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• I suppose you could say this is a band-aid solution, but having cut my finger recently, I like band-aid
• <03:38:19.520> solution, could say this is a a band-aid solution, could say this is a a band-aid
• <03:38:27.279> to band-aids are necessary sometimes to band-aids are necessary sometimes to
• While we or foreign policy interest.
• essential to protecting also US foreign essential to protecting also US foreign policy<05:34:09.360

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, January 12, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• 4, Section B of the TRA stipulates that wherever the laws of the United States refer or relate to foreign
• <00:13:30.320> or<00:13:31.200> relate<00:13:31.680> to<00:13:32.000> foreign
• Where the laws of the United States refer or relate to foreign countries, nations, states, governments
• fulfill its responsibilities and to collaborate with the world to address the challenges of humanitarian aid
• fulfill its responsibilities and to collaborate with the world to address the challenges of humanitarian aid

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Andrew's Priory, who's been accepted at Tufts University and will be studying foreign relations.
• Andrew's Priory, who's been accepted at Tufts University and will be studying foreign relations.
• I also want to recognize my legislative aide, Kate Tracy. Please stand.
• I also want to recognize my legislative aide, Kate Tracy. Please stand.
• I also want to recognize my legislative aide, Kate Tracy. Please stand.

Bills: HR203, SB2802, SB3081, SB2902, SB2005, SB3252, SB2096, SB2095, SB2046, SB2999, SB3103, SB83, SB2041, SB3234, SB3156, SB3154, SB2146, SB2053, SB2010, SB2009, SB2667, SB3215, SB2698, SB2363, SB2372, SB2673, SB2948, SB2277, SB2057, SB3085, SB3025, SB2761

Keywords: H.R. 203, House Resolution, Hawaii education, teacher of the year, educator recognition, Jessica Canyon, Natsumi Yamasato, Jodi Kadoyama, Mānana Elementary School, National Blue Ribbon School, Teach For America Hawaiʻi, public education, K-12, elementary school, STEM education, literacy, teacher appreciation, school excellence, Hawaiʻi Legislature, keiki

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• Matter of fact, by going after student aid, you're cannibalizing the workforce of the future.
• That foreign aid is very unpopular, but I think it's very necessary to keep us safe.
• Because as you have been an advocate for a strong, robust U.S. foreign Policy, and you know that AID
• is an essential tool in our foreign policy and national security policy.
• So this is an ongoing effort to defame AID.

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• personal data cozying up to foreign personal data cozying up to foreign adversaries<02:41:53.160
• <02:53:05.880> governments nervous that certain foreign governments nervous that certain foreign
• I'll get people say, you know, if we just didn't have foreign aid and you send them the chart saying
• <03:11:30.520> aid<03:11:31.399> and<03:11:31.520> you just didn't have foreign
• aid and you just didn't have foreign aid and you send<03:11:31.960> them<03:11:32.160> the

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, March 6, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• She's a senior advisor to His Excellency the President Hassan Muhammad on Foreign Affairs and International
• She's a senior advisor to his excellency of the President Hassan Muhammad on Foreign Affairs and International
• consideration engrossed Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for House Bill 5453, to modify the school aid
• : Engrossed Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for House Bill 5453, to modify the school aid

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The Senate first suspended Rule 54 to allow guests on the floor, then took up and adopted Senate Resolution 65. The resolution recognized West Virginia as a global hub for critical mineral processing and encouraged lawful private-sector dialogue and commercial engagement between West Virginia businesses and rare earth/critical mineral institutions abroad, beginning with institutions in Somalia. The sponsor emphasized that the measure was nonbinding and intended to open conversation about minerals, processing, and advanced materials, and the resolution was adopted by voice vote. The chamber then recessed briefly to receive and introduce a visiting delegation from Somalia, including the deputy prime minister, ministers of petroleum/mineral resources and commerce/industry, parliamentary leadership, and diplomatic representatives, along with other guests involved in the visit. After the recess, the Senate received several Finance Committee reports and advanced multiple House bills on first reading: HB 4004 creating the Recharge West Virginia program; HB 4006 creating the West Virginia Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing Growth Act; HB 2009 creating the Portable Benefit Account Act; HB 5412, the Future Ready Education Act; HB 5453 modifying the school aid funding formula; and HB 5510 removing the acreage/location requirement for private wedding venues. Each bill was reported as amended by Finance and taken up immediately without objection. During remarks, a senator from Randolph spoke about the death of Riley Wingfield in a side-by-side accident and praised students and administrators at Buckhannon-Upshur High School and Tucker County High School for wearing orange and black in solidarity with grieving Elkins High School students. The remarks were ordered placed in the Journal appendix. The Senate then announced adjournment until the next day at 10 a.m., with the Rules Committee scheduled to meet at 9:45 a.m.

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• each one of your offices yesterday, and I had great conversations with each one of your legislative aides
• each one of your offices yesterday, and I had great conversations with each one of your legislative aids
• In 2024, Senator Blaise and Goglia ran a bill to remove foreign influence in our voting machines.
• The senator told the RPO of Republicans that there was foreign influence in every single voting machine
• Joel Altman spells out much of that foreign influence for you in his Substack.

Summary: The Committee on Ethics and Elections met with a quorum present and took up Senate Bill 62 by Senator Errington, which would create an enforceable requirement that partisan candidates meet the 365-day party affiliation or no-party registration requirement before qualifying. The committee adopted an amendment changing the effective date to upon becoming law, heard no opposition, and then approved the bill. The committee also approved a slate of 15 gubernatorial nominees en bloc and recommended them to the floor. The Florida Supervisors of Elections presented their 2026 legislative priorities. Their requests included automatically updating voter records when DHSMV changes driver license numbers, treating verified petition signing by inactive voters as voter activity that restores active status, adding election equipment and ballots to the state’s critical infrastructure protections, clarifying public-records treatment of election worker names and addresses, allowing more flexibility for early voting sites when a supervisor’s office is not suitable, eliminating the need for provisional-ballot envelopes when polling hours are extended by emergency order, and allowing vote-by-mail voters to remain on the list for the next general election unless they opt out. Senators asked questions about inactive voter status, security implications, early voting site requirements, and vote-by-mail renewal, and several members expressed support or interest in the supervisors’ proposals. During public testimony, several speakers urged stronger election-integrity measures, including proof of citizenship, tighter chain-of-custody controls, more hand-counting or manual audits, quarterly list maintenance, and reduced reliance on vote-by-mail and voting machines. They also criticized current audit systems and cited outside reports and research they said showed vulnerabilities in Florida’s election process. No additional committee action was taken after public testimony, and the meeting adjourned.

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• transition a 50-year-old program that has shown little support from the public to one that provides aid
• from whom; whether they have made charitable contributions, and to which entities; whether they have foreign
• Senator Mark Montigny and Representative Erickga Uterhoven, which would ban political spending by foreign
• And if a foreign influence corporation has a financial interest in preventing a law from passing or wanting
• corporation wants to spend money in Massachusetts politics, it has to certify first that it's not foreign

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House and Senate Election Laws committees held a hearing focused on campaign finance and several local election-related bills. Office of Campaign and Political Finance Director William Campbell testified in support of H. 848 and S. 515, saying the campaign finance law needs modernization and highlighting proposals for stronger Super PAC disclosure, more timely reporting, improved security for campaign participants, and other reforms. He said the bills would help update a 50-year-old system to reflect legal, economic, and cultural changes. A major portion of the hearing concerned H. 868/S. 507, which would require earlier and more frequent reporting by ballot question committees. Witnesses from Common Cause, the League of Women Voters, and others argued that ballot campaigns now involve tens of millions of dollars, much of it raised during periods with no real-time disclosure, and that moving these committees into the depository system would improve transparency without burdening grassroots signature-gathering. The committee also heard support for H. 811 and H. 812, which would allow municipalities to create citizen-funded election programs and require identifying information on political text messages, as well as S. 525/H. 875, which would bar political spending by foreign-influenced corporations. The committee also heard testimony on S. 2605, a Canton home rule petition to move town elections from April to November. Canton residents, a select board member, and a poll worker said the change would increase turnout, better align local elections with the November voting cycle, and give newly elected officials more time to prepare for town meeting. Senator Rausch also testified in support of S. 530, requiring presidential primary candidates to disclose recent tax returns. The hearing ended with no votes taken and the committee adjourning, with a note that the next hearing was tentatively scheduled for January 13.

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• RESEARCH FROM FOREIGN INTERFERENCE.
• Every tax dollar spent on R&D to protect our national security should be safeguarded from foreign and
• Every tax dollar spent on R&D to protect our national security should be safeguarded from foreign and
• EVERY TAX DOLLAR SPENT ON R&D TO PROTECT OUR NATIONAL SECURITY SHOULD BE SAFEGUARDED FROM FOREIGN
• A graduate of Stanford University and Georgetown Law, he served as Bill Thomas's aide.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, March 10, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• This approach not only will support and aid our collective progress, whether it's in the Legislature
• Thirty-three point four percent of Los Angeles County is foreign-born, and it encompasses a little over
• Our allies have been amazing in terms of lending support and mutual aid.
• Throughout the years, we've represented the Alanti Thai garment workers, distributed aid through the
• our beautiful California communities despite how much that might invite the opposition of powerful foreign

Summary: The Select Committee on Hate, Racism, and Xenophobia met to examine the scope of hate activity in California and hear from state agencies, commissions, and community organizations. The chair opened by framing hate as a persistent crisis affecting many protected groups, and Assembly Member Gonzalez briefly joined the committee. The first panel included the California Department of Justice and the California Commission on the State of Hate, both of which presented recent data and policy recommendations. The Department of Justice reported that in 2024 California saw 2,023 reported hate crime events, 2,568 hate crime offenses, and 2,491 victims, with anti-Black bias remaining the most common category, followed by anti-Jewish and anti-Latino bias. DOJ also said referrals for prosecution increased, and it described its hate-crimes guidance, rapid response protocol, and multilingual resources. The Commission on the State of Hate said hate is undercounted in law enforcement data and cited a survey suggesting about 2.6 million Californians experienced at least one hate act in a year, including more than half a million potentially criminal incidents. It recommended permanent data infrastructure, mandatory law enforcement training, and continued funding for community-based prevention and victim support. The committee then heard testimony from representatives of the NAACP, LULAC, Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California, CHIRLA, Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California, CARE, Equality California, and the Racial Equity Commission. Witnesses described systemic racism, anti-immigrant enforcement, antisemitism, Islamophobia, anti-Asian bias, and anti-LGBTQ+ hate, often linking these harms to political rhetoric, social media, and federal actions. They urged the Legislature to fund programs such as California vs. Hate, Stop the Hate, nonprofit security grants, language access, school and mental health supports, and legal assistance, while also protecting civil rights, due process, and free speech. No formal votes or committee actions were taken during the hearing, but members indicated they would request additional recommendations and continue the discussion in future hearings.

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• :02:03.680> it Third, it clarifies that no funds originating within the state may be used to aid
• may<00:02:43.840> be<00:02:44.000> used<00:02:44.239> to<00:02:44.400> aid
• <00:02:44.640> in within the state may be used to aid in within the state may be used to aid
• Wyoming officers to still stop to aid Wyoming officers to still stop that<00:08:11.759> vehicle.
• for example, deport foreign nationals. for example, deport foreign nationals.

Bills: HB0130, HB0095, HB0096, HB0097, SF0101, SF0106, SF0067, SF0123

Keywords: Second Amendment, firearms, state rights, federal regulation, law enforcement, civil penalties, government liability, concealed carry, public colleges, university facilities, weapons legislation, self-defense, campus safety, weapons, age requirement, permits, HB0097, Wyoming firearms privacy, merchant category code, MCC

Bills: SR185, HB2452, HB2329, HB2272, HB2273, HB2335, HB1656, HB2207, HB2289, HB1854, HB2581, HB20, HB2296, HB1707, HB2297, HB1890, HB2241, HB2474, HB1688, HB2546, HB1574, HB1546, HB2218, HB1163, HB1514, HB1749, HB2385, HB1576, HB1974, HB2022, HB1973, HB2005, HB1894, HB1515, HB1718, HB1591, HB2475, HB1721, HB1864, HB1946, HB1920

Keywords: Department of Education, capital improvement program, performance audit, infrastructure, transparency, state bonds, general obligation bonds, GO bonds, bond authorization, state debt limit, constitutional debt limit, Article VII Section 13, Hawaii bonds, state borrowing, public finance, capital improvement projects, supplemental appropriations, judiciary appropriations, refunding bonds, reimbursable bonds

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• The foreign national bridge is a critical component. of this trade infrastructure and responsible for
• The Foreign National Bridge provides a competitive advantage. and logistics, enabling trucks from South
• Invested in infrastructure, the bridge capacity will increase by 40% aided by a twin span expansion set
• Tuesday, today, product leaves... the packing houses in Mexico, tomorrow, Wednesday, will cross the foreign
• to support the confirmed growth of trade through South Texas Port. has significantly impacted the Foreign

Bills: HB2013, HB4163, HB4810

Keywords: property owners associations, chickens, urban farming, land use, homeowner rights, agriculture, municipal regulation, governmental requirements, farm management, inspections, border control, trade, state funding, 1184, house, all

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• We provide generous financial aid packages, including exceptional offerings from the state like North
• I'm currently studying foreign languages as well as political science classes.
• I'm currently studying foreign languages as well as political science classes.
• Hamline offered me the most scholarships and financial aid.
• Hamline offered me the most scholarships and financial aid.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• THERE IS A SENSE OF URGENCY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THIS TOPIC OF SCHOOL AID.
• perhaps set property taxes higher than they would need to be if they knew what was coming in state aid
• SAID SO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS CAN SET THEIR BUDGETS SO THAT THEY CAN RELIABLY HAVE A FIGURE OF STATE AID
• FOREIGN POLICY.
• They can, in fact, receive foreign monies. Is there any prohibited...

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate opened with routine formalities, approved the journal, welcomed a SkillsUSA student delegation, and then moved into budget and policy business. The chamber accepted a Rules Committee report and took up a supplemental budget extender, Senate Print 9963, which would extend state operations through April 22 and authorize $12.7 billion, including about $5.1 billion in new funding for Medicaid, payroll, and school aid. Senator O’Mara questioned the delay in the budget, the lack of public detail, and unresolved issues such as CLCPA changes, auto insurance, and SEQR reforms; the sponsor said negotiations were ongoing and that school aid would likely build on the executive budget. The extender passed 57-1, with Senator Weik voting no. The Senate then adopted Senate Resolution 1887, sponsored by Senator Brisport, memorializing the Governor to proclaim April 2026 as Arab American Heritage Month. Senators Brisport, Fahy, Salazar, and Gounardes spoke in support, emphasizing Arab Americans’ cultural, civic, and economic contributions in New York and condemning anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bias. The resolution was adopted by voice vote and opened for co-sponsorship. The chamber next considered several bills on the calendar, including a bill by Senator Cleare to prohibit state-chartered financial institutions from investing in private correctional facilities. Supporters framed it as a moral response to private prisons and rising federal use of detention facilities, while opponents argued it would overregulate state-chartered banks and affect private investment decisions. The bill passed 36-22. The Senate also passed a bill by Senator Krueger raising the nonprofit lobbying disclosure threshold from $5,000 to $10,000, after debate over transparency and whether the change would reduce oversight; it passed 35-23. Finally, the Senate passed Senator May’s bill on advanced transmission technologies and utility planning, after extensive debate over ratepayer costs, battery storage, and data center growth; supporters said it could lower energy costs through more efficient grid use, while opponents said it would raise rates and duplicate existing studies. The bill passed after being restored to the non-controversial calendar.

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• The foreign National Bridge is a critical component of this trade infrastructure and responsible for
• The Foreign National Bridge provides a competitive advantage in logistics, enabling trucks from South
• With over 100 million invested in infrastructure, the bridge capacity will increase by 40%, aided by
• Tomorrow, Wednesday will cross to the foreign National Bridge.
• The STAC grant has significantly impacted the foreign national bridge.

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• in a foreign country um the<01:06:48.480> law<01:06:48.960> here<01:06:49.279> would
• the point of people should just learn English and get their license and be here, I'm not good at foreign
• <01:36:54.880> in<01:36:55.080> people allow devices to use and Aid in people allow
• devices to use and Aid in people with<01:36:55.480> hearing<01:36:56.239> or<01:36:56.480

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Transportation Committee met in executive session on several House bills. HB 212, allowing a 180-day operation waiver when a vehicle fails an emissions test, was retained at the sponsor’s request for possible modifications. HB 249, which would have let bicyclists treat stop signs as yields and stop lights as stop signs, was recommended inexpedient to legislate (ITL) by a 9-7 vote, with a minority report expected. The committee then retained HB 298, creating an exception for removing VIN tags from pre-1981 vehicles when needed for repair or restoration, by a 15-1 vote. HB 411-FN, making handheld device use while driving a secondary offense, was recommended ITL by consent after members argued the current primary-offense law is more effective for enforcement and safety. On HB 414, which would have barred DMV license suspensions based on debts owed to private towing or storage companies, the committee rejected ITL and instead retained the bill 16-0 after members split over whether the current law unfairly ties driving privileges to private debt collection. HB 441, addressing visible diesel emissions and “rolling coal,” was recommended ITL 16-0 because members said the conduct is already illegal under existing state and federal law. The committee then took up HB 461, concerning Department of Safety and DMV training and testing materials, where members debated whether driver testing should be limited to English and whether multilingual materials are a safety necessity or discriminatory; the transcript cuts off before a final vote is shown.

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• As we see on the figure, we go from green to red as foreign retaliation increases.
• About 30% of their work is in the very competitive work of trying to get foreign direct investment into
• They're looking at how the disaster and financial aid programs could be restructured.
• We're going to have to build those capacities and capabilities for mutual aid.
• So it's either contract security or bringing them in from other states through interstate mutual aid.

Summary: The committee held a work session focused on the effects of tariffs on Washington’s economy, agriculture, and small businesses, followed by updates on emergency management, cybersecurity, disaster resilience, tsunami preparedness, and World Cup security planning. Office of Financial Management economist Abdelamintrawe Trieri said tariff increases are expected to raise prices, reduce output and employment, and lower state revenue over a four-year horizon, with the hardest-hit sectors including aerospace, food and beverage manufacturing, and agriculture. Members asked about updated tariff scenarios, crop-specific impacts, inflation versus deflation in different goods, and whether some manufacturing sectors could benefit; staff said updated numbers would need to be rerun as tariff rates changed. Washington Department of Agriculture representative Ryan Hamm described how tariffs raise costs for farm inputs such as equipment, parts, packaging, and fertilizer, while also affecting exports of key commodities like wheat, potatoes, apples, cherries, dairy, and wine. He said some sectors support tariffs on competing imports, but retaliation and market restrictions have hurt exports, especially to China and, in the wine sector, Canada. Department of Commerce representative Andrea Chartock outlined export assistance, business finance, recruitment, and industry-sector development programs, and proposed expanding tariff-resilience support through market diversification, supply-chain optimization, and efforts to attract investment and federal funding. She also noted uncertainty around delayed federal STEP funding for small business export assistance. Emergency Management Division Director Robert Ezell warned that federal disaster and mitigation funding is becoming less reliable, citing the denied bomb cyclone disaster declaration, delays in FEMA grant processing, and possible restructuring of FEMA that could shift more responsibility to states. He said Washington may need stronger state-funded public assistance, individual assistance, and mitigation programs, along with broader coordination among state agencies and local governments. Cybersecurity staff described state efforts to support local governments through the Cybersecurity Advisory Committee, threat intelligence sharing, vulnerability assessments, and a proposed volunteer incident response team, while noting the loss of MS-ISAC funding and the importance of continued state matching funds for cybersecurity grants. Hazard mitigation and tsunami staff emphasized the need for sustained investment in flood, wildfire, earthquake, lahar, and tsunami resilience, including vertical evacuation structures and language-access outreach. Ezell also briefed the committee on World Cup security preparations and federal grants for counter-unmanned aircraft systems, explaining that the state can buy mitigation capabilities but current authority to use them remains largely federal; the committee asked follow-up questions about fan zones, training, and the meaning of drone mitigation. No votes were taken, and the meeting ended with adjournment after the presentations and questions.

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• , American Heart Association, Lung Association, Lupus Foundation, March of Dimes, ALS Association, AIDS
• ...measures such as House Bill 495, which prohibits public institutions from accepting funds from foreign
• This eternal hostility must extend to any religious or foreign legal code, ...any religious or foreign
• Res. 108 in the House if called up by the chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or his designate,
• We have labeled them, we have designated them a foreign terrorist organization.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, June 29, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• AB 2386, Alvarez, foreign trained physicians, do pass on a B roll call.
• AB 2386, Alvarez, foreign trained physicians, do pass on a B roll call.
• AB 1952, Marc Berman, foreign trained dentists, held in committee.
• AB 2422, Colosa, financial aid extensions, do pass out on an A roll call.
• AB 1602, Rubio, Foster Youth Disaster Aid, do pass. That's out on an A roll call.

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee held a suspense-file hearing on May 14, 2026, reviewing hundreds of Assembly bills and a few committee bills. The chair opened by explaining the committee’s budget constraints and the factors used in suspense decisions, including fiscal impact, return on investment, effects on constituents, and protection of the state’s social safety net. The agenda was organized alphabetically by author, and the committee noted that results would be posted later that day online. The committee then acted on a very large number of measures, sending many bills to the Assembly floor on do pass or do pass as amended motions, while holding many others in committee. Topics covered a broad range of policy areas, including housing, health care, education, labor, public safety, wildfire mitigation, water, energy, transportation, cannabis, immigration, and state governance. Many bills were amended to narrow scope, make implementation contingent on appropriations or existing resources, remove provisions, or clarify agency responsibilities; several bills were held without further action. Among the notable actions, the committee advanced bills on items such as Medi-Cal services, child care, wildfire-related programs, housing financing, school and college issues, public safety and criminal justice, environmental and energy policy, and various consumer and business regulations. Some measures were sent out on A or B roll calls, with Republicans often not voting on amended bills. The hearing concluded after the committee reported that a large number of bills had been moved to the Assembly floor, either as do pass or do pass with amendments, and the committee adjourned.