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AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/20/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation & Technology and House Appropriations Joint Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I did offer if the ranking member of the Democrats would like a closing statement briefly, I'm willing
- I did offer if the ranking member of the Democrats would like a closing statement briefly, I'm willing
- The member of the Democrats would like a closing statement briefly. I'm willing to do that.
- Closing statements.
- This is a closing statement because there were points that need to be heard that the people need to hear
Summary:
The joint House-Senate appropriations committee met to review the governor’s fiscal 2027 budget presentation from Ben Henderson, director of the Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting. Early discussion focused on the state economy and revenue outlook, with Henderson describing strong GDP growth and low unemployment but also fragility for working families. Members questioned the executive’s revenue assumptions, which were said to be about $100 million per year higher than the JLBC baseline, and the committee chair asked for a written comparison of the revenue differences. Henderson also said the governor’s budget is structurally balanced and includes both ongoing spending and proposed revenue changes.
A major portion of the hearing centered on data centers, AI investment, and water policy. Henderson argued Arizona’s data center tax incentive should be eliminated because it had already succeeded in attracting investment, while lawmakers questioned whether repealing the incentive and imposing a new water-related fee would discourage future growth. The executive said the water proposal would create a Colorado River Protection Fund and give the Department of Water Resources fee-setting authority, with the aim of encouraging more modern air-cooled facilities. Members also raised concerns about whether the data center changes would require a supermajority vote and whether the fee was effectively a new tax.
The committee then reviewed major “critical spending” items, including correctional officer pay, prison health care compliance, probation funding, body-worn cameras, law enforcement staffing, fentanyl enforcement, cyber readiness, and border-related costs. Henderson said the budget includes $24.4 million ongoing for correctional officer pay and $118.3 million one-time for prison health care staffing, plus other public safety and homeland security items. He also defended the governor’s assumption of $759.7 million in federal reimbursement for border expenses, saying the governor had met with federal officials and that the state would seek the full amount. Members expressed skepticism about relying on that reimbursement and asked what would be cut if it does not materialize.
Education and health and human services were also discussed. The governor’s budget includes K-12 funding, Prop. 123-related school facility bonding, and a proposal to shift some school facilities funding to bond financing, which several members criticized as inappropriate for short-term maintenance needs. The committee also reviewed AHCCCS/Medicaid costs, Division of Developmental Disabilities funding, and the expected impacts of federal HR1 changes on eligibility, provider funding, and rural hospitals. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chair repeatedly limited debate and directed members to keep questions brief while the presentation continued.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Economic and Rural Development Aug 11th, 2025
Economic & Rural Development & Policy Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- One of the problem statements is to reduce the brain drain or at least retain the talent that we are
- Just one maybe caution and more of a statement is that I think New Mexico is great at innovation.
- But that's my only statement. Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you, Representative. Senator Scherr.
- One well becomes, and I'm going to make a statement; if I get this wrong, you can jump in and say, "No
- I'm not sure that we know the answers to those, but Sherry, do you want to make a statement?
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 14th, 2025
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, any comments or statements you'd like to make? All right.
- I don't think the statement, Let's give violent felons their guns back would sit right with Texans.
- I'm confident that the statement, Let's give people who make terroristic threats their guns back would
- So it's not, no prepared statements. Um, in my personal opinion, the word felon is fictitious.
- It's a strong statement of trust in our responsible citizens and in different situations that have been
Bills:
HB259
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Slide 3 contains the agency's mission, vision, and vision statements. So if you'll move to slide 4.
- Emily, you made a statement a few minutes ago about you're waiting to see if what the legislator, what
- we would do, what what was that statement?
- You're making the statement that you're waiting on us.
- representation or they acted with reckless disregard or conscious indifference to the truth or falsity of the statement
Committee:
House Human Services
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Slide 3 contains the agency's mission, vision, and vision statements.
- this into the work they are doing. so much representative rose thank you manager Emily you made a statement
- minutes ago that you're waiting to see if what the legislator what we would do what will What was that statement
- You're making this statement that you're waiting on us. to the people on this committee or people, legislators
- representation or they acted with Reckless disregard or conscious indifference to the truth or falsity of the statement
Committee:
House Human Services
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
CPN DEFER, CPN, CPN-HHS, CPN-HHS DEFER Public Hearings 02-12-2025
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- these products and whether or not they're federally certified, and also to verify whether or not statements
- these products and whether or not they're federally certified, and also to verify whether or not statements
- these products and whether or not they're federally certified, and also to verify whether or not statements
- these products and whether or not they're federally certified, and also to verify whether or not statements
- these products and whether or not they're federally certified, and also to verify whether or not statements
Committee:
Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection held decision-making on SB 146, SB 147, and SB 1166. SB 146 and SB 147, both relating to condominiums, were recommended to pass with amendments. The committee adopted amendments based on testimony from Anne Anderson, including mediator/arbitrator qualifications, clarifications about disputes involving managing agents, small claims timing, lien rights, and refund determinations by an early neutral evaluator. For both bills, the effective date was deferred to July 1, 2050 for further discussion. Each measure was adopted with no objections.
SB 1166, relating to insurance, was also passed with amendments. The committee removed language that would have required insurers to bring claims and condition rates on doing so, replacing it with encouraging language. The amended bill adds a private cause of action against responsible parties, authorizes insurer actions under certain conditions, defines terms tied to climate-related events and fossil fuel products, and requires HPIA to report to the insurance commissioner on whether it exercised direct action rights. The effective date was likewise deferred to July 1, 2050, and the measure was adopted without objection.
The committee then heard SB 985, relating to consumer protection and gift card fraud, and SB 1525, relating to electronic smoking devices and e-liquids. SB 985 drew support from a consumer fraud victim and others who said gift card scams disproportionately harm kupuna, while the Retail Merchants of Hawaii opposed the bill’s packaging/display requirements and suggested stronger penalties instead. The committee voted to pass SB 985 with amendments, deferring its effective date to July 1, 2050, and noted it would move on to Judiciary next. SB 1525 drew significant opposition from the Attorney General’s office, Department of Taxation, Department of Health, and public health groups, who argued it conflicted with federal tobacco law, was hard for Tax to administer, and would not effectively remove unauthorized vape products. After testimony, the committee recommended deferral of SB 1525 without objection.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the poisoning of America, focusing on fentanyl, its analogues, and the need for permanent class scheduling. Feb 4th, 2025 at 09:30 am
Senate Judiciary
Transcript Highlights:
- Puerta, would you have an opening statement for the committee, please?
- Be happy to hear your opening statement. Thank you.
- I heard Senator Durbin's statement, which I disagree with, that says that the vast...
- I disagree with that statement. I thought you might. You want more task forces. Dr.
- I can't reconcile your opening statement with the reality that today the plazas on the Northern border
Committee:
Senate Senate Judiciary
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Feb 4th, 2025
House Energy, Environment & Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- 5 is a new section that requires all oil and gas operators to submit an inventory of wells and a statement
- I can read that verbatim if you'd like to, and I'll finish my statements with this. Mr.
- , um, do you know, is there sort of support, opposition, neutrality, or at this point sort of no statement
- Chair, Representative, I would say no statement. Okay, thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Ms. Evans.
- That's sort of my statement of explaining some of my thought process.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House environment committee approves HF8 1/23/25
Transcript Highlights:
- The last section, section nine, intent statement.
- The last section, section nine, intent statement.
- Section nine, intent statement.
- worksheets when the project falls under a mandatory category for the more stringent environmental impact statement
- worksheets when the project falls under a mandatory category for the more stringent environmental impact statement
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/26
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- After national media attention and public statements by the Department of Homeland Security and ICE,
- by the Department of public statements by the Department of Homeland<00:09:18.240><c> Security</c><00
- </c> uh you know, standpoint and statements uh you know, standpoint and statements that<01:23:44.520>
- Then I'll just make a statement,<01:26:08.200><c> Mr.
- Chair, and I'll be done statement, Mr. Chair, and I'll be done here. here. here.
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
Summary:
The committee adopted the minutes from its February 24, 2026 meeting after a motion by Vice Chair Coulter. The hearing then focused on the impact of federal immigration enforcement, referred to throughout as Operation Metro Surge, on Minnesota college campuses. The chair said the purpose was to document alleged abuses, campus fear, and racial discrimination, and to hear from testifiers about effects on students, faculty, and staff. Representative Novotny briefly objected to the framing, saying the committee should be finding facts rather than making a predetermined presentation, and the chair responded that members should remain respectful and that questions would be held until after all presenters testified.
Augsburg University President Paul Pribbenow described what he called relentless and unprecedented disruption, including student stops and interrogations, family separations, and an ICE operation on campus in which armed masked agents allegedly detained a student without a warrant and pointed weapons at students and staff. He said the campus received bomb threats afterward, increased virtual learning options, and saw spikes in student support needs, housing assistance, and leaves of absence. Jenna Chernega of the Inter Faculty Organization said faculty across Minnesota State universities reported widespread student and colleague stress, increased workload, disappearing students, and a need for clearer sensitive-location protections and academic freedom guidance. Mark Grant of Minnesota State College Faculty said community conditions inevitably affect classrooms, that campuses have not yet had an ICE incident but are bracing for one, and that faculty want to support students and may need financial help if enrollment declines.
Jennifer Irwin of AFSCME said fear from ICE activity extends beyond campus boundaries and is affecting attendance, work, and daily life for staff and students; she cited a member detained in St. Paul while trying to prove legal status. Student testifiers Brendan Frazier of Concordia University, St. Paul, Jonathan Fitzgerald of Minnesota State Mankato, Sudi Adow of Lead MN, and Will Luther of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities described panic, reduced attendance, food insecurity, disrupted classes, and fear of leaving home or commuting to campus. They urged stronger student privacy protections, support for international and immigrant students, emergency aid, and policies to keep campuses safe. No further committee action or votes were taken after the minutes approval.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- So, we say physician or optometrist statement of the medical need.
- ,</c><00:21:07.120><c> I</c> Um so I think as a general statement, I Um so I think as a general statement
- Um, sounded like a statement. Don't know if we need a response. Uh, Senator Johnson Stewart.
- Um Sounded<00:55:30.960><c> like</c><00:55:31.080><c> a</c><00:55:31.120><c> statement.
- Don't know if Sounded like a statement.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- >> Just the statements. >> Go ahead, Senator Copen. >> Mr.
- </c> >> just the statements. >> just the statements.
- </c><00:58:19.520><c> on</c><00:58:19.680><c> a</c> record or make a material statement on a record or
- make a material statement on a fraudulent<00:58:20.319><c> claim.
- material to the obligation to statement material to the obligation to pay<00:58:58.720><c> or</c><00
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Keywords:
felony, law enforcement, police officer, criminal penalties, public safety, sex offender, child care facility, residency restrictions, criminal law, sex offenders, child care facilities, legislation, false claims, civil penalties, state accountability, whistleblower protection, fraud prevention, 916, all
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
CPN DEFER, CPN-HOU, CPN, CPN-EDT Public Hearings 02-03-2026
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:16:27.839><c> of</c> the auditor to include a statement of the auditor to include a statement
- But the state—so I guess my question, a specific question to you, is how do you square that statement
- But the state—so I guess my question, a specific question to you, is how do you square that statement
- But the state—so I guess my question, a specific question to you, is how do you square that statement
- But the state—so I guess my question, a specific question to you, is how do you square that statement
Committee:
Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection
Keywords:
combat sports, boxing, mixed martial arts, health regulations, safety standards, licensing, event regulation, 912, senate, all
Summary:
The committees first took up SB 2071 on rent-to-own housing. Testimony was generally supportive from HHFDC and Hawaii Realtors, but Sierra Club of Hawaii and others opposed the bill unless it was amended to exclude ceded lands from the 99-year lease provision. Members discussed the scope of ceded versus non-ceded lands and whether an inventory exists. The committees ultimately recommended passage with amendments, including HHFDC’s proposal to make the fixed-price period flexible by tying it to an option period and Sierra Club’s language limiting the program to non-ceded state or county land.
They then heard SB 2191 on limited profit housing associations. HHFDC supported the measure, while the Tax Foundation of Hawaii and the Office of the Auditor urged caution about tax exclusions and asked for clearer, more targeted limits and measurable outcomes. The committees adopted amendments to add a statement of purpose, include measurable metrics, apply the tax provisions to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025, and delay the effective date to allow for administrative changes. SB 2191 was recommended for passage with amendments.
The committees also considered SB 2197, which would have replaced the five-year fixed-price period in rent-to-own housing with an option period set by HHFDC, but deferred it indefinitely because its issues were addressed in SB 2071. SB 2180 on deposits of public funds drew comments from the Hawaii Bankers Association questioning definitions and noting banks are already subject to Community Reinvestment Act requirements; decision-making was deferred to the next day in the CPN committee and to a later date for the housing committee. Finally, SB 2210 on housing discrimination received support from disability advocates and the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, which asked for one additional investigator; the committees passed it with amendments adding a blank appropriation for one full-time position and planned to notify Ways and Means for possible re-referral.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (01/29/2026)
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
Transcript Highlights:
- the employer, um, we'll have information provided by the individual with their 1099s or earning statements
- the employer, um, we'll have information provided by the individual with their 1099s or earning statements
- With their 1099s or earning statements as to what they've earned in order to put that into their base
- So, and again, and I've when we've talked about this in prior, um, sessions, I've made the statement
- that you don't I've made the statement that you don't want<01:05:57.280><c> to</c><01:05:57.440><c>
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Funding (05/01/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, I just wanted to ask you to please echo your statement that I believe is correct to the bill that
- Um, I just wanted to ask you to please echo your statement that I believe is correct to the bill that
- Um, I just wanted to ask you to please echo your statement that I believe is correct to the bill that
- I think there's a fiscal impact statement associated with this bill.
- I disagree vigorously with the statement that we are keeping students where they are failing.
Summary:
The Education Funding Committee met in executive session on a bill concerning school meal access and reimbursement. The bill would address local school districts’ responsibility to provide meals during school hours, reimburse schools for meals served at no cost, and make an appropriation. The committee first moved to retain the bill, with supporters saying it was complex, had uncertain fiscal impacts, and should be considered alongside other related meals bills. Opponents argued the committee already had enough information, that the bill served a small number of students at relatively low cost, and that delaying action would harm children who need food to learn.
The committee also heard from Tim Roar, a Keene school business administrator and co-designer of the bill, who explained that the proposal was intended to be an opt-in program for districts, with rulemaking to set participation requirements. He said the bill was meant to target aid to students between 175% and 200% of poverty, reduce bad meal debt, and avoid spending taxpayer money on families who could afford to pay. He estimated the state cost at about $250,000 in year one, with local taxpayer costs around $8,500 for Keene, and said some districts already have systems for online applications while others do not.
Committee members questioned him about meal debt, online application software costs, and how districts handle students who reach debt limits. Roar said districts still feed students who are hungry, but use other resources and family outreach when meal debt is capped, and he argued that parents should be responsible for providing lunch when they can afford it. Other members pushed back, saying they had seen students go hungry and that teachers sometimes pay for lunches themselves. One member noted the bill would increase eligibility, make it easier to apply, strengthen personal responsibility, and was not a mandate. The discussion ended without a recorded final vote in the excerpt, though the retain motion remained the central action under debate.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- The outline form for your statement of economic form for your statement of economic form for your statement
- And I know you'll support me in my statements I have to make that we in my statements I have to make
- that we in my statements I have to make that we thank our military people for their thank our military
- I made a statement in the committee job. I made a statement in the committee job.
- U I heard your statement that it was a U I heard your statement that it was a U I heard your statement
Keywords:
regulatory reform, government efficiency, administrative law, rulemaking, agency deference, judicial review, de novo review, Texas Government Code, Administrative Procedure Act, state agencies, plain language, regulatory burden, regulatory reduction, cost-benefit analysis, fiscal note, public benefits and costs, contested case, rule challenge, Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office, advisory panel
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/04/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- Another way to look at this work is, well, actually let me go to the mission statement.
- , and there are many very important words in this mission statement.
- go to work is uh well actually let me uh go to the<01:15:44.360><c> mission</c><01:15:44.760><c> statement
- and uh there are many by this statement and uh there are many very<01:15:52.880><c> important</c><01
- I would say all is a very statement I would say all is a very compelling<01:15:59.040><c> term</c><01
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House higher education panel questions U of M representatives about award 1/23/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- He added that their president was unable to attend today's hearing, so he would be reading a statement
- <01:15:58.400><c> and</c> statements and statements and fabrications<01:16:00.800><c> another</c><01:
- And I always say let's live in the land of fact and truth, not accusations, inflammatory statements,
- And I always say let's live in the land of fact and truth, not accusations, inflammatory statements,
- lies baseless statements direct lies baseless things<01:44:06.719><c> and</c><01:44:06.920><c> with<
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- It made a statement about our ability to work with the council, to work with you folks, to get things
- about our ability to work with statement about our ability to work with the<00:57:45.880><c> council
- But as far as I'm concerned, it's a general statement. I mean, it's, um, right in, um, we just...
- But as far as I'm concerned, it's a general statement. I mean, it's, um, right in, um, we just...
- That, um, um, you know, they, they are, and this is a general statement again too, it's, right, we let's
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/22/2025)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- When an officer makes that statement, it is contrary to the crime of interference with custody and fails
- So I would echo Attorney Grod's statement, and I'd also say I think this bill fills a hole that exists
- So I would echo Attorney Grod's statement, and I'd also say I think this bill fills a hole that exists
- So I would echo Attorney Grod's statement, and I'd also say I think this bill fills a hole that exists
- Here's three other statements from other survivors as part of this study: “I got pregnant 12 times.
Committee:
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety