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• that was intended to protect our right to speech.
• that was intended to protect our right to speech.
• And when we have a president and... ...free speech that was intended to protect our right to speech,
• It criminalizes speech: whistles, gestures, social media posts, warnings.
• That is speech, and it's content-based speech.

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• I rise today to recognize the winners of our 2025 Fourth Congressional District speech competition for
• The Chair will entertain up to 15 requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. ...you,
• The Chair will entertain up to 15 requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for which
• for one minute speeches on each side<02:06:13.440><c> of</c><02:06:13.599><c> the</c><02:06:13.760><
• The Chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches.

Bills: SJR13 , HB1969 , HR1223 , HR426 , HR430

Keywords: SJR13, S.J.Res. 13, joint resolution, Congressional Review Act, CRA, OCC, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, bank merger, bank mergers, Bank Merger Act, business combinations, merger review, financial regulation, banking regulation, bank consolidation, regulatory disapproval, federal banking rule, rule repeal, Public Law 119-19

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• This bill is an attempt to get more mental health therapists out into the field in rural Oklahoma.
• Currently, when a person is studying to be a therapist and they're working on their master's degree,
• a licensed therapist, you know.
• I'll answer that: yes, hopefully we'll get more therapists in the field.
• I don't know, but in rural Oklahoma, we've definitely got a big void in mental health therapists.

Bills: HB3287 , HB2947 , HB3784 , HB3901 , HB4275

Committee: House Public Health

Keywords: public health, domestic violence, human trafficking, healthcare facilities, hospital protocols, behavioral health, Medicaid expansion, clinical interns, mental health services, licensing requirements, micropigmentation, medical procedure, physician oversight, nursing certification, state regulations, psychological autopsy, mental health, suicide prevention, state health department, investigation

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• Because you are, as we learned in the farewell speeches, you are often voting the way you are told.
• “But the other thing, the services to notify parents if their kid is missing speech or language or any
• the blind services consumer on disclosure, the vocational rehab reforms, the marriage and family therapist

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, quorum calls, and several recognitions before taking up a series of Senate messages and House motions. Members also recognized House Sergeant at Arms staff, visitors in the gallery, and family members. The chamber approved the journal and then moved into message lists and concurrence motions on several bills. On CS/CS/SB 1668, relating to the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association (NICA), the House concurred in a Senate amendment that clarified that if the NICA plan lacks adequate cash flow, the Office of Insurance Regulation may authorize a cumulative transfer of up to $20 million over the life of the plan and removed a proposed time limit on provider assessments. The bill then passed 96-2. The House also concurred in a Senate amendment to CS/CS/CS/HB 905, the foreign influence bill, after debate over a proposed strike-all amendment that would have removed surrogacy-related language; that amendment failed. Supporters said the bill still retained key foreign-influence restrictions, while opponents objected to the surrogacy provisions and other remaining restrictions. The bill passed 83-17. The House then took up CS/CS/HB 1279 on education. The Senate amendment added provisions on tuition residency for certain military and State Department families, a one-year deferral option for Benacquisto Scholarship recipients, virtual school notifications, educational emergency authority for persistently low-performing schools, epinephrine flexibility, VPK and New Worlds Reading changes, math pathways, dance credit, IEP service notifications, charter school safety officer options, and FEFP adjustments for Florida advanced courses, while removing several House provisions including the 95% Florida resident requirement for preeminent universities, the 5% cap on undergraduate international enrollment, and DEI-related provisions. Debate focused heavily on the educational emergency and collective bargaining language for persistently low-performing schools, with supporters saying it would help districts improve student performance and opponents warning it would weaken unions and affect schools that are not truly failing. The bill passed 81-16. Finally, the House considered CS/CS/CS/HB 399 on land use and development regulations. An amendment to repeal portions of last year’s SB 180 was ruled not germane. The House then took up a Senate amendment on compost facilities that would bar local governments from conditioning compost-facility approval on the purchase of additional property to expand a privately owned road and would limit local revocation of permits when facilities comply with state or regional environmental regulation; debate began on that motion as the transcript ended.

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• Speech language services, occupational therapy, physical therapy, primarily delivered in a remote manner
• double the staff because you need an adult there to proctor a 3 year old on a laptop trying to do speech
• You can't just send them with the, with the therapist to, uh, to a space that doesn't exist, right?

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• and seventy... people, including 37 specialists: neurologists, neuropsychologists, psychiatrists, speech
• She was an assistant speech therapist working on her master's degree.

Bills: HB4806

Committee: House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Keywords: civil action, damages, health care services, noneconomic damages, negligence, legal standards

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• We can make the speeches from this platform, but you are the ones who get it done.
• of Congress' office to advocate year in and year out, and again as we've heard from many of the speeches
• separations today, have they been stratified in a way to where I know if they're physicians, physical therapists

Committee: Senate Senate Veterans' Affairs

Keywords: veteran services, homelessness, unemployment, VA funding, mental health, congressional oversight, testimonies, American Legion, Dole Act, suicide prevention

Summary: This meeting focused on veteran services, emphasizing the urgent need to address the alarming rate of unemployment and homelessness among veterans. Numerous testimonies were presented detailing the impact of mass furloughs and cutbacks at the VA on personnel, notably veterans who were serving as employees. Various representatives expressed deep concern over how these firings could drastically affect the quality of care available to those who have served the nation. There was a strong call for Congress to bolster funding for existing programs aimed at alleviating veteran homelessness and improving overall care quality, especially in mental health services.

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• Because I'm a therapist, and I used to work for the county, and I worked with foster youth as well.
• And I also know how there is a low rate of therapists available to serve them.
• But there's also a need for therapists within that field.
• So there's not enough therapists to serve the youth.
• and continue to support the state's career pathway for more therapists are definitely essential.

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Human Services met, adopted its committee rules, and then considered four items, including two consent bills. The chair opened with remarks about protecting California’s safety net and set limits on testimony. The committee rules were adopted by roll call, and the consent calendar later passed 5-0, with the remaining member’s vote added afterward for a 6-0 final tally on the rules and consent items. AB 276 by Assemblymember Bennett addressed delays in out-of-state child abuse registry background checks for children’s residential agency staff. Supporters, including the California Alliance of Child and Family Services and Casa Pacifica, said long clearance times were worsening staffing shortages and causing qualified applicants to leave, while the bill would allow provisional hiring only after DOJ, FBI, and California Child Abuse Central Index clearance and without unsupervised contact with children. There was no opposition, and the committee approved the bill 5-0, sending it to the Assembly Public Safety Committee. AB 319 by Assemblymember Jackson sought to improve services for foster youth with severe trauma by requiring counties to submit and update detailed plans to the Joint Interagency Resolution Team for providing effective therapeutic interventions in the least restrictive settings. A former foster youth testified in support, and a committee member noted the ongoing shortage of therapists serving foster youth. The bill was approved 5-0 as amended and sent to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. After the consent calendar and remaining votes were completed, the hearing adjourned.

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• My friend that passed and my other friend that had caused us to a physical fight. had access to a therapist
• and continue having access to a therapist after I was adopted.
• When I was preparing this speech I texted that same friend, Noemi, asking her what things about her school

Committee: House Appropriations - S/C on Article III

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• </c><00:24:22.000><c> we</c> stay connected to their therapists we stay connected to their therapists
• , physical therapists, and other professions like those.
• , physical therapists, and other professions like those.
• , physical therapists, and other professions like those.
• , physical therapists, and other professions like those.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

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Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

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• So the first one I’ll introduce is my neighbor, Carol Spitzman, occupational therapist.
• Casey Hinkley, occupational therapist. And they remain standing.
• Dan Medrano, occupational therapist. Jesse Chavez, occupational therapist.
• Brandon Schingle, occupational therapist. Clara Hardgrave, occupational therapist.
• They are occupational therapists representing the indispensable health care profession of occupational

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• consequences for the violation of certain offenses by massage establishments, massage schools, massage therapists
• That's why we see at the federal level President Trump put forth on his first speech day I believe an

Bills: SJR34 , SB10 , SB18 , SB19 , SB21 , SB72 , SB140 , SB262 , SB370 , SB480 , SB495 , SB627 , SB703 , SB767 , SB790

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• I think um I— for therapist to perform massage for therapist to perform massage therapists<00:54:30.240
• Was it a massage therapist?
• Was it a massage therapist?
• Was it a massage therapist?

Committee: Senate Executive Departments and Administration

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• Even a speech at A&M to med students on how they can order these pills. Those that are promoted.
• That's protected speech.
• I am an attorney and a licensed mental health therapist who specializes in trauma-informed care.
• I fought for our freedoms of expression and our freedoms of speech. HB3990 is an anti-speech bill.
• About this violation of our Constitution and our right to free speech.

Bills: HB229 , HB229 , HB3990 , HB5082 , HB5510

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: HB 229, Texas, political subdivision, local government, county dues, county association, state association of counties, lobbying, lobbyist, public funds, taxpayer lawsuit, injunctive relief, attorney's fees, Government Code Chapter 556, Local Government Code Section 89.002, legislative advocacy, municipal government, county government, city government, special district

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• </c><00:04:49.280><c> but</c><00:04:49.400><c> you</c> always lie to us as therapists but you always
• lie to us as therapists but you can<00:04:49.600><c> never</c><00:04:49.800><c> lie</c><00:04:49.960>
• Quite often, the therapists and the folks that our folks go to are not trained to deal with the issues
• and the folks that our uh the therapists and the folks that our folks<00:18:02.159><c> go</c><00:18:
• </c> the first session because the therapist the first session because the therapist or<00:18:12.120>

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• As a physical therapist, I'm qualified to say that.
• direct access to physical therapists, but with limited time.
• The physical therapist... ...reached out to me.
• Physical therapists play an important role in the healthcare team.
• Do physical therapists order imaging? No, ma'am. So...

Bills: HB46 , HB35 , HB4490 , HB4454 , HB2188 , HB3078 , HB4743 , HB2556 , HB46 , HB5342 , HB4783 , HB3785 , HB5278 , HB1639 , HB2581 , HB4224 , HB4070 , HB4099 , HB4882 , HB3794

Committee: House Public Health

Keywords: local government spending cap, expenditure limit, political subdivision, property tax, ad valorem tax, budget cap, taxpayer protection, spending restraint, inflation adjustment, population growth, voter approval, supermajority vote, county budget, municipal budget, school district finance, junior college district, hospital district, special district, attorney general enforcement, local fiscal limits

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• is a very straightforward bill that updates Michigan law to allow nurse practitioners, physical therapists
• , and occupational therapists to certify applications for disability windshield placards and disability
• This bill updates Michigan law to allow nurse practitioners, physical therapists, and occupational therapists
• and occupational therapists who are often directly involved... ...years and expands it to include physical
• therapists and occupational therapists who are often directly involved in evaluating mobility limitations

Committee: Senate Transportation and Infrastructure

Summary: The Senate Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure met with a quorum present and adopted the June 16, 2026 minutes. The committee first took up House Bill 5644, which would allow nurse practitioners, physical therapists, and occupational therapists to certify applications for disability windshield placards and disability license plates. The sponsor and witnesses from the nursing profession said the bill restores a practice that had worked for years, reduces delays and extra costs for patients, and improves access, especially in rural and underserved areas. A Department of State representative explained the issue arose after an Auditor General review found the statute was unclear. The bill was reported to the floor on a 10-0 vote. The committee then heard Senate Bill 791, which would designate a portion of I-475 in Genesee County as the St. John Street Community Memorial Highway. Senator Cherry and representatives of the St. John Street Historical Committee described the history of the St. John Street neighborhood in Flint, its displacement by urban renewal and highway construction, and the effort to memorialize the community’s cultural significance and trauma. No members asked questions, and the bill was reported to the floor unanimously, 10-0. House Bill 4415, previously heard by the committee, was also reported to the floor without further testimony. The committee then considered Senate Bill 959, which had a new S-2 substitute. Senator Klinefelt explained the substitute as a compromise that reorganizes rail detector regulations and changes distance and speed thresholds for Class 1, 2, and 3 rail lines. The substitute was adopted 10-0. After additional comments from Senator McBroom opposing the bill due to concerns about impacts on Upper Peninsula commerce and rail operations, the committee reported the S-2 version of Senate Bill 959 to the floor by a 6-4 vote. The committee then adjourned.

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• I offered the amendment in order to be able to make that speech. I withdraw the amendment. Mr.
• And when those therapies or additional services that they need, all of those therapists and providers
• It silences our speech.
• The comments of the closing speech is reduced to writing all the closing speeches are used to write and
• After my little speech. Not at this time.

Bills: SB2 , HB2 , HB2000 , HB2196 , HB213 , HB222 , HB645 , HB1458 , HB 1022 , HB141 , HB502 , HB643 , HB3093 , HB1700 , HB 117 , SB503 , SB2 , HB 120 , HB20 , HB150 , HB6 , HB 100 , HB210 , HB215 , HB1393 , HB 1151 , HB 1268 , HB142 , HB451 , HB 124 , HB2 , HB2000 , HB2196 , HB213 , HB222 , HB645 , HB1458 , HB 1022 , HB141 , HB502 , HB643 , HB3093 , HB1700 , HB 117

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, child grooming, sex offender registration, criminal justice, reportable conviction, law enforcement, virtual education, hybrid learning, school funding, average daily attendance

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• Members, starting today, all speeches are limited to 10 minutes and cannot be aired.
• broad enough... ...where it allows for some things under, you know, if we're going to be for free speech
• But some of the speeches for the bill really hit me personally.
• SB965 by Parker, relating to the right of a public school employee to engage in religious speech or prayer
• Kennedy decision, this bill, Senate Bill 965, codifies the right to engage in personal religious speech

Bills: SB263 , SB370 , SB663 , SB924 , SB987 , SB1939 , SB1937 , SB1598 , SB2798 , SB2801 , SB2580 , SB2569 , SB2514 , SB2064 , SB1940 , SB1621 , SB2601 , SB1379 , SB1376 , SB1372 , SB1353 , SB2216 , SB2166 , SB2148 , SB535 , SB777 , SB827 , SB1141 , SB1330 , SB1352 , SB1664 , SB1612 , SB1862 , SB1936 , SB1453 , SB1448 , SB1398 , SB2137 , SB2111 , SB53 , SB226 , SB1677 , SB1723 , SB1839 , SCR8 , SB31 , SB33 , SB3 , SB1405 , SB1948 , SB243 , SB20 , SB217 , SB264 , SB269 , SB650 , SB681 , SB528 , SB502 , SB740 , SB916 , SB995 , SB2581 , SB3031 , SB24 , SB2570 , SB1566 , SB552 , SJR1 , SB646 , SB379 , SB1171 , SB1121 , SB1120 , SB1061 , SB1036 , SB1019 , SB890 , SB11 , SB868 , SB1188 , SB1254 , SB2778 , SB2543 , SB2443 , SB1333 , SB1259 , SB1401 , SB1404 , SB2139 , SB2165 , SB2237 , SB2268 , SB1202 , SB1198 , SB1212 , SB1451 , SB1470 , SB1498 , SB965 , SB1547 , SB1667 , SB1818 , SB1902 , SB2129 , SB2078 , SB2069 , SB1737 , SB1589 , SB1318 , SB387 , SB1150 , SB1574 , SB2127 , SB3034 , SB860 , SB1278 , SB263 , SB370 , SB663 , SB924 , SB987 , SB1939 , SB1937 , SB1598 , SB2798 , SB2801 , SB2580 , SB2569 , SB2514 , SB2064 , SB1940 , SB1621 , SB2601 , SB1379 , SB1376 , SB1372 , SB1353 , SB2216 , SB2166 , SB2148 , SB535 , SB777 , SB827 , SB1141 , SB1330 , SB1352 , SB1664 , SB1612 , SB1862 , SB1936 , SB1453 , SB1448 , SB1398 , SB2137 , SB2111 , SB53 , SB226 , SB1677 , SB1723 , SB1839 , SCR5 , SCR32 , SCR8 , HB3228 , HB2802 , HB45 , HB1318 , HB5560 , HB2894 , HB4344 , HB4238 , HB2775 , HB34 , HB33 , HB 12 , HB148 , HB 130 , HB4273 , HB4850 , HB2733 , HB4783 , SB1833

Keywords: SB 263, Texas franchise tax, cost of goods sold, COGS, broadcasters, television broadcasting, radio broadcasting, media tax, broadcast license, FCC, 47 C.F.R. Part 73, 47 C.F.R. Part 74, film production, television production, tax deduction, margin tax, Texas Tax Code, depreciation, amortization, broadcast rights