21:06.800><c> of<
- It's a waste of that's the bus system. It's a waste of their<03:21:07.120><c> time.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/31/2025)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- because someone told me they wouldn't go anywhere, the person wouldn't show up for court, that it was a waste
- 40.160><c> a</c> wouldn't show up for court that it was a wouldn't show up for court that it was a waste
- 41.960><c> when</c><01:04:42.119><c> this</c><01:04:42.359><c> happened</c><01:04:43.039><c> the</c> waste
- of time when this happened the waste of time when this happened the prosecutor<01:04:43.760><c> called
- <c> has</c> If the goal is to support emergency responders, let's use tax resources that would be wasted
Committee:
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (01/28/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- clarity and predictability, allowing them to standardize designs and construction practices, reduce waste
- Red reduce waste construction practices.
- Red reduce waste and<00:33:41.919><c> inefficiency</c> and inefficiency and inefficiency and<00:33:43.840
- Um, core concern: House Bill 1657 misdiagnoses prolonged vacancies as waste when they are most often
- c><04:59:24.240><c> as</c> misdiagnoses prolonged vacancies as misdiagnoses prolonged vacancies as waste