Video & Transcript Research : 'native fish'
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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, February 24, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Trey Meyers of Perkins, Oklahoma, a native of Oklahoma's third congressional district and a student at
- Trey Meyers of Perkins, Oklahoma, a native of Oklahoma's third congressional district and a student at
- <00:30:53.279>
of of Perkins Oklahoma a native of of Perkins Oklahoma a native of Oklahoma's - <00:40:13.760>
Association, American Sport Fishing Association, American Sport Fishing Association - For more than 170 years, Asian, Native For more than 170 years, Asian, Native Hawaiian,<01:04:12.319
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (02/11/2025)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- I am a native nut maker, so don't dis my state too hard. It's a wonderful state.
- I am a native nut maker, so don't dis my state too hard. It's a wonderful state.
- I am a native nut maker, so don't dis my state too hard. It's a wonderful state.
- whether there might be some method of funding for Fish and Game.
- forth around Dees and fishing forth around Dees and fishing game<02:25:02.520>
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 03/05/25
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- was originally conceived to bring needed fertilizer to sub-Saharan Africa, and our systems were natively
- c> designed<00:45:45.640>
and <00:45:45.800>engineered <00:45:46.240>to natively - designed and engineered to natively designed and engineered to operate<00:45:46.800>
off <00:45 - It's my first time here in energy, and it's a little bit like a fish out of water, but I am excited to
- energy and it's a little bit like a fish energy and it's a little bit like a fish out<01:15:56.520
HI
Bills:
HB1163, HB2113, HB2333, HB2411, HB2583, HB1613, HB1614, HB2590, HB1950, HB1603, HB1707, HB1832, HB2119, HB2155, HB2594, HB2595, HB1929, HB2015, HB2207, HB1619, HB1667, HB1984, HB2140, HB2097, HB1957, HB2503, HB2581, HB1520, SCR55, SR53
Keywords:
commercial drivers license, non-domiciled, federal regulations, commercial learner's permit, citizenship, lawful residency, Department of Transportation, Kainahola Stream, flood prevention, vegetation removal, appropriation, natural resources, transportation, airport special districts, penalties, Hawaii, aeronautics law, public safety, workforce development, sector partnerships
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Feb 2nd, 2026 at 11:02 am
New Mexico House Floor Meeting
Keywords:
HB34, school nurse, school nurses, nurse licensure, licensure, charter school, charter schools, school district, public education, Department of Health, Public Education Department, registered nurse, RN, mentorship, evaluation, competency, teacher salary parity, minimum salary, level one license, level two license
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Jan 30th, 2026 at 12:05 pm
New Mexico House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- For more than eight years, she has been writing children's books about her Native American heritage and
- Speaker, including Too Much, My Great Big Native Family, Fierce Anties, Rock Your Mocs, Anya Dilla, Good
- funds... ...that the feds have cut education funds, clinic funds, hospital funds, and others to our Native
- American designations on driver's licenses and identification cards when requested by Native American
- applicants who submit sufficient documentation. ...and identification cards when requested by Native
Keywords:
nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 30th, 2026 at 09:51 am
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- Hernandez as a priority to get some funding in there, is $400,000 for a statewide convening to advance Native
- Item number 93 is for the Department of Game and Fish, or the Wildlife Department, newly named, for $1
- Item number 93 is for the Department of Game and Fish or the Wildlife Department, newly named.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Governmental Oversight and Accountability Mar 18th, 2025
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Tribal Flag Plaza Dedication Ceremony Sep 11th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- with the tribal nations and the work of tribal state relations executive director Patina Park and Native
- how strong our women are, you know, in our circle, and plus that she outfished the governor on the fishing
- plus that she outfished the governor on plus that she outfished the governor on the<00:37:58.560>
fishing - the fishing. Sorry. Sorry about that. the fishing. Sorry. Sorry about that.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 2 May 16th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Fishing spots and all the things that come with them, but our families love to go there.
- eliminates maybe a week, or even two weeks, of that time where families invest in experiences such as fishing
- My uncle used to tell me that a bad day of fishing is better than a good day at work, as it teaches real-world
- I do not think that a bad day of fishing is better than a good day at school.
- why sometimes we do have to tell districts what to do, like, hey, you should be doing to let your Native
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, this is a bill we heard previously relating to the use of proceeds from the sale of saltwater fishing
- designating Hemphill as the official Bass Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035. ...fishing
- Members, this is a bill we heard previously designating Port Aransas as the official fishing capital
- it's equally important also to address as part of our layout here with this bill aims to protect native
- invasive aquatic plants and the removal of important aquatic habitat consequently damages recreational fishing
Bills:
HB2385, HB3349, HB3962, HB3883, HB4396, HB4811, HB5088, HB4588, HB4867, HB4895, HB5398, HB5616
Keywords:
NRA, funding, major events reimbursement, annual meetings, exhibits, events trust fund, Pan American Games, Olympic Games, motor sports racing, local control, event support contract, INDYCAR, Arlington, tourism, funding eligibility, sporting events, economic impact, local governments, American Performance Horseman, American Rodeo
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- They are commissioners with the Arizona Game and Fish. If you're here, please stand.
- I had a conversation with a constituent who is Native American and who told me that she had so much fear
Summary:
The House convened with prayer by Deacon Ernie Gonzalez, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior journal, and recognition of Dr. Pamela Murphy as Doctor of the Day. Members also introduced guests, including local officials, Arizona Game and Fish commissioners, and advocates from the Alzheimer’s Association. A proclamation was read designating January 26, 2026, as Arizona Aviation Day, highlighting the industry’s economic impact and the role of airports, aerospace, and aviation-related jobs in the state.
The clerk then recorded a large number of bills and resolutions for first and second reading, covering water and energy policy, education savings accounts and school choice, elections and campaign finance, veterans issues, public safety, housing, health care, immigration-related matters, and land and natural resources. Representative Gress also read a resolution recognizing National School Choice Week and praising Arizona’s school choice programs, including charter schools and empowerment scholarship accounts.
A lengthy portion of the meeting consisted of members’ personal privilege remarks responding to violence and immigration enforcement actions in Minnesota and Arizona. Many members condemned ICE tactics, described fear and harm in immigrant communities, and called for constitutional rights, due process, and accountability; several requested or observed a moment of silence. No substantive floor votes on legislation were taken during the transcript beyond the motion to adjourn, which passed, and the House adjourned until 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, January 27, 2026.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Mar 28th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Today I rise on behalf of the California Native American Legislative Caucus to join in celebrating the
- He found joy in the simple things like fishing and cherished the time spent with those he loved.
Summary:
The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, pledge, and a moment of silence for Marysville Police Officer Osmar Rodarte. Members then handled several procedural motions, including re-referring bills and moving items on the file, with AB 567 re-referred by a recorded vote of 42-17 and the remaining referral requests approved without objection. The chamber also heard a brief personal statement from Assembly Member Macedo thanking colleagues and staff for support during a health episode.
On the floor, members presented and passed several measures. AB 310 by Assembly Member Alanis, requiring youth sports organizations to have AED access, emergency response plans, and coach training, passed 56-0. AB 437 by Assembly Member Lackey, expanding CIF reporting to include sports-related injuries and medical problems, passed 59-0. ACR 55 by Assembly Member Jeff Gonzalez, commemorating the 40th anniversary of ARC v. DDS and the Lanterman Act, received 62 co-authors and was adopted by voice vote.
The Assembly also adopted HR 28 recognizing Major League Baseball Opening Day 2025, with extended lighthearted remarks about the Dodgers, Giants, and Athletics, and HR 23 honoring Cesar Chavez Day, which drew broad support from caucus leaders and members speaking to Chavez’s labor and civil rights legacy. Both resolutions were adopted by voice vote after adding co-authors. The chamber then approved the second-day consent calendar, including ACR 39 on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month and ACR 53 on Women’s Equal Pay Day, and later adjourned in memory of Ralph Miller after tributes from Assembly Members Hart and Gibson. The House adjourned until Tuesday, April 1 at 1 p.m.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-06-16 (7:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The amendment creates a hunting, fishing, and camping sales tax holiday.
- As part of the new permanent hunting, fishing, and camping sales tax holidays and other items—in other
- As part of the new, well, the new permanent hunting, fishing, and camping sales tax holidays and other
- items, in other words, items that will permanently be exempt from sales tax related to hunting, fishing
- , and camping. that will permanently be exempt from sales tax related to hunting, fishing, and camping
Summary:
The House met on the final day of session, swore in Representatives Boyles and Hodgers, and observed a moment of silence for the Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, as well as for Representative Rosenwald’s father. The chamber then moved into final budget work, with leaders outlining the plan to take up H.J.R. 5019, HB 7031, HB 5017, HB 5015, and then the general appropriations act once the Senate transmitted it. H.J.R. 5019, a proposed constitutional amendment to expand the budget stabilization fund, was explained and amended to raise the rainy day fund cap, require annual deposits, and allow withdrawals for critical state needs by a two-thirds vote; it passed 100-1.
The House then adopted the conference report on HB 7031, the tax package. The bill repeals the business rent tax and aviation fuel tax, delays the natural gas fuel tax, creates or expands several sales tax holidays and exemptions, including permanent exemptions for disaster-preparedness items, hunting/fishing/camping items, and ammunition and firearms-related purchases, and makes changes to property, corporate income, local tax, and economic development provisions. Members debated the removal of recurring housing trust fund and transit-related revenue streams, the new ammunition exemption, and the data center tax changes; supporters argued the package reduces taxes and preserves annual budget flexibility, while opponents raised concerns about housing, transportation, and gun violence. The conference report passed 93-7.
HB 5017, creating a debt reduction program funded by a recurring transfer to retire state bonds early, passed unanimously. HB 5015, the state group insurance conforming bill, which directs DMS to develop a formulary management plan and codifies the administrative health insurance assessment, also passed. The House then began explanation and questions on the fiscal year 2025-26 general appropriations act, described as a $115.1 billion budget that is down $3.8 billion from the current year and includes more than $12 billion in reserves. Subcommittee chairs summarized major spending areas, including pre-K-12 funding increases, health care funding for Medicaid, KidCare, nursing homes, opioid treatment, and mental health, transportation and economic development funding, environmental and water projects, higher education, state administration, justice, and information technology. Questions focused on school vouchers, inflationary pressures on school districts, and the adequacy of funding for housing, transportation, and other priorities.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Fish and Game and Marine Resources (02/05/2025)
Fish and Game and Marine Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- They can find fish.
- My major fishing was saltwater fishing out on the seacoast.
- My major fishing was saltwater fishing out on the seacoast.
- was saltwater fishing out major fishing was saltwater fishing out on<01:22:26.480>
the <01:22: - I don't know where I was going with... fishing game again 30 years of fishing fishing game again 30 years
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/10/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- During this time, there were bad actors that would pick up Native Americans, put them in vans, and take
- It still happens today, where there are bad actors that will solicit, particularly Native Americans who
- we have to do for our providers so that they can be paid for the services that they provide to our Native
- Services that they provide to our Native American community. Questions? Thank you. Any questions?
- They will ship in their own members, so their own Native American population with behavior health issues
Bills:
SB1072, SB1111, SB1114, SB1116, SB1122, SB1179, SB1250, SB1308, SB1455, SB1456, SB1457, SB1487, SB1547, SB1549, SB1551, SB1552
Keywords:
reimbursement rates, intellectual disabilities, community services, economic security, funding appropriations, automated license plate readers, law enforcement, privacy, data access, public records, behavioral health, patient brokering, appropriation, state funds, Maricopa County, claims review, medical necessity, American Indian health program, healthcare regulations, healthcare
Summary:
The committee first approved the February 3, 2026 minutes and reordered the agenda to accommodate sponsors and speakers. SB 1114, which would appropriate $1 million to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office to investigate behavioral health patient brokering statewide, was presented as a response to Medicaid fraud and exploitation of vulnerable Native American patients. After brief questions about why Maricopa County would handle statewide oversight, the bill received a do pass recommendation on a 9-0 vote with one member not voting.
The committee then took up SB 1111, as amended by a strike-everything amendment regulating automated license plate readers. The amendment limited use to specified law enforcement purposes, required verification of alerts when feasible, imposed data-retention and handling responsibilities on agencies, and created a misdemeanor penalty for unauthorized release of data. Supporters from Phoenix, Tempe, Prescott Valley, the Arizona Chiefs of Police, and the Arizona Sheriffs’ Association argued the bill provides needed statewide guardrails while preserving a valuable investigative tool for missing persons, stolen vehicles, and serious crimes. Opponents from the ACLU, Institute for Justice, and private citizens raised privacy and Fourth Amendment concerns, warning about dragnet surveillance, unclear terms like “legitimate” law enforcement purposes, lack of public access to records, and the risk of misuse for immigration or abortion-related tracking. The committee adopted the amendment and then gave SB 1111 as amended a do pass recommendation on a 7-2 vote, with one not voting.
Next, SB 1116, as amended, was approved. The bill requires appeals or adverse determinations on behavioral health claims under AHCCCS fee-for-service to be reviewed by someone with relevant clinical experience, and the amendment broadened the requirement to include medical-necessity denials and specified at least two years of similar clinical experience. Senator Werner said the measure was intended to curb inappropriate denials and improve payment for behavioral health providers serving Native communities. Access was neutral but said the bill’s terms were too broad and could require additional staff; the committee nonetheless adopted the amendment and passed the bill 10-0.
Finally, SB 1122, as amended, was approved 10-0. The bill bars AHCCCS from requiring prior authorization for behavioral health services under the American Indian Health Plan, while the amendment prohibited 100% prepayment review and adjusted the corrective-action language. Senator Werner and provider representatives said the measure was needed because providers were being delayed or denied payment, contributing to closures, workforce shortages, and patient brokering. The committee then began hearing SB 1072, a major appropriation to increase reimbursement rates for home- and community-based services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, with testimony focused on severe caregiver shortages, overtime costs, and unassigned service authorizations.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- that we have a tribal college here in the state of California, which has the highest population of Native
- We must adhere to the sacred lands inventory request to the Native American Heritage Commission, ensuring
- the Planning Conservation League, Defenders of Wildlife. of Sonoma Land Trust and the California Native
- I'm an environmental scientist at the Department of Fish and Wildlife, and here speaking on behalf of
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
EDN Public Hearing - Tue Mar 31, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm a proud native of Pauoa.
- I'm a proud<00:23:03.200>
native <00:23:03.520>of <00:23:03.680>Pauoa. - I don't even come proud native of Pauoa.
- Homes built, which will make Kapolei the highest Native Hawaiian population in the world, right?
- menstrual cycle, including Native menstrual cycle, including Native Hawaiian<01:44:44.280>
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Summary:
The committee heard testimony on several education resolutions, beginning with HCR 11 and HR 14, which ask the Board of Education and the State Public Charter School Commission to report on improving access to stable, suitable, and affordable facilities for public charter schools. The Charter School Commission supported the measure, and OHA also supported it while noting long-standing facility challenges, the lack of a dedicated facilities appropriation, and the strain on charter schools that have had to use operating funds for buildings and temporary structures. Kealakehe Academy, Hawaii Technology Academy, and several individuals also testified in support.
The committee then took up HCR 181 and HR 171, which seek a shared decision-making committee to develop an action plan for a K-12 Ka Waihona School in Kapolei. The Department of Education said it has already developed a strategic plan for Kaipuni education, has expanded immersion programs over the past decade, and is addressing growth through interim guidance and a new priority placement process. Community witnesses, including representatives of Ke Alo Ever, strongly supported the resolutions, emphasizing the need for a K-12 pathway, the importance of Hawaiian language and culture, and the role of community voice in planning. They argued that teacher shortages, especially for licensed Hawaiian immersion teachers, remain a major barrier and proposed a kumu recruitment and retention program tied to community, UH, and DOE partnerships.
The committee also heard HCR 187 and HR 177, which urge the Department of Education to begin initiatives to address teacher retention statewide. DOE and the University of Hawaiʻi College of Education said teacher retention is already being addressed through the Teacher Education Coordinating Committee, a five-year plan focused on building capacity, improving satisfaction, and compensation, and a new DOE human resources plan. In response to questions, DOE said it is seeking better school-level data on why teachers leave, is preparing for contract negotiations, and is working with the standards board and DLIR on an apprenticeship-related grant. TECC representatives said the group has been working since the pandemic era, may narrow its focus to retention as the most actionable area, and expects to provide more concrete recommendations in its annual report. The transcript ends as the committee moves on to the next item, HCR 47 and HR 43, without showing any votes or final actions on the measures heard.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- First, JAC reduced $2.1 million for Game and Fish free and reduced licenses.
- This is for purposes of payments to counties for the Native American tax exemption.
- free and reduced for game and fish free and reduced licenses.<00:29:35.360>
And <00:29:35.520> - <00:31:02.720>
That Native American tax exemption. That Native American tax exemption. - ...for the Upper Colorado River endangered fish recovery program, and Wyoming committed to providing
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/16/25 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They're great vacation spots, fishing spots, and all the things that come with them.
- They're great vacation spots, fishing spots, and all the things that come with them.
- Uh, my uncle used to tell me that a bad day of fishing always beats a good day of school.
- <00:32:44.720>
always tell me that a bad day of fishing always tell me that a bad day of fishing - I do not think that a bad day of fishing is better than a good day at school.