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• So we do run across that border operation as far as that's concerned.
• So if it doesn't have a border nexus, that's where the problem would lie: they have to have a border
• And so, yeah, the weight issue, the crossing the border, all that stuff.
• That scrape the walls, but that's just me.
• We didn't just build it, but we built a border crossing.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• recent years during the frequent activations due to natural disasters, the COVID-19 pandemic, and border
• Their names are on the Vietnam Wall, along with all those who gave the last full measure of devotion
• Reserve members are deploying more overseas, but also domestically. to support natural disasters, border
• that have been activated for any number of supports from overseas deployments to work down on the border

Keywords: veteran services, Secretary Collins, healthcare provisions, contract cancellations, transparency, accountability, committee meeting, legislation

Summary: During this committee meeting, various bills were discussed with a specific focus on veteran services and healthcare provisions. Notably, the cancellation of critical contracts under Secretary Collins sparked significant debate, with representatives emphasizing the adverse impact on veteran care. The meeting featured testimonies from veterans and stakeholders who expressed their concerns regarding the potential fallout of these cancellations, demonstrating the urgency of transparency and accountability in management decisions. Discussions also delved into various legislative proposals aimed at improving services for veterans amidst these challenges.

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• beagle who works for Customs and Border beagle who works for Customs and Border Protection.<00:37
• Iran holds influence across millions of adherents even across its borders.
• So what happened at the border during the Biden years, the millions and ...
• <03:44:09.199> during So what happened at the border during So what happened at the border
• Well, I hordes coming across the border.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, March 19, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Walle in opposition to the bill. Thank you.
• Walle. Members, I stand today in strong opposition to this bill, in opposition to this legislation.
• In South Texas, districts sprawl over 200 miles, stretching you out like string beams from the border
• They are so afraid of how fearfully you are about to rise up that we are building walls, carving lines
• President Trump flipped 11 out of 18 counties on the Texas-Mexico border.

Bills: HB4, HB 4

Keywords: district composition, congressional election, Texas, legislature, voting districts, 997, house, all

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• And so this is the emergency order under the title of Biden's border crisis.
• plate is permissible, provided that the frame or border does not obscure the visibility of the license
• Completed form, email to them, to whatever email they provide to the Border Patrol.
• We built the Success Academy for the youth within the walls of the Department of Juvenile Justice to
• So by comparison, coaches just across the border can earn easily six figures.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for former Lee County Judge John Carlin, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of Officer Cody Popple of the FSU Police Department for his actions during the April campus shooting. The Speaker also outlined the final week of session, noting the chamber had passed 253 House bills and 149 Senate bills to date, with budget negotiations still unresolved and the 2026-27 budget not expected to be completed that week. The special order report was adopted, setting the day’s calendar and debate times. The chamber then took up several Senate bills, mostly technical or open-government sunset review measures, and passed them with little or no opposition: SB 100, SB 104, and SB 102 on Florida statutes; SB 7006, SB 7014, SB 7002, SB 7012, SB 7024, SB 7016, SB 7026, SB 7008, SB 7000, and SB 7004 on public-records or meeting exemptions; and SB 7022 on public records related to exams. Members asked questions on a few of these bills, especially the exam-records bill and the military and gaming-related exemptions, but the measures generally advanced without amendment. Votes ranged from unanimous to modest opposition, with SB 7026 passing 106-3 and SB 7022 passing 101-8. The most substantial debate centered on SB 7040, which recreates the emergency preparedness and response trust fund in the Executive Office of the Governor. Rep. Eskamani offered an amendment to let the fund expire, arguing the money had been misused and that the Legislature should retain control over spending; several members supported her position, while others said the fund is needed for rapid disaster response. A strike-all amendment from Rep. Griffiths was adopted instead, adding accountability provisions and expanding the fund to cover man-made emergencies as well as natural disasters. The bill then passed 82-25. The House also passed CS/CS/SB 302 on coastal resiliency, CS/CS/SB 984 on firefighter cancer benefits, CS/SB 474 on military affairs, and SB 488 on Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles issues, with SB 488 still under amendment debate when the transcript ends.

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• But when you look at the fences, the fences weren't necessarily burning because of the wall of fire that
• But when you look at the fences, the fences weren't necessarily burning because of the wall of fire that
• Because of the wall of fire that was crossing over Highway 12 from the Glass Fire, it was the ember cast
• and a lot of the dead and dying vegetation up against the fence, was what actually caught—not the wall
• Most of our calls are medical in need, but we do border state and national parks with lots of fuel load

Summary: The hearing focused on lessons from the 2017 Tubbs Fire and how Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, and local partners have changed wildfire prevention, recovery, and rebuilding practices since then. Assemblymembers emphasized that the region has become a model for the state, with a shift from suppression to prevention, and panelists described improvements in defensible space, home hardening, vegetation management, alerting, and community coordination. The discussion also highlighted the continuing importance of sharing Sonoma County’s experience with other wildfire-impacted communities across California and beyond. Fire officials and local leaders described specific prevention measures now in place, including Santa Rosa’s vegetation management ordinance, ignition-free/Zone Zero requirements in rebuilding, restrictions on certain mulches, removal of dead and dying trees near roads and defensible space zones, and expanded prescribed burning authority. They also stressed the importance of community organization through block captains, Firewise/COPE-style networks, and the Mark West Area Community Fund. Speakers said these networks helped residents navigate recovery, avoid fraud and bad contractors, coordinate with local agencies, and support neighbors, but they argued that such efforts need more formal structure and stable funding. Water and permitting officials discussed how the fires changed their work. Santa Rosa Water described new regional coordination, generator and backup power upgrades, emergency training, and lessons learned about wildfire-related contamination in water systems, including the need to restore pressure, flush, and test quickly after a fire. Permit Sonoma said rebuilding was balanced by streamlining permits while still requiring safer, more resilient construction, and noted that reduced fees and one-stop permitting helped speed recovery. United Policyholders described helping residents maximize insurance proceeds, organize information, and avoid scams, while warning that insurance availability and affordability remain major barriers and that insurers are increasingly rewarding risk-reduction measures. Across the panels, the main policy requests were for faster and more flexible grant processes, more stable long-term funding for prevention and community programs, stronger support for home hardening and defensible space, better training and tools for local governments and legislative staff, and continued attention to insurance and utility-related resilience. No formal votes or actions were taken in the transcript excerpt; the hearing was informational and ended with a transition toward public comment and further discussion of remaining statewide wildfire policy needs.

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• It is a small parcel of ocean in the northeast region of Georges Bank, bordering Canadian waters.
• And I didn't know them from a hole in the wall. I trust their data. Thank you.
• I didn't know them from a hole in the wall. I trust their data a hundred times over.
• I said to Audra, scrape the walls on the floor and the ceiling to try to find anyone... ...that will

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The joint hearing focused on the Atlantic sea scallop fishery, with particular attention to Massachusetts ports, federal scallop management, the proposed reopening of the Northern Edge on Georges Bank, and permit stacking/consolidation. The chair opened by noting the hearing would take written and oral testimony, that time was limited, and that the discussion was intended to inform legislative engagement with federal regulators rather than decide the issue directly. Dan McCarron of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries and Dr. Kate O’Keefe of the New England Fishery Management Council outlined the federal management structure under the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the role of annual catch limits and rotational closures, and the economic importance of scallops to New Bedford, Gloucester, and other Massachusetts ports. O’Keefe said the council’s current scallop framework is based on annual management, research surveys, and public input, and that recent environmental changes and uncertainty are affecting catch advice and biomass. Dr. O’Keefe and later Dr. Kevin Stokesbury of UMass Dartmouth described the fishery’s recent condition: abundance has increased in some areas, but biomass has fallen because many scallops are still too small to harvest, and changing ocean conditions and natural mortality are affecting the stock. They said the Northern Edge action was considered as a joint scallop/habitat framework but was discontinued in 2024 because the council could not reconcile competing objectives involving scallop yield, habitat protection, and impacts on other species such as cod, lobster, and herring. Stokesbury emphasized the long-running collaborative survey work with industry, said the fishery remains highly productive, and argued that the science supports careful rotational management and that the Northern Edge could be highly productive for scallops, though he acknowledged habitat tradeoffs. Committee members pressed both witnesses on why the issue had remained unresolved for so long and whether the council could revisit it through a future framework. Representatives of the Sustainable Scalloping Fund, including attorney Drew Kavage, John Lees, Sam Blasley, and Tony Alvernes, urged support for reopening the Northern Edge and for permit stacking, which would allow more than one scallop permit on a vessel while keeping ownership caps in place. They argued the fishery is a major economic driver, that industry-funded research has supported sustainable management, and that stacking would help family-owned operators reduce costs, improve safety, and avoid financial distress. They also stressed the need to protect working waterfront infrastructure in New Bedford and other ports. The chair said he was not opposed to stacking in principle but wanted to avoid a slippery slope toward excessive consolidation or private equity control; he noted that any stacking change would require an amendment to the fishery management plan or federal action. No votes were taken, and the hearing concluded with an invitation for continued engagement and future updates on the council process.

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• We know what a wall is being built for and for whom it is to keep out.
• That Great Wall of China, what do you think it was there for?
• It was a border wall to keep us out of our own homeland. So, we know.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House took up House File 3919, a Veterans Affairs bill to modify benefits for veterans of the Secret War in Laos and to codify recommendations from an SGU task force created in the prior session. Representative Cha, the bill’s author, explained that the measure was the product of eight task force meetings and consultation with the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, and he described the bill as a way to recognize SGU veterans, including Hmong, Lao, and other indigenous groups who served in Laos. He and several members spoke at length about the sacrifices of SGU veterans and the Hmong refugee experience, emphasizing that the bill was both a policy change and an overdue act of recognition. Multiple members rose in support. Representative Duran said he initially had concerns but changed his view after conversations with Cha and said he was not offended by the bill as a combat veteran. Representatives Lee, Vang, Gander, McDonald, Frasier, and others praised the veterans’ service, noted the large Hmong population in Minnesota, and said the bill was long overdue. Representative Lee K. offered a more cautious note, saying the bill was the result of a difficult compromise and expressing concern that the licensing distinction for these veterans was different from other veterans, though he still supported the measure. Representative Jean J. clarified that veterans naturalized under the federal Hmong Veterans Naturalization Act already have access to state programs, while this bill was aimed at SGU veterans who were not naturalized under that act. After discussion, the House proceeded to a roll-call vote. The bill passed unanimously, 132 ayes and 0 nays, and its title was agreed to.

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• So, you know, even though we have to go across the border, but within our own state, the other thing
• Uh so so they have go across borders.
• Beers was very good about showing me the chart on the wall and how they are years in advance of their
• good about showing me the chart<01:17:53.520> on<01:17:53.840> the<01:17:54.080> wall
• how<01:17:56.080> they<01:17:56.560> are<01:17:57.360> years chart on the wall

Keywords: 916, all

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• One of those, a recent Wall Street Journal account, talks about a suicide of a 30-year-old man.
• One of those, a recent<00:20:48.880> Wall<00:20:49.120> Street<00:20:49.360> Journal
• <00:20:50.240> um<00:20:50.480> account recent Wall Street Journal um account recent
• Wall Street Journal um account talks<00:20:52.080> about<00:20:52.240> a<00:20:53.440>
• Even coming from a border community like I do and a lot of the care that my constituents get are from

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee first approved the March 11, 2026 minutes, then heard House File 4048, which would exempt chiropractors from Minnesota’s provider tax if they are no longer eligible to provide chiropractic benefits under Medicaid/MinnesotaCare. Representative Robbins said the bill corrects an unfair situation because chiropractors still pay the tax even though the benefit was eliminated. Testifiers from the Minnesota Chiropractic Association and a longtime chiropractor supported the bill, arguing that most chiropractors are small-business owners and should not pay a tax for services they can no longer provide. Several members said they supported restoring chiropractic coverage instead of changing the tax, and there was discussion about whether the tax applies to all providers and whether it is effectively passed on to patients. The committee adopted a motion to recommend HF 4048 to the Committee on Taxes. The committee then took up House File 3893, as amended, a bill to restrict artificial intelligence from engaging in psychotherapy or counseling with humans. The author and supporters said the bill is intended to prevent AI chatbots from posing as therapists or counseling vulnerable people, citing reports of suicides and other harms linked to chatbot interactions. The A2 amendment was adopted; the author said it reflected stakeholder concerns and added informed-consent language. Testifiers in support, including a psychologist and a suicide-prevention nonprofit leader, urged strong safeguards and said AI should not replace licensed professionals in crisis settings. Other testimony raised concerns about overbreadth and unintended effects. TechNet and a rural mental health provider said the bill should be narrowed so it applies to clinical therapy rather than wellness or educational tools, and should allow supervised AI uses such as transcription and administrative support. Members discussed rural access, existing licensing-board authority, privacy laws, and whether the bill should target AI companies directly rather than licensed clinicians. The transcript ends during continued discussion of HF 3893, with no final committee action shown in the excerpt.

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• And we've done the same thing with Northern Borders Dispatch, where we've supported our ambulance and
• 00:25:45.760> with<00:25:45.919> with<00:25:46.320> Northern<00:25:46.640> Borders
• same thing with with Northern Borders same thing with with Northern Borders Dispatch<00:25:48.000
• So, we own five sawmills, all of them which border the upper Connecticut Valley.
• We have four Canadian sawmills that directly border that land and then us in Milin.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Duluth works, works that borders the exact district that Representative Johnson and I both share, that
• Duluth works, works that borders the exact district that Representative Johnson and I both share, that
• Duluth works, works that borders the exact district that Representative Johnson and I both share, that
• I'm speaking today for the heart of the Range, I border that community, but we are all one North.
• embarrassment to the walls embarrassment to the walls Administration<01:28:19.880> to<01:

Bills: HF3023, HF3078, HF107, HF2171, HF3079, HF689, HF1316

Keywords: unemployment benefits, iron ore mining, economic support, workforce development, Minnesota, unemployment insurance, deferred resignation, employment, worker rights, benefits eligibility, Ellsworth Independent School District, ISD 514, school construction, school renovation, sales tax exemption, use tax refund, construction materials, HVAC replacement, boiler replacement, window replacement

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• important piece of legislation because we've had land grants like Chili-Li that have actually hit a wall
• about after this, in terms of what options are available to us, because we're running into a brick wall
• On the northern border, the historic villages of the northern border with Taos Pueblo.

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• Dena Kinlath, stand up, Dena, is the manager of the Border Soil and Water Conservation District.
• If anybody wants to put it up on the wall, we'd love to have ourselves up there. But Dr.
• The one that just left left a whole... vacant building with even just the writing on the wall in there
• If you go to Arizona, which is right on the border of New Mexico, and I go there quite a bit, you look

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• borders wide up, the American citizens want those borders secure.
• borders wide up, the American citizens want those borders secure.
• borders wide up, the American citizens want those borders secure.
• open border disaster. open border disaster.
• Simple answer is they don't want a border. They don't want a border.

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

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• 57:22.319> brick got to the point I kept hitting brick got to the point I kept hitting brick walls
• ,<00:57:22.960> brick<00:57:23.200> walls,<00:57:23.440> brick<00:57:23.599>
• walls.
• <00:57:24.079> you walls, brick walls, brick walls. you walls, brick walls, brick walls. you
• , Massachusetts just over the border, Massachusetts just over the border, we're<01:51:47.199>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee opened its second meeting on House Bill 742, which would require catastrophic special education aid to be drawn from the education trust fund, and discussed whether to also examine differentiated aid within the adequacy formula. The chair said the committee had previously heard from HHS/Medicaid officials and now wanted to hear from local special education directors about how the aid system works in practice, including billing, training, data collection, and whether districts handle claims consistently. Members also referenced Arkansas as a possible comparison state and said they hoped to develop ideas by November to address the current funding process. Committee members focused on the current special education aid thresholds and the impact of proration. The chair described the existing formula as requiring districts to absorb costs up to 3.5 times the state average per student, with the state paying 80% from 3.5 times through 10 times and paying above that, and said FY25 appropriated about $34 million while actual claims were about $50.1 million, leaving roughly a $16 million shortfall that caused proration. Members also raised the possibility of lowering the threshold to 2.5 times and asked how that would affect the number of eligible students and costs. Another member asked about how districts decide whether services are education-related or medical-related and how Medicaid or private insurance reimbursement affects later state aid claims. District representatives from Boothby Therapy Services, Bedford, and Guilford introduced themselves and described their roles. Guilford’s director said the district tracks students with paraprofessional support, nurses, transportation, or specialized programming, uses a data system to log every service touchpoint, and tries to maximize both Medicaid and special education aid; she said a lower threshold would likely capture all students with paras or nurses and that rising staffing and service costs would increase the number of students over the cap. Bedford’s assistant director said the district uses a different system, tracks roughly 60 to 80 students a year, and pursues Medicaid and special education aid simultaneously but does not pursue private insurance if it would affect FAPE; she said reducing the threshold to 2.5 times would likely double the number of qualifying students. Members asked follow-up questions about software, data entry, and how districts decide whether to bill Medicaid or seek state catastrophic aid, and the directors explained that their systems log services by staff type and student, with some districts using the same data for both Medicaid and state reimbursement claims.

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• . >> So when you advocate for the increase of compensation, where is there a wall?
• wall? wall? Where<00:16:08.079> does<00:16:08.240> it<00:16:08.480> stop?
• Why doesn't the border regions reserve?
• is the border [clears throat] regions?
• Anybody from the border regions regions? Anybody from the border regions here? here? here?

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• On my first full day in Jerusalem, I went to the Western Wall to place a prayer that President Trump
• Our country's border is no longer open. Tax cuts from his first term are now permanent.

Summary: The transcript covers the opening of the Arkansas House and a joint session of the 95th General Assembly’s fiscal session. The House first established a quorum, granted leave for absent members, recognized guests, and adopted House Resolution 1001 to convene a joint session with the Senate for Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s address. Several bills and resolutions were read for the record, including House Resolution 1002 and House Bills 1001, 102, and 103, before the House recessed to await the Senate and then the governor. In the joint session, leaders recognized the late Representative Stan Barry with a moment of silence, introduced constitutional officers, judges, and other guests, and appointed committees to escort the governor. Governor Sanders then delivered a lengthy fiscal-session address focused on her budget priorities and policy agenda. She emphasized continued funding for education under LEARNS, teacher pay and literacy gains, public safety and law enforcement funding, government efficiency and tax cuts, and the 1033 initiative aimed at helping vulnerable Arkansans move from crisis to self-sufficiency. She also urged lawmakers to avoid new Medicaid mandates or ongoing spending and said she would call a special session to cut income taxes further if the budget is passed. After the governor’s remarks, the joint session adjourned. The House then reconvened briefly, adopted a motion to adjourn until the next day, and announced that the Joint Budget Committee would meet later that afternoon and again the following morning.

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• Their efforts should have been a no-brainer but it hit a wall.
• allow development on those properties took particularly those under 15 acres and those that that bordered

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• that if one person gets caught, the whole section of the prison goes on a 15-day lockdown, which borders
• When an inmate sustains serious bodily injury because they were thrown against the walls, every staff

Bills: HB153, HB1828, HB2306, HB2498, HB3464, HB3488, HB3636, HB3673, HB3834, HB3860, HB4120, HB4937, HB1515, HB153

Keywords: education, funding, student resources, technology access, equal opportunity, veterans treatment court, mental health, criminal justice, rehabilitation, eligibility criteria, veterans, treatment court, military service, legislation, legislative leave, correctional officers, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, accumulated leave, compensatory time, parole eligibility