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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 4/15/26
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c> Republicans in Congress, Republicans in Congress, and<00:53:41.400><c> um</c> and um and um people
- Republicans in Congress did this. Democrats did not do it.
- Republicans in Congress did this. Democrats did not do it.
- Republicans in Congress did this. Democrats did not do it.
- We are not like Republicans in Congress who follow their crazy president over a cliff.
Committee:
House Health Finance and Policy
Keywords:
HF4401, Minnesota Medical Assistance, dental reimbursement, dental rates, critical access dental providers, Medicaid dental, MinnesotaCare, managed care plans, county-based purchasing plans, fee-for-service, oral health access, safety-net clinics, federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics, Indian health services, state-operated dental clinics, low-income patients, children's dental care, provider reimbursement, dental access
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Code, so there is not a qualifier in there that it had to be an act of Congress or an act of Congress
- So any that are designated by Acts of Congress. Additional question, Senator Pizzo. Yes. Yes.
- But yet we have members of the United States Congress who have notoriously increased their net worth
- And so what this amendment does is to provide that if you want to run for Congress from the state of
- But yet we have members of the United States Congress who have notoriously increased their net worth
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Twenty Two - Tuesday, February 17 -Morning Session-
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Congress passed, and the President signed, H.R. 5371.
- Some exceptions will apply if Congress delays that action. Discussion on House Amendment No. 1.
- After November 12th, if Congress made a change or put an extension on it, then beverages would be allowed
- After November 12th, if Congress made a change or put an extension on it, then beverages would be allowed
- The amendment that we put forth in committee was pretty broad, and it said until Congress makes a decision
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- I think what we see in Congress, the idea that you do what was intended, I think what we see in Congress
- that you do what was intended back in the foundation of our country, where it was a citizen-led Congress
- And unfortunately, especially we see it in Congress, not so much.
- But even, I think, in some states, Especially we see it in Congress, not so much.
- That's why there's a huge push for, you know, make Congress eight years.
Summary:
The House Elections Budget Committee held a public hearing on several joint resolutions dealing with Missouri legislative term limits and chamber structure. Representatives Peggy McGaugh, Marty Joe Murray, Bruce Sassman, and Jeff Myers presented versions of HJR 104, 121, 122, 149, and related measures that would allow legislators to serve up to 16 total years in either chamber rather than being limited to eight years in one chamber and eight in the other. The sponsors argued the change would preserve institutional knowledge, reduce lobbyist influence, and let voters choose whether experienced members should continue serving. They also discussed leadership limits, with proposals to cap service as Speaker or President Pro Tem, and debated whether those limits should be consecutive or total terms. One proposal also would reduce the size of the House to 103 members, which Myers said would improve efficiency and avoid a senator controlling House members in a three-representative-per-Senate-district model.
Committee members raised concerns about self-serving motives, the optics of extending service, possible gaps when members run for the Senate with time left on their 16-year limit, and whether smaller or larger districts would weaken rural representation or shift power toward population centers. Some members supported the concept as a way to preserve expertise and reduce the influence of lobbyists, while others argued the public may view the change skeptically, especially given the original 1992 term-limit vote. Myers defended the smaller House proposal as a way to lower costs, reduce staff redundancy, and improve legislative effectiveness, while opponents questioned whether the fiscal savings would offset the need for more staff and whether the change would actually solve the problems described.
Public testimony was split. An opponent argued Missouri voters should not be asked to revisit a decision they made on term limits, said the General Assembly should not be trying to overturn the public’s earlier choice, and urged rejection of all the resolutions. He also criticized lobbyist influence and cited past corruption cases to argue for keeping strict term limits. After testimony concluded, the committee moved into executive session and passed House Bill 3146 by a vote of 10-2. The meeting then adjourned with no further business.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Education Study Sep 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Congress is now going through its annual appropriations process.
- I think it's important to note that we don't expect either version of the bills to pass Congress.
- If you know about the Congressional appropriations process, you know that Congress usually doesn't pass
- So expect toward the end of this month for Congress to pass a continuing resolution to extend funding
- up to you all because There's that uncertainty that we're seeing from D.C. where both chambers of Congress
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Governmental Oversight and Accountability Feb 11th, 2025
Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Transcript Highlights:
- one will be upset about it, if a teacher in a school in Daytona Beach is flying a Randy Fine for Congress
- Now, if I want to fly the Randy Fine for Congress flag from the back of my car, I have every right to
- Take a shot every time the chair says Randy Fine for Congress.
- I’d like to remind Congress of their job. Their job is... This bill.
- I’d like to remind Congress of their job.
Summary:
The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability met with a quorum present and took up two bills and one presentation. Senate Bill 108, on administrative procedures, was presented by Senator Burgess on behalf of Senator Grall. The bill would require agencies to systematically review rules over five years old, submit annual regulatory plans and reports, and take action on reviewed rules; it also would speed publication of proposed rules after new rulemaking authority and expand transparency for incorporated materials and rule histories. Americans for Prosperity appeared in support, there was no debate, and the bill was reported favorably on a roll call vote.
The committee then heard a presentation from State Board of Administration Executive Director Chris Spencer on implementation of statutory investment restrictions affecting state funds. He reviewed the SBA’s structure and fiduciary duties, said the agency must maximize financial return using only pecuniary factors, and described the Protecting Florida’s Investments Act restrictions involving Northern Ireland, Cuba, Venezuela, Israel, Sudan, Iran, and China. He noted recent changes, including expanded Iran restrictions after the October 7 attacks, the addition of China-related divestment requirements, and the SBA’s move to eliminate China and Hong Kong from its global equity benchmarks; he said the agency is ahead of schedule on required divestment and in compliance with the law.
Senate Bill 100, on display of flags by governmental entities, was then presented by Chair Fine. The bill would prohibit political flags on government buildings and allow active-duty service members and veterans to use reasonable force to stop flag desecration. The committee heard extensive public testimony, with supporters arguing government buildings should not display political messages and opponents raising First Amendment, vagueness, and enforcement concerns, especially regarding LGBTQ-related flags and school settings. Senators also questioned the bill’s definitions and the reasonable-force provision. After debate, the committee voted to report SB 100 favorably, with Senators Arrington and Polsky voting no and Senators Brodeur, McClain, Rodriguez, Fine, and Chair DeSiglie voting yes. At the end of the meeting, Senator Rodriguez was recorded as voting yes on SB 108, and the committee adjourned.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Elise Stefanik, of New York, to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador, and the Representative of the United States of Americ Jan 30th, 2025 at 09:25 am
Foreign Relations Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- This is the first policy hearing in this Congress.
- strides against China and Russia in their attempts to undermine U.S. presidential elections, but Congress
- I urge Congress to reauthorize the Global Engagement Center, keeping these Counter-influence warriors
- I urge Congress to provide dedicated resources for this effort.
- And one example, I would like to thank Congress and this committee for authorizing and appropriating
Committee:
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 2 May 13th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- the calendar for the day, a memorial resolution requesting the Joint Committee of the Library of Congress
- One of my favorite stories about him is that after he gave his final speech to a joint session of Congress
- When you provide a resolution to Congress saying you would like to replace your statue, that allows Capitol
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Money that Congress already approved is being withheld, often without warning.
- Roughly $30 million in funds approved by Congress were suddenly unavailable.
- 04:24.240><c> for</c><03:04:24.479><c> New</c> Congress approves federal money for New Congress approves
- ><c> approved</c><03:05:01.920><c> is</c> Money that Congress already approved is Money that Congress
- </c> depends on the power of the Congress depends on the power of the Congress people<03:23:54.239><c
Committee:
House Finance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Cmte on Rules - Subcommittee on the Federal Impact on Minnesotans and Economic Stability - 02/20/26
Transcript Highlights:
- tax committee is asking why, how, or why not to conform with the tax code Republicans passed in Congress
- our state budget leaders what decisions made by Donald Trump, his cabinet, and the Republicans in Congress
- It's been true with Congresses controlled by the Democratic Party and Congresses controlled by the Republican
- </c> it's been true with Congresses it's been true with Congresses controlled<01:48:17.040><c> by</c>
- controlled by the Republican Congresses controlled by the Republican party.<01:48:20.159><c> been</c
Summary:
The Senate Rules and Administration Select Subcommittee on Federal Impacts on Minnesotans and Economic Stability met on February 20, 2026, to hear from Minnesota Management and Budget State Budget Director Anna Mingi about federal funding changes affecting the state budget. Before testimony began, Senator Rasmusson objected to a draft committee report that had been prepared in advance of the hearing, arguing it was inappropriate to summarize testimony before it occurred. The chair responded that nonpartisan staff had prepared the draft from Mingi’s submitted presentation and could revise it after the hearing if needed.
Director Mingi explained that federal dollars make up more than one-third of state spending and support about 650 federal awards totaling over $23 billion this year, with more than $15 billion supporting state entitlement programs. She said the federal funding environment had changed significantly since January 2025 through executive orders, pauses, terminations, new grant conditions, delayed awards, and the July 2025 passage of H.R. 1, the federal reconciliation bill. Her main focus was H.R. 1’s effects on health care and food assistance, including work requirements for some adults, changes to eligibility for legal non-citizens, limits on retroactive Medicaid coverage and directed payments, new limits on provider taxes, and SNAP changes that shift some benefit and administrative costs to the state and counties. She estimated H.R. 1 would reduce federal funds to state-administered programs by about $327 million in the current biennium and $1.6 billion in the next, with additional costs to hospitals, counties, and other partners beyond the budget horizon.
Members asked follow-up questions about whether the estimates were relative to the forecast and whether federal Medicaid funding would still rise over time. Mingi said the estimates were based on the November forecast baseline and that Medicaid federal dollars would likely continue growing overall, though the law still creates significant losses relative to prior projections. Senator Rasmusson emphasized that point in remarks to the committee. The discussion then shifted to federal grant pauses and cancellations: MMB’s tracker showed about six awards on hold totaling roughly $491 million, 13 confirmed cancellations across areas including clean energy, education, food assistance, and public health, and additional threatened or litigated cuts not included in those totals. Mingi identified two canceled violence-prevention-related grants, including a FEMA public safety grant and a justice reinvestment grant, and noted that CDC had recently moved to cancel or seek cancellation of several Minnesota public health grants, including a $65 million public health infrastructure award.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26 - Part 2
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- You can bet on any number of things that Congress has the authority to regulate, and you can bet on the
- </c> on any number of things um that Congress on any number of things um that Congress has<00:24:54.720
- </c><00:39:52.880><c> now</c> with you on it. um in Congress right now with you on it. um in Congress
- </c><00:52:14.160><c> And</c><00:52:14.319><c> I</c> should be examined uh by Congress.
- And I should be examined uh by Congress.
Bills:
HF2354 , HF3407 , HF4359 , HF4192 , HF3356 , HF3695 , HF1597 , HF3155 , HF3871 , HF4437 , HF4446 , HF3990
Committee:
House Public Safety Finance and Policy
Keywords:
medical assistance, fraud prevention, subpoena authority, criminal penalties, consumer protection, ghost guns, unserialized firearms, 3D-printed guns, 3D printer firearms, CNC milling, home-built firearms, firearm serialization, serial numbers, unfinished frame, unfinished receiver, ghost gun ban, gun control, firearm design files, CAD files, digital gun blueprints
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- As you may know, Congress is working through a budgetary process right now called Budget Reconciliation
- State Fed Office has been meeting with members of Congress for the past four years to brief them on the
- The fate of the Governor's request ultimately rests with Congress.
- It was submitted to the administration and to Congress as part of the part of the letter so I'm happy
- Congress does at the federal level.
Committee:
House Intergovernmental Affairs
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development May 7th, 2026
Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture & Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- So they don't need Congress to do it. They can actually do it. All right, let's roll.
- So they don't need to, they don't need Congress to do it. They can actually do it.
- Members, House Resolution 188 by Chairwoman Butler memorializes Congress to oppose any provision in the
- And so I decided to file this HR to... ...urge and request Congress to look at this amendment and pull
- But I think, you know, memorializing Congress to let them know that as it comes back from the Senate,
Committees:
House Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture & Rural Development , House Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development
Summary:
The House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development met to approve the October 3, 2024 interim minutes and then took up two resolutions. HCR 205, by Representative Kerner, urged USDA to use its Commodity Procurement Program to purchase domestic Louisiana shrimp. Supporters said shrimpers are facing very low prices, full cold storage, and an urgent need for federal purchases to stabilize the market and help local processors and fishermen. Commissioner Mike Strain explained that USDA commodity purchases can support schools, nursing homes, and food banks, and members discussed the need for cold storage, marketing, and better promotion of local seafood. The resolution was reported favorably without objection. The committee also considered HCR 188, which memorializes Congress to oppose any federal farm bill language that could negatively affect the use of hunting dogs; members said the provision had raised concerns about field trials, scent hounds, and hunting practices, and the resolution was also reported favorably without objection.
The committee then received a presentation from Southern University Ag Center and College of Agriculture leadership, led by interim president and chancellor Orlando McMeans and Executive Vice Chancellor Calvin Walker. They outlined the center’s research, teaching, and extension work, including medicinal cannabis research, beef cattle and smart ranching, viticulture, aquaculture, precision agriculture, food and nutrition, and support for small farmers and K-12 dual enrollment. They highlighted scholarship and enrollment programs, including USDA-supported 1890 scholars and JAG Stars, as well as partnerships with LSU and USDA. They also described major facility projects, including a high-tech meat processing facility, research labs, a vineyard, and a proposed 1,300-bed disaster shelter/mega shelter at the experiment station.
Members asked questions about meat-cutting and processing training, cattle genetics, and the shelter’s use when not needed for disasters. Southern officials said the new processing facility is intended to support training and workforce development, and that the shelter could also be used for events such as weddings, graduations, and agricultural activities. The committee expressed appreciation for the presentation and the work of the Ag Center. Representative Broussard then moved to adjourn, and the committee adjourned.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- want to remind people that not too long ago there's a lot more in-depth and actually a proposal by Congress
- So there's a lot more in-depth and actually a proposal by Congress, not just the president opining.
- We mobilize support across the country for resolutions of this type to signal to Congress that there's
- So the amendment language that we are sort of workshopping right now with Congress tries to do something
- The bottom line is, for this resolution, wake up Congress, wake up the United States Election Commission
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- The Chamber of Commerce does have those, and that is publicly submitted to Congress every year.
- Congress does. Thank you. Anything additional? Thank you for being here. Absolutely, my pleasure.
- The Chamber of Commerce does have those, and that is publicly submitted to Congress every year.
- before the Court of Federal Claims, but Treasury has those numbers, Commerce has those numbers, and Congress
- Congress does. Thank you. Anything additional? Thank you for being here. Absolutely, my pleasure.
Committee:
Senate Regulated Industries
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Or in the House floor or in Congress or wherever else can say, but 94% isn't abortion.
- health care, women, people of color, minorities, this is their health care that's been taken away by Congress
- We're here today in session because Congress has attacked low-income people in this country and people
- They do more than abortion services, and what Congress did in that bill was they said if you provide
- 1, which is sometimes called the one big beautiful bill or whatever he calls it, was passed by a Congress
MI
Transcript Highlights:
- The most serious thing Congress has done to cut red... There was just a bill, a housing bill.
- The most serious thing Congress has done to cut red tape, build more housing, and lower housing costs
- The most serious thing Congress has done to cut red. There was just a bill, a housing bill.
- The most serious thing Congress has done to cut red tape, build more housing, and lower housing costs
Summary:
The Senate convened with an invocation, the Pledge of Allegiance, and attendance showing a quorum. Several senators were excused, and the chamber received communications including House Concurrent Resolution 8, which was referred to the Committee on Government Operations. The Senate also took up introductions and referrals of several bills, including Senate Bills 1078-1082 and House Bills 4727, 4728, 4729, 4959, 1545, 5254, 5255, 6071, 6072, and 6073, with most being referred to committees or, for some medical-debt and consumer-protection bills, sent to the Committee of the Whole by suspension of the rules.
In Committee of the Whole, the Senate considered Senate Bills 535, 536, 1011, 1041, 1042, and 1043. SB 535, 1041, 1042, and 1043 were amended, while SB 536 and 1011 were reported without amendment; all were recommended for passage. The Senate then concurred in the amendments and advanced the bills to third reading. On final passage, SB 433 passed 35-0; SB 535, 536, and 1011 each passed 35-0; and SB 1041, 1042, and 1043 each passed 20-15. Floor remarks focused on SB 1011 as a way to lower small-business health insurance premiums, and SBs 1041-1043 as anti-price-gouging measures during emergencies.
Later, the Senate discharged Senate Bill 913 from the Appropriations Committee, suspended the rules, and moved it through Committee of the Whole and to final passage the same day. SB 913, which amends the Michigan Trust Fund Act, passed 20-12 with 6 excused after Senator Albert argued in opposition that it would continue $75 million annual funding to the MEDC and amount to corporate welfare. The Senate then adjourned until Tuesday, June 30 at 10:00 a.m.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
All aboard for K.C. and Fargo? 3/23/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- In 2021, when Congress passed the IIJA act, $36 billion were set aside for federal-state partnerships
- In<00:04:15.439><c> 2021,</c><00:04:16.160><c> when</c><00:04:16.479><c> Congress</c><00:04:16.959><c
- > passed</c><00:04:17.280><c> the</c><00:04:17.519><c> IGAA</c> In 2021, when Congress passed the IGAA
- In 2021, when Congress passed the IGAA act,<00:04:19.519><c> $36</c><00:04:20.160><c> billion</c><00
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- And then in the '70s, President Reagan authorized a study to be done, or actually Congress authorized
- Treasury started minting gold and silver bullion coins again, Congress passed what was now known as Title
- So what this bill would do... ...a study to be done, or actually Congress authorized a study to be done
- Bullion coins again, Congress passed what was now known as Title 31, Section 51, 18, gold clause contracts
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Committee: a concurrent resolution stating findings of the legislature and applying to the United States Congress
- an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the terms of office for members of Congress
- President of the United States, the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress