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Transcript Highlights:
- Begs, where the EF3 tornado killed two people. They were deployed to that.
- We were just recently in Beggs for the tornado. We respond a lot of times into rural areas.
- And so, I am wondering if the tornado sirens are an encrypted sound. I'm confused. Thank you.
- In this case, people are panicking because they think there is an incoming tornado.
- At this point, when we hear a tornado siren go off, just help me with this.
Bills:
HB1002, HB1250, HB2710, HB3008, HB3045, HB3086, HB3595, HB3678, HB3695, HB3831, HB4107, HB4408
Keywords:
stalking, victim notification, law enforcement, harassment, penalties, criminal justice, protection orders, local law enforcement, Public Safety Technology Revolving Fund, grants, state funding, law enforcement technology, alcohol testing, drug influence, public safety, Board of Tests, accident response, motor vehicle, fire department, fee prohibition
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Disaster Prevention and Resiliency Task Force (8-20-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- during after a flood um tornado during after a flood um tornado um<00:43:09.440>
that <00: - <01:03:04.640>
outbreak in during the the 2021 tornado outbreak in during the the 2021 tornado - floods<01:15:43.360>
and the past. um tornadoes and floods and the past. um tornadoes and - <01:17:57.600>
So, with the tornadoes, West Kentucky. - So, with the tornadoes, West Kentucky.
Summary:
The committee met to adopt the minutes of the second meeting by voice vote, then heard an update focused on disaster preparedness, resiliency, response, and coordination among state agencies and partners. The chair emphasized avoiding duplication of resources and highlighted the importance of agriculture-related response issues, including animal evacuation, feed distribution, and the role of extension services during disasters. The Department for Public Health was invited to explain its role in emergency planning and response.
Public Health described its Emergency Preparedness and Response Branch as the lead coordinating agency for Emergency Support Function 8, covering health and medical services under Kentucky’s emergency operations framework. Testimony outlined its broad responsibilities, including support for hospitals, morgues, local health departments, behavioral health, crisis counseling, suspicious package testing, disease outbreaks, and coordination with emergency management, EMS, transportation, and nonprofit and private partners. Officials also described the agency’s risk-assessment process, training and exercise programs, and deployed assets such as PPE caches, deployable communications, a federal medical station, a mobile treatment center, and alternate care support used in events like the eastern Kentucky floods and COVID-19.
The agency also discussed funding through federal cooperative agreements for public health emergency preparedness and hospital preparedness, noting that these programs have evolved since 9/11 and have been shaped by major disasters and emerging threats. Officials said Kentucky’s funding has declined over time and that current awards are partially funded for the first time in the program’s history. They expressed support for efficiency if federal programs are consolidated, but cautioned that combining programs could risk further funding losses.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Budget Review Subcommittee on General Government, Finance, Personnel and Public Retirement (9-17-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- To give you a few examples of our recent work, during the western Kentucky tornadoes in 2021, shelters
- More recently, during the Eastern Kentucky tornadoes of 2025, we assisted local rescues in Pulaski and
- in 2021, shelters in Graves, tornadoes in 2021, shelters in Graves, Hopkins,<00:04:22.479>
Ohio,< - More recently, during the Eastern<00:04:53.520>
Kentucky <00:04:53.919>tornadoes <00:04: - Did you work with the folks down in Murray any when they had the tornadoes?
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Meeting Start 00:00:00
Attendance Roll Call 00:00:20
Kentucky Humane Society 00:01:20, 958, all
Summary:
The committee heard a presentation from Alyssa Gray, president and CEO of the Kentucky Humane Society, on the organization’s statewide animal welfare work and its request for a $5 million matching contribution from the General Assembly for a new Kentucky Animal and Community Campus in Louisville. Gray said KHS, an independent nonprofit founded in 1884, serves cats, dogs, and horses, reaches 96 counties, provides shelter relief, spay-neuter services, low-cost veterinary care, and disaster response, and has supported communities during recent tornadoes and floods. She described the new campus as a hub for disaster housing, shelter transfers, veterinary training, and expanded services to reduce overpopulation and relieve pressure on county shelters and local governments.
Members asked about the campus’s location, staffing, veterinary student involvement, and the scope of KHS’s services. Gray said the new site would be next to KHS’s current spay-neuter clinic on Preston Highway, that the facility would include shelter medicine, high-volume spay-neuter, and a low-cost clinic, and that it could host veterinary students and interns for hands-on training. She also explained that KHS works with county officials and shelters to move animals during crises or cruelty cases, can connect counties with partner organizations when KHS is full, and provides mobile clinic services and occasional grant support for rural shelters.
Committee members praised the presentation and discussed how KHS could fit into disaster recovery planning. One member suggested the organization could be folded into long-term recovery efforts because of its role in post-disaster animal care. The presenter said KHS wants to be a formal disaster response resource and already works with the Kentucky Veterinary Medical Association and other partners. No vote on the funding request was taken during the meeting.
At the end of the meeting, the committee noted it still lacked a quorum, so approval of the minutes was postponed to the next meeting, tentatively scheduled for October 15. The meeting then adjourned.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 51 (3-20-26)
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Whereas this was the deadliest tornado to ever be reported in this region.
- vital support during the deadly tornado vital support during the deadly tornado that<01:48:03.920
- <01:48:14.800>
causing devastating tornadoes causing devastating tornadoes causing significant - evening, an EF4 tornado nearly<01:48:33.600>
a <01:48:33.840>mile <01:48:34.159>wide - Whereas this was the deadliest tornado Whereas this was the deadliest tornado to<01:49:15.760>
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (3-17-26)
Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- And actually the tornado alley, which has kind of shifted below the Mason-Dixon line, and we're seeing
- an increase in the number of tornadoes and, um, as certainly every time we hear a siren go off, we're
- And actually<00:03:21.400>
the <00:03:21.519>tornado <00:03:22.000>alley <00:03:22.320 - >
which <00:03:23.360>has actually the tornado alley which has actually the tornado alley - <00:03:28.600>
and <00:03:29.040>um number of tornadoes and um number of tornadoes
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Four - Tuesday, January 13 - Afternoon Session - State of the State
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Floods, fires, droughts, and tornadoes hit nearly every corner of our state, while fuel, fertilizer,
- With flooding, severe storms, wildfires, and tornadoes.
- Battling wildfires and tornado damage, they drove through unsafe debris in their personal vehicles to
- Just a few weeks later, when many of those same counties were once again hit by storms, tornadoes, and
- And on the afternoon of May 16, an EF3 tornado struck St.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (1-29-26)
Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, as we've seen with the floods, as we've seen with the fires, as we've seen with tornadoes, as we've
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as fires, as we've seen with tornadoes, as fires, as we've seen with tornadoes - were able to uh the Laurel >> Well, we were able to uh the Laurel County<00:09:38.880>
tornadoes - when it went down County tornadoes when it went down through,<00:09:40.399>
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Summary:
The Senate Standing Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection met for its second meeting of the 2026 session and considered two bills. After opening formalities, roll call, prayer, and the pledge, the committee heard Senate Bill 84, which would provide five additional emergency response trailers for county coroners, one for each of the state’s 10 districts. The sponsor and coroners testified that the trailers would improve response times and equipment availability during natural disasters and mass fatality incidents, citing recent floods, tornadoes, snow and ice events, and the need for standby power and other equipment. Members praised the coroners’ work, discussed funding concerns, and noted the bill’s relatively small cost and one-time funding structure tied to FEMA reimbursement for replacement equipment.
The committee then considered Senate Bill 102, which would adjust the Kentucky State Police Trooper R program by resetting the five-year eligibility window from a trooper’s last day of service rather than the original retirement date. The sponsor and supporters said the change would help retain experienced retired troopers to fill staffing gaps without creating new retirement obligations or lowering standards. Members asked about ongoing certification and retirement-system impacts; testimony indicated Trooper R officers must maintain required law-enforcement certification, but no additional retirement contributions are made for them. Some members raised concerns about pension-system effects and compared the issue to shortages in other law-enforcement fields, while others strongly supported the bill as a practical staffing tool.
Both bills received favorable committee action. Senate Bill 84 was approved by roll call and passed with favorable expression, and Senate Bill 102 likewise passed with favorable expression after a roll-call vote, with members generally expressing support for the underlying public-safety goals.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Banking & Insurance (3-27-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Additionally, it updates the name of the State Fire and Tornado Insurance Fund to the Commonwealth's
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and updates the name of the State Fire and updates the name of the State Fire and tornado - 49.600>
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Meeting Start: 00:00
Roll Call 00:18
HB 524 Discussion: 00:45
HB 524 Vote: 02:30, 958, all
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum and took up its only item, House Bill 524. Representative Aaron Thompson, joined by State Controller Joe McDaniel and State Risk Director Sher Wisman, explained that the bill would extend the Finance Cabinet’s authority over the state self-insurance fund for state buildings through July 2030. The bill also renames the State Fire and Tornado Insurance Fund to the Commonwealth’s Property and Casualty Insurance Fund to better reflect the more than 7,100 buildings and contents covered.
Members briefly discussed the measure, with the chair noting the need to move it before the current authority expires on July 1. A motion and second were made, and the committee voted favorably on the bill. The roll call showed support from the members present, and the chair announced the bill passed with favorable expression.
Because there was no consent, the bill will still need to be considered on the floor. The chair thanked staff and attendees and noted the committee was likely nearing the end of its session work.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Appropriations Feb 5th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We did the Northwest Florida tornadoes.
- We did the Northwest Florida tornadoes that hit around Washington County.
- Now, granted, most of that was for hurricanes, tornadoes, and things of that nature.
- We are susceptible to tornadoes. We're susceptible to flooding.
- Tornadoes. We are susceptible to tornadoes. We're susceptible to flooding.
Summary:
The committee took up four bills before moving to a broader discussion of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Trust Fund. SB 434, which would prohibit counties from increasing a home’s assessed value because the owner installed wind mitigation measures, was presented as a homeowner protection measure and reported favorably. CS/SB 110, clarifying that certain 98-year-or-longer residential leaseholders remain eligible for the homestead exemption even if the lease ends at death, was also reported favorably without opposition. SB 856, requiring online real estate listing platforms to display estimated ad valorem taxes using prescribed calculation methods and not the current owner’s tax bill, drew supportive testimony from property appraisers, Zillow, and local government groups; members emphasized transparency for buyers, especially first-time homebuyers, and the bill was reported favorably.
The committee then spent most of the meeting on SPB 7040, which would recreate and extend the Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund through December 31, 2027. Supporters, including the Division of Emergency Management, argued the fund is needed for hurricanes, flooding, other disasters, and rapid response operations, and said the extension preserves legislative oversight that would otherwise lapse. Opponents from advocacy and policy groups argued the fund has been used too broadly, especially for immigration-related detention and enforcement activities, and criticized the lack of tighter guardrails and transparency. They cited deaths in detention facilities, the use of emergency dollars for non-disaster purposes, and concerns about political favoritism and public accountability.
Director Kevin Guthrie testified at length in support of the extension, explaining that the fund is used for natural, man-made, and technological emergencies, that reimbursements from federal and other sources are returned to the fund, and that the state has used it for hurricanes, flooding, civil unrest, international evacuations, and immigration-related operations under Operation Vigilant Sentry. He said the division has sought federal reimbursement for some expenses and that the fund helps the state respond quickly when emergencies arise. Members questioned the size of the fund, the amount spent on immigration-related activities, the status of federal reimbursements, and whether lawmakers should have more oversight or unannounced access to detention facilities. The bill discussion remained ongoing in the portion provided, with no final vote on SPB 7040 shown in the transcript excerpt.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Disaster Prevention and Resiliency Task Force (9-10-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- In this case, tornado data going back to 1880.
- In this case, tornado data going state.
- This proved critical when the same area was hit by tornadoes in 2024.
- Um, you spoke about the Red Cross's response to the tornadoes.
- I mean, you've probably seen pictures of the little fire tornadoes and stuff.
Summary:
The task force met with a quorum, approved the August meeting minutes, and heard a presentation from Dr. Jerry Brosky of the Kentucky Mesonet and Kentucky Climate Center. He described the Mesonet’s statewide weather network, now with 84 stations in 78 counties, real-time data used by the National Weather Service, mobile apps, and more than a billion observations. He said recent legislative funding has allowed upgrades such as soil temperature and moisture sensors, cameras at every site, and improved communications and power systems, and has enabled expansion into new counties. He also highlighted products used for flooding, drought, and heat safety, including a wet bulb globe temperature tool being developed with the Department of Public Health. In response to questions, he said counties interested in a station should contact his center, that a station typically costs about $50,000, and that the program is already considering a second Pike County site.
The committee then heard from Ryan Drain of Blue Skies and Chris McGee of the American Red Cross on long-term disaster recovery and a software platform called Darcy, short for Disaster Aware and Ready Communities Initiative. McGee explained the Red Cross’s long-term recovery work, including support for recovery groups, direct financial assistance, grantmaking, and coordination with local and federal partners. He emphasized that disasters are occurring more frequently and with repeated impacts, and shared examples from Kentucky and other states showing the need for organized recovery and storm shelter support. Drain said Darcy was developed after the 2021 Mayfield-Graves tornado recovery to replace fragmented spreadsheets and PDFs with a centralized, survivor-led system for preparedness, response, and recovery, designed to improve coordination, reduce duplication, and shorten recovery time. No votes or formal actions were taken beyond adoption of the minutes.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (3-3-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- The speaker says you've got tornadoes and flooding in areas that historically haven't seen that magnitude
- They mention being in Governor Hutchinson's in the Arkansas state capital when a tornado hit Little Rock
- and then Memphis and West Kentucky in that one tornado event.
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the <00:13:38.959>Arkansas <00:13:39.519>state They say they've had tornadoes - magnitude of that we've had uh tornadoes magnitude of that we've had uh tornadoes in<00:13:57.959
Summary:
The Senate VMAP Committee met with a quorum and heard several measures focused on public safety and emergency preparedness. Senate Bill 266, sponsored by Vice Chair Aaron Reed, would allow Kentucky State Police troopers to engage in secondary employment under a policy set by the commissioner. Reed argued the change would improve morale, recruitment, retention, and compensation opportunities. Senators Boswell, Nunn, and Higden asked about when the extra work would occur and whether the commissioner had been consulted; Reed said the policy would be left to KSP leadership and cited examples such as convention centers and events like the Derby. The bill passed unanimously and was sent to the floor.
The committee then adopted a committee substitute for Senate Concurrent Resolution 67, which creates a task force to study disaster preparedness, mitigation, and related issues such as flooding, wind events, insurance, communications, and coordination among state and local agencies. The sponsor described recent severe weather and flooding across Kentucky and said the resolution was intended to help the state identify risks and best practices, save money, and save lives. Senators discussed whether the National Guard should be included, and the sponsor said they would not object to adding a representative. The resolution passed unanimously.
House Bill 234, presented by Representative Wade Williams with the Kentucky Police Chiefs Association, would add airport police departments to the list of agencies eligible for grants funded through confiscated or abandoned firearms sold through the Kentucky State Police auction process. Williams said the grants support life-saving equipment such as tasers and bulletproof vests and that airport police had been inadvertently left off the eligibility list. Senators asked whether the change would reduce funding for other departments, and Williams said he did not expect a detrimental effect. The bill passed unanimously. The meeting concluded with an invitation to legislators to attend a National Guard briefing and aerial flight event, followed by adjournment.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 03/10/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- Back in 2022 in Alexandria, there were a couple of tornadoes that month.
- Back in 2022 in Alexandria, there were a couple of tornadoes that month.
- Back in 2022 in Alexandria, there were a couple of tornadoes that month.
- Back in 2022 in Alexandria, there were a couple of tornadoes that month.
- It's not just tornadoes and that make these weather radar gaps so dangerous.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- ice and snow in north Alabama<00:44:12.800>
and <00:44:13.119>some <00:44:13.280>tornadoes - <00:44:13.839>
here <00:44:14.000>in Alabama and some tornadoes here in Alabama and - some tornadoes here in Montgomery<00:44:14.640>
and <00:44:14.960>some <00:44:15.119>- :44:16.480>
Alabama <00:44:17.440>and <00:44:17.680>another <00:44:18.000>tornado - southwest Alabama and another tornado southwest Alabama and another tornado down<00:44:18.720>
- :44:16.480>
Summary:
The Alabama Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a roll call establishing a quorum of 30 members. The chamber approved excusing absent senators, dispensed with reading the prior journal, and allowed introduction of bills and committee reports throughout the legislative day. It then took up a series of confirmation reports from the Committee on Confirmations, all of which were approved unanimously, confirming multiple appointees to the State Textbook Committee for Social Studies and Arts Education, including Harilyn Benjamin, Robin Dunn, Dietra Howy, Rebecca Mener, Lakesha Cohill, Kevin King, Kristen Law, and Dana Marie Liur.
The Senate also received a gubernatorial message returning House Joint Resolution 4 with an executive amendment; the chamber concurred in the amendment by unanimous consent. House messages reported several bills referred to committees, including measures on state employees retirement, EMS personnel education, seafood dealer licenses, local legislation for Monroville, law enforcement officers, state marine waters, evictions, and taxation. The Senate also re-referred Senate Bill 183 to the Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development.
Under motions and resolutions, the Senate adopted Senate Joint Resolution 23 honoring Junior Harold Sorrels and Senate Joint Resolution 24 honoring John Waller Giles. The Rules Committee report establishing a special order calendar for the seventh legislative day was adopted, and the Senate then passed several bills on the special order calendar, including SB 136 on the Alabama Massage Therapy Licensing Board, SB 158 on public high schools and military recruiter testing access, SB 22 on the Commission on Uniform State Laws, SB 137 creating the Alabama Resilience Council, SB 60 on criminal procedure, SB 109 on peer-to-peer car sharing, SB 77 on the 911 board, and SB 163 on the Board of Cosmetology and Barbering. Most of these were adopted by unanimous or near-unanimous voice or roll-call votes, with no recorded opposition.
Near the end of the session, senators offered brief personal remarks, including thanks for support during illness and appreciation for floor coordination. The Senate then adjourned on a motion until Thursday, January 29 at 12:15 p.m., with the journal left open until 4:30 p.m. to receive messages.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- Last week, we had a tornado in... this bill.
- Last week, we had a tornado in my district, and this is what's left of a home.
- We had a tornado of 59 in Union Springs, and that's my district right down the highway here.
- They've made major rescue efforts during tornadoes, which we have, and everything.
- Tornadoes, which we have, and everything.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (3-10-26)
Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- We think of the catastrophic floods in Eastern Kentucky and the tornadoes in West Kentucky.
- <00:29:25.480>
in <00:29:25.600>West Kentucky and the tornadoes in West Kentucky and - the tornadoes in West Kentucky.
- I mean, floods are different than tornadoes, so each one of them has severe impacts on communities, so
- , so but each one of them has tornadoes, so but each one of them has has<00:36:58.720>
severe <
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Budget Review Subcommittee on General Government, Finance, Personnel, and Public Retirement.(7-1-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- We've been a part of the tornado response.
- The tornado that went through London and did so much damage.
- And then again, here we are tornadoes.
- Disaster 4804 was a tornado line that ran through the same area as the '22 tornado.
- , and the spring ice storm of tornado, and the spring ice storm of this<00:40:14.200>
year, <00
Summary:
The committee received a budget and program update from Kentucky Emergency Management on the state’s urban search and rescue buildout. Eric Gibson and Doug Hargrave said the legislature’s funding was used to create FEMA-type urban search and rescue capacity, including Kentucky Task Force 1 and 2, the incident support team, and the helicopter aquatic rescue/hoist team. They emphasized that the effort is not just equipment purchases but also training, credentialing, warehouse and training-facility development, canine program expansion, and coordination with local search and rescue agencies across the Commonwealth.
Gibson reported that the agency executed 99.4% of the $16.175 million appropriation by the end of the fiscal year and said the team met its readiness target ahead of schedule, with equipment already being deployed in recent flood response operations. He also said $500,000 per year was set aside for local search and rescue grants, with about $482,000 awarded to 29 teams in one year and $490,000 to 36 teams in the next, averaging about $20,000 per grant. Several members urged the committee to consider increasing support for local responders in future budgets, noting rising equipment costs and the importance of local teams as first on scene.
Members asked about staffing, coverage, and benefits. Gibson explained that the task force is a mixed workforce of full-time fire personnel loaned from local departments, professional service staff such as doctors and engineers, and temporary deployment staff, with workers’ compensation coverage provided through KYEM and/or home agencies depending on the arrangement. He also said local search and rescue members are not currently included in line-of-duty death benefits. In response to questions about coverage and deployment, he described the two task force locations as designed to keep resources within roughly 100 miles of every Kentuckian.
The discussion also turned to recent flood response and disaster recovery. Gibson said the state had mobilized up to 24 teams over the weekend, documented roughly 60 to 80 water rescues or assisted evacuations, and was seeing significant damage in counties such as Cumberland, Clinton, and Metcalfe, including agricultural losses. He said several counties were meeting FEMA public assistance thresholds and that the state was preparing a broader relief request that could include FEMA, SBA, and USDA assistance. He also updated members on efforts to claw back and reallocate unused “strained fiscal liquidity” funds by the statutory deadline, saying notices were sent and funds were redirected where possible to unmet local needs.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Feb 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- AND OF HURRICANE SEASON, ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT BEFORE HERE IN TALLAHASSEE WITH THE FLOODING, THE TORNADOES
- THIS TORNADO ACTIVITY SET THE TONE OR 2024.
- PRIOR TO MAKING LANDFALL MOST CONFIRMED TORNADOES OF ANY SINGLE FLORIDA TORNADO ATTACK ON MODERN RECORD
- WE HAD 47 TORNADOES IN CONJUNCTION WITH HURRICANE MILTON.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- In 2019, Caddo Mounds was impacted by an EF4 tornado.
- Those include everything from floods, tornadoes, and ice storms.
- Unfortunately, when that tornado was within sight...
- I've heard of those systems doing that, especially these tornado-type systems.
- Tornadoes, we could talk about wildfires.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, in 2019, Caddo Mountains was impacted by an EF4 tornado.
- And those include everything from floods, tornadoes, um, ice storms.
- Um, unfortunately, when that tornado, um, was within sight, it was too late.
- There are different actions if the emergency is a fire or a tornado or a flood.
- I, I've heard of those systems doing that, especially these tornado type systems.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nomination of William Briggs, of Texas, to be Deputy Administrator, and Casey Mulligan, of Illinois, to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, both of the Small Business Administration. Mar 12th, 2025 at 01:30 pm
Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- We've seen... ratios, tornadoes, you name it.
- experienced a powerful blizzard that left thousands without power, and now we're about to go into that tornado
- Last year, during the tornado season, we saw a number of our very small communities that had been wiped
- out by those disasters. in case 60% of the homes and businesses in one town was gone after a tornado
- And my own staff was on ground to assist those people that had been impacted by the tornado.
Keywords:
SBA, small business, nominations, Bill Briggs, Casey Mulligan, regulations, capital access, public support
Summary:
The Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship convened to consider the nominations of Bill Briggs for Deputy Administrator of the SBA and Dr. Casey Mulligan for Chief Counsel for Advocacy. The discussions highlighted the critical role of the SBA in promoting small businesses, with emphasis on overcoming challenges posed by excessive regulations and the need for improved access to capital. Several committee members expressed their concerns over recent layoffs within the SBA and the closure of district offices, which they believe undermine support for small businesses across the nation. The committee meeting saw extensive dialogue about the implications of regulations on small business operations and how the nominees plan to address these issues if confirmed. Public support for the nominees was acknowledged through letters from various stakeholders who advocate for small business interests.