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• Why are we putting a 10 or 15 or 20% tariff on food that we can't even grow in the United States?
• c> that<01:13:17.520> Donald Number one, the tariffs that Donald Number one, the tariffs that
• Businesses are stymied by President Trump's on-again, off-again tariffs.
• Taco or not again, off-again tariffs.
• Debates over the utility and morality of nuclear weapons are as old as the nuclear age.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• So what this harmed by these tariffs.
• You know, uh we uh from these tariffs.
• from this president related to tariffs. from this president related to tariffs.
• on China goods and the uh tariff on China goods and the reciprocal<00:41:25.760> tariffs<00:41
• for motans are actually being utilized for motans are actually being utilized appropriately.<01:

Keywords: 1183, house

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• However, the tariffs that the Trump administration has just announced will quickly demonstrate how change
• Supply chains are shifting rapidly due to tariffs and geopolitics, as relationships between brands and
• These costs will inevitably be passed on to consumers through higher prices with rising tariffs supply
• Congress recently provided utilities nine billion dollars specifically to address PFAS in the bipartisan
• My name is Andrea Abergele with the California Municipal Utilities Association.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• been Congress that has established the framework for tariffs, not the president.
• been Congress that has established the framework for tariffs, not the president.
• been Congress that has established the framework for tariffs, not the president.
• been Congress that has established the framework for tariffs, not the president.
• been Congress that has established the framework for tariffs, not the president.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• So you would be utilizing the vendor that is being utilized in the pilot demonstration projects?
• So we need to find and utilize every dollar.
• So we need to find and utilize every dollar.
• I'm assuming they didn't take into account the impacts of tariffs on materials.
• on materials didn't take into account the impacts of tariffs on materials and that is obviously going

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance held a hearing focused on California Community College budget proposals. Chair Alvarez opened by emphasizing the system’s role in access, transfer, workforce training, and serving more than 2 million students, while also noting persistent challenges in enrollment, persistence, transfer, and graduation. Public commenters and system representatives broadly supported COLA, enrollment growth funding, deferred maintenance, student support block grants, and additional flexibility for districts facing uncertainty. The first major panel covered the student-centered funding formula, COLA, and enrollment growth. The Department of Finance said the Governor proposes a 2.43% COLA ($230.4 million) and 0.5% enrollment growth funding ($30.4 million). The LAO said the COLA was reasonable and recommended funding at least the proposed growth amount, citing uneven enrollment recovery and regional differences. The Chancellor’s Office supported both proposals and asked for additional changes, including using the greater of current-year or three-year average for apportionments and lifting the 10% local enrollment cap, arguing these would better fund growing districts. Members questioned how the formula works, whether SCFF is improving outcomes, and how much additional funding would be needed under different growth scenarios. The committee then reviewed categorical program COLAs, Rising Scholars, career education proposals, IT proposals, and student housing. The Governor proposed a 2.43% COLA for selected categorical programs ($31.9 million). For Rising Scholars, the Governor proposed $30 million ongoing and removal of the cap on participating colleges; the LAO urged waiting for outcome data before doubling funding, while the Chancellor’s Office said the program is serving more students and supports equity for justice-impacted students. On career education, the Governor proposed $50 million for credit for prior learning and $50 million for a career passport; the LAO supported more reporting on credit for prior learning but recommended rejecting the career passport as too undefined, while the Chancellor’s Office supported both. On technology, the Governor proposed $162.5 million for a common cloud data platform and $168 million for a common ERP system; the LAO said both were premature or lacked sufficient planning and recommended rejection, while the Chancellor’s Office argued they would improve real-time data, security, and systemwide efficiency. The committee also heard an update on student housing: the administration said the 2024 shift to a lease-revenue bond model remains in progress for 13 approved projects, with 11 still active, and members asked about withdrawn projects and possible use of any returned funds. No votes were taken, and several items were held open for further discussion and May Revision updates.

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• <00:18:16.960> and sexy utility and sexy utility and appliances.<00:18:19.200> So,<
• That's a billion in utility savings.
• And this technology actually has been utilized for many decades.
• technology actually has been utilized technology actually has been utilized for<00:20:39.840>
• full and they can't utilize the power. full and they can't utilize the power.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• They are proposing tariffs that are raising the cost on average Americans for what we are going to do
• The chaotic tariffs that this administration is pushing is not the agenda, the trade agenda approved
• Now, on these tariffs that my colleague spoke about, they're a disaster for Vermont.
• rest, cannot change the tariffs that President Trump is imposing.
• We have these punitive tariffs that make no sense, that are hurting everyone that we represent.

Keywords: Michael Falkender, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, IRS, taxpayer privacy, nomination process, committee hearing

Summary: The committee convened to discuss critical issues surrounding the nomination of Michael Falkender for the position of Deputy Secretary of the Treasury. This meeting included a series of remarks from committee members who expressed divergent views on Falkender's qualifications and the implications of his appointment. Senator Wyden voiced strong opposition, arguing that Falkender represents harmful policies expected to be perpetuated under the current administration, especially concerning taxpayer privacy and IRS tactics. Meanwhile, other members defended Falkender, noting his extensive experience, including a commitment to transparency in government operations if confirmed.

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• get that data from the utilities. get that data from the utilities.
• tariff structure. tariff structure.
• setting that the public utilities setting that the public utilities commission<00:52:47.440>
• bill is asking the public utilities bill is asking the public utilities commission<00:53:09.200>
• response methods are currently utilized response methods are currently utilized to<01:16:22.800>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• > distribution utilities can support distribution utilities can support net<00:06:40.280> metering
• amount of time to notify your utility amount of time to notify your utility your<00:07:50.600>
• sorry, utility default energy service. sorry, utility default energy service.
• on on the company, on the utility. on on the company, on the utility.
• the utility to go into the market. the utility to go into the market.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• to reliably deliver our utility services.
• It has come up around the cost to utilities.
• owned utilities in that same category.
• , privately owned utilities, everything.
• Utility right-of-ways.

Summary: The committee first took up SB 712, which would expand California’s smog-check exemption for classic vehicles by adding model years 1976 through 1986 in phases, with a sunset in 2032. The author and supporters, including lowrider advocates and the Specialty Equipment Market Association, argued the bill would preserve car culture, support a small class of rarely driven collector vehicles, and reduce burdens on owners who struggle to find equipment for older smog tests. Opponents, including air district officials, the American Lung Association, and other environmental groups, warned the bill would weaken an important emissions-control program and increase pollution. After discussion, the committee adopted the motion to do pass as amended to Appropriations on a roll call vote of 10-0, with the roll held open for additional votes. The committee then heard SB 800, which requires Caltrans, working with local governments, to assess mitigation measures for suicide prevention on locally owned overpasses crossing state highways. The bill was presented as a response to recent tragedies in Rancho Cucamonga and was supported by local officials, health organizations, and suicide-prevention advocates, who said the measure would help identify high-risk locations and lead to life-saving interventions. There was no registered opposition. The committee members expressed support, and SB 800 was passed to Appropriations on a unanimous roll call vote, with the roll held open. Next, the committee considered SB 30, which would prohibit California public entities from selling, donating, or transferring decommissioned diesel locomotives and railroad equipment with Tier 1 or older engines unless the engine is removed, while allowing Tier 2 and newer transfers under certain conditions. The author and supporters framed the bill as a climate and public-health measure to prevent older, dirtier locomotives from continuing to pollute elsewhere, while transit agencies opposed it, arguing it could limit useful transfers of equipment that still supports passenger service and could be better handled through case-by-case air-quality review. After debate, the committee voted 6-4 to pass SB 30 as amended to Appropriations, with the roll held open for later additions. The committee also heard SB 791, which replaces the flat dealer document processing charge cap with a 1% fee capped at $350, along with new disclosure requirements. Dealers and industry groups supported the bill as a way to recover costs and improve transparency, while consumer advocates opposed it as an unjustified increase that would burden buyers. The committee approved SB 791 on a 8-? roll call vote and held the roll open. The meeting then moved on to SB 34, a port-air-quality bill presented by Senator Richardson, but the transcript ends during testimony and debate on that measure.

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• Next, let's look at utility property tax on page six. um see<00:13:49.040> let's<00:13:49.440>
• <00:13:50.839> property see let's uh look at uh utility property see let's uh look at uh utility
• “Any comments on utility property tax?”
• modifications with the the steel tariffs modifications with the the steel tariffs that<00:18:16.440
• you all right so that concludes utility you all right so that concludes utility property Property

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee met in a work session on revenue estimates and reviewed updated spreadsheet pages for several tax categories, using prior agreements and new testimony to refine FY 2025-2027 estimates. Early discussion covered insurance tax estimates, where members reviewed a letter from the insurance commissioner saying he was comfortable with the numbers provided; the committee accepted those estimates without opposition. Members also discussed utility property tax, with testimony about recent infrastructure buildout, tariffs, depreciation, and the difficulty of forecasting future growth. After debate over whether to use the average of high and low estimates or lean lower, the committee unanimously adopted the utility property tax numbers. The committee then turned to real estate transfer tax and communications tax. For real estate transfer tax, members cited county input, housing market conditions, interest rates, lumber costs, and uncertainty about future policy; they agreed to use the averages and adopted those estimates unanimously. For communications tax, members noted the decline in landline-based revenue and the shift to data services. After discussion of whether to use the low estimate or the average, the committee settled on the average with a small rounding-down adjustment when the figure ended in .5, and adopted the numbers unanimously. The chair also clarified that these estimates remain subject to change until the final resolution is adopted. The committee next accepted interest and dividends estimates as presented, with members noting the decline in that revenue source and the lack of additional information beyond the department’s analysis. Finally, the committee began discussing tobacco tax revenue, with members noting long-term declines in smoking, offsetting effects from out-of-state sales, and a suggestion to take a slightly conservative approach by reducing the average by 0.5. The transcript cuts off during that discussion, so no final vote on tobacco is shown in the excerpt.

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• I guess that's an operating cost for just utilities. Mr.
• Chair, I'd have to get the breakdown of just utilities, but the total for the utilities and the FTEs
• We can't pay our utilities. I don't know. Breakdowns on the $6 million. We can't pay our utilities.
• If the department holds money for tariffs for price increases. That was an issue.
• We can really help make sure that any money we're given is maximally utilized.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Yes, sir, we utilized our SRF.
• The agency also has the authority to create municipal utility districts, special utility districts, municipal
• an acquisition by a larger utility.
• Often, this means a small utility in need of assistance is being acquired by a larger utility that has
• of the acquired utility.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• That's no surprise given a great deal of the chaos, tariffs funding cuts, and other challenges that we've
• But more importantly, as we go forward, how we're going to utilize those investments.
• We're looking at federal budget cuts, tariffs, and the impact of trade wars and tax.
• In areas that had shared partnership, we want to make sure that those are utilized to their fullest extent

Keywords: 996, all

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• So it's a very spartan facility; is almost a euphemism for the place that we utilize.
• to build our own items to utilize as environmental pieces of concealment and cover.
• So it's a very spartan facility; is almost a euphemism for the place that we utilize.
• to build our own items to utilize as environmental pieces of concealment and cover.
• particularly tariff the tariff situation particularly tariff the tariff situation particularly with

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• That rebound continues through 2024 in terms of increased utilization.
• And then a bit of good news: we continue to see increased utilization of behavioral health.
• We find that the telehealth utilization isn't part of the main driver either, because of convenience
• <01:00:52.319> isn't that the teleahalth utilization isn't that the teleahalth utilization
• tariffs and and not maybe just tariffs tariffs and and not maybe just tariffs but<01:14:25.040><

Keywords: Voter List Maintenance - State Board of Elections -- 05:38 State Employee Health Insurance Plan – 44:18 Discussion of HB 622 (2025 RS) – 01:01:43, 958, all

Summary: The Interim Committee on State Government met on July 29, established a quorum, approved the June 24 minutes unanimously, and heard an update from the State Board of Elections on voter list maintenance. Taylor Brown, the board’s general counsel, explained the federal NVRA requirements and Kentucky’s statutory process for maintaining voter rolls, including use of USPS change-of-address data, ERIC reports, and agreements with non-ERIC states. He said Kentucky has entered or discussed agreements with several states, and that the board sends postcards to voters believed to have moved; if a voter does not respond to an 8D2 postcard and does not vote over two federal election cycles, the registration may be removed. He also described other removal categories such as death, felony conviction, incompetency, duplicate registrations, and self-requested cancellations. Brown reported that between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025, the board removed 284,381 registrations from the rolls, including 42,675 for death, 5,940 for felony conviction, 5,527 for registration in another state, 578 for incompetency, 223 based on jury questionnaires indicating non-citizenship, 746 self-removals, and 3,381 duplicates, along with 225,311 removals through the address-maintenance program. He said Kentucky’s total registrations decreased by roughly 169,000 over the year and are now below the Census Bureau’s estimate of the state’s voting-age population. Brown emphasized that receiving a postcard does not mean a voter has been purged and that failure to vote alone does not trigger removal. Members asked about the 223 non-citizen-related removals, the availability and effectiveness of alternatives to ERIC, the partisan criticism of ERIC, and how duplicate registrations are identified. Brown said the non-citizen jury questionnaire cases had been referred to the Attorney General for further review, that Kentucky currently has no organized alternative to ERIC but is pursuing reciprocal agreements with states such as Florida, and that ERIC recently changed bylaws to remove a postcard requirement that had been costly for member states. On duplicates, he said the board uses multiple data points, not just name and address, and noted that fuller Social Security data could improve accuracy. Committee leaders praised the board’s work and said they wanted to meet before session to discuss possible statutory changes to improve voter list maintenance.

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• this does is allow local, county, and state elected officials to be able to serve on water, sewer, utility
• , or fire boards in... ...sewer, utility, or fire boards in their communities.
• the rural communities, I have one in particular that is a city council woman who has served on the utility
• board for... ...has served on the utility board for a number of years.

Bills: HB 14, HJR 31, HB 43, HB 18, HB 106, HB 36, HB 26, HB 149, HB 121, HB 206, HB 136, HB 3114, HB 2733, HB 1732, HB 3700, HB 467, HB 1130, HB 1846, HB 1442, HB 1147, HB 2176, HB 2701, HB 805, HB 2890, HB 1154, HB 1644, HB 2118, HB 1718, HB 2488, HB 2596, HB 1971, HB 2468, HB 484, HB 2578, HB 3204, HB 1041, HB 307, HB 685, HB 1710, HB 538, HB 2525, HB 3125, HB 2027, HB 2894, HB 3077, HB 3684, HJR 99, HB 1399, HJR 5, HB 1330, HB 2110, HJR 2, HJR 6, HB 1587, HB 14, HJR 31, HB 43, HB 18, HB 106, HB 36, HB 26, HB 149, HB 121, HB 206, HB 136, HB 3114, HB 2733, HB 1732, HB 3700, HB 467, HB 1130, HB 1846, HB 1442, HB 1147, HB 2176, HB 2701, HB 805, HB 2890, HB 1154, HB 1644, HB 2118, HB 1718, HB 2488, HB 2596, HB 1971, HB 2468, HB 484, HB 2578, HB 3204, HB 1041, HB 307, HB 685, HB 1710, HB 538, HB 2525, HB 3125, HB 2027, HB 2894, HB 3077, HB 3684

Keywords: nuclear energy, advanced reactors, energy security, grant programs, Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, farm products, tax exemption, ad valorem taxation, agriculture, Texas Constitution, livestock, producer, finance, young farmers, financial assistance, pest control, rural health, hospital funding, healthcare access, mental health services

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• House Bill 805 directs the Public Utility Commission of Texas to conduct a comprehensive of study on
• Speaker, this is an effort to better understand and utilize eviction information at the state level with
• Unfortunately we've had some municipally owned utilities that have adopted increased water. to recover
• Committee on workforce SB 1243 by Birdwell relating to the dissolution of public utility agency referred
• It's SB 1877 by Schwartz Partner willing to the authority of the office of the Public Utility Council

Bills: HB14, HJR31, HB43, HB18, HB 106, HB36, HB26, HB149, HB 121, HB206, HB136, HB3114, HB2733, HB1732, HB3700, HB467, HB 1130, HB1846, HB1442, HB 1147, HB2176, HB2701, HB805, HB2890, HB 1154, HB1644, HB2118, HB1718, HB2488, HB2596, HB1971, HB2468, HB484, HB2578, HB3204, HB 1041, HB307, HB685, HB1710, HB538, HB2525, HB3125, HB2027, HB2894, HB3077, HB3684, HJR99, HB1399, HJR5, HB1330, HB2110, HJR2, HJR6, HB1587, HB14, HJR31, HB43, HB18, HB 106, HB36, HB26, HB149, HB 121, HB206, HB136, HB3114, HB2733, HB1732, HB3700, HB467, HB 1130, HB1846, HB1442, HB 1147, HB2176, HB2701, HB805, HB2890, HB 1154, HB1644, HB2118, HB1718, HB2488, HB2596, HB1971, HB2468, HB484, HB2578, HB3204, HB 1041, HB307, HB685, HB1710, HB538, HB2525, HB3125, HB2027, HB2894, HB3077, HB3684

Keywords: nuclear energy, advanced reactors, energy security, grant programs, Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, farm products, tax exemption, ad valorem taxation, agriculture, Texas Constitution, livestock, producer, finance, young farmers, financial assistance, pest control, rural health, hospital funding, healthcare access, mental health services

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• So, I have members from the coal industry, the oil and gas industry, renewables, and the utility space
• Now, Black Hills and each utility has to submit their plan for that, and not everyone has done that.
• Now, Black Hills and each utility has to submit their plan for that, and not everyone has done that.
• Who is the co-op or the utility in that area?
• Chairman, my understanding is with that large load tariff that they have on these projects that they

Keywords: 916, all

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• Hockey Hall of Fame, then let's make sure that state dollars don't get utilized for that move.
• dollars then let's make sure that state dollars don't<00:04:16.320> get<00:04:16.720> utilized
• <00:04:18.000> if don't get utilized for that move. if don't get utilized for that move. if
• We don't know what's going to happen with tariffs.
• Um and these are folks that are tariffs.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all