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• Also, I'd like to note that this bill passed out of this very committee last session but died on the
• Good morning, Dean Kratick and members of the committee.
• I'm for the bill. Good morning, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee.
• The Chair recognizes the author of the clause.
• I'm also a member of the DMV's MVIRAC committee, and if I can get that right, let me try it, it's the

Bills: SB35 , SB249 , SB546 , SB1353 , SB1493 , SB2246 , SB1902 , SB1029

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: transportation, TxDOT, Texas Department of Transportation, road projects, highways, infrastructure, bridge construction, interchanges, corridor improvements, road widening, railroad grade separation, sound barrier, unified transportation program, legislative notice, project prioritization, capital projects, state highway system, Farm-to-Market Roads, San Antonio, Harris County

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• spot on the Ways and Means Committee, not only the longest-standing committee of the United States House
• spot on the Ways and Means Committee, not only the longest-standing committee of the United States House
• of the United States House, but the committee of jurisdiction over all tax policy.
• Chairman Rogers and the House Committee on Armed Services and myself, the chairman of the House Committee
• Chairman Rogers and the House Committee on Armed Services and myself, the chairman of the House Committee

Bills: HCR22 , HR1039 , HR586 , HR970 , HR877 , HR1228 , HR983 , HR981 , HCR9

Keywords: HIV/AIDS, National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Black health, public health, HIV testing, HIV prevention, PrEP, antiretroviral therapy, viral suppression, U=U, undetectable equals untransmittable, AIDS, Minority AIDS Initiative, community health centers, culturally competent care, health disparities, racial disparities, health equity, Black Americans, African Americans

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• Speaker, I was a member of the what was then called the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
• And at that committee, as it is today under the new name, we heard from the chair of the Fed on a specific
• ><c> say</c> heard one of the chairs of the Fed say heard one of the chairs of the Fed say unemployment
• to serve as the ranking member of the House Finance and Appropriations Committee.
• standing committees of the House of Representatives: Committee on Foreign Affairs, Mr.

Bills: HB1522 , HB1917 , HB3937 , HR600

Keywords: Federal Retirement Fairness Act, FERS, federal retirement, creditable service, temporary employees, temporary federal service, Postal Service, USPS, Office of Personnel Management, OPM, retirement buyback, annuity, pension, civil service retirement, federal workforce, government employees, Members of Congress, retirement benefits, Great Lakes, fishery management

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• Chairman, members of the committee.
• Uh, there were some concerns by members of the committee about the ability that this bill would create
• So, uh, worked with some members of the committee and others to come up with a different definition of
• </c><00:40:05.440><c> the</c><00:40:05.599><c> committee</c> with, uh, some members of the committee
• He asks members to get a copy of the substitute and says the committee should receive it.

Bills: HB348 , HB106 , HB347 , HB54 , SB118 , SB167 , SB195 , HB260 , HB263 , HB328 , HB348 , HB106 , HB347 , HB54 , SB118 , SB167 , SB195 , HB260 , HB263 , HB328

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: bail reform, illegal aliens, violent offenses, pretrial detention, flight risk, court hearings, doxing, personal identifying information, harassment, online safety, law enforcement, public servants, penalties, consumer protection, illicit material, private rights, digital privacy, nonconsensual distribution, incarceration, pregnancy

Bills: HR214 , HR213 , HB1692 , HR706 , HJR25 , HB1968 , HR1156 , HR212 , HR211

Keywords: House of Representatives, Ethics, Homeland Security, committee elections, government, House resolution, committee assignments, standing committees, House Ethics Committee, Committee on Ethics, Homeland Security Committee, Committee on Homeland Security, congressional organization, Member appointments, committee membership, legislative procedure, oversight, ethics oversight, national security, ethics

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• The Speaker pro tempore: Pursuant to the order of the House of January 3, 2025, the Chair will now recognize
• A bill to require the Under Secretary of the Science and Technology Directorate of the Department of
• IN 2-H OF RULE 2 OF THE U.S.
• of approval or disapproval is in violation of the rules of the House. >> Mr.
• BURKE THE THIRD THE GRAND MARSHALL OF THE 201 OF THE SAVANNAH ST. PATRICK'S PARADE.

Bills: HCR17 , HR993 , HR901 , HR495 , HR1374 , HB1692 , HR1166 , HR708 , HR862 , HR706

Keywords: Holocaust, remembrance, Emancipation Hall, ceremony, commemoration, Iran, Iranian protests, Islamic Republic, free and democratic Iran, human rights, women, life, freedom, morality police, political prisoners, internet shutdown, communications blackout, civil liberties, democracy, self-determination, regime repression, dissidents

Bills: HSB146 , HF277 , HSB145 , HSB153 , HF200 , HF320 , HSB86 , HSB121 , HSB122 , HF137 , SSB1081 , SSB1082 , SSB1074

Committee: Joint Health and Human Services

Keywords: child welfare, foster care, relative placement, kinship care, fictive kin, child in need of assistance, CINA, juvenile court, dispositional hearing, best interests of the child, Department of Health and Human Services, HHS, child protective services, CPS, 30 days to family, family reunification, permanency planning, relative search, notice to relatives, licensed foster parent

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• Speaker, I join the chairman of the committee to rise in support of the Cost Share Accountability Act
• Science Committee, that yes, our great chair has been a part of for his whole tenure in the Congress
• I introduced this bill in the last Congress with the help of the ranking member of the Science Committee
• of the committee on our ranking member of the committee on science<03:12:54.200><c> space</c><03:12:
• ><c> they</c> of the committee uh for they they of the committee uh for they they introduced<03:33:03.520

Bills: HR240 , HR198 , HR1326 , HR359 , HB1534 , HR1368 , HR1350 , HR1325 , HR1318 , HR730

Keywords: resolution, death of a representative, honor, adjournment, Raul Grijalva, Raúl M. Grijalva, Arizona, House resolution, memorial resolution, condolence resolution, death of a member, adjournment in memory, tribute, obituary, congressional memorial, House of Representatives, committee funding, budget allocation, government expenditures, Congress

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• Council for Suicide Prevention, member of the National Lifeline Advisory Committee, and the executive
• committee of the National Alliance for Suicide Prevention, and as past chair of the board of directors
• The clerk will report the title of the The clerk will report the title of the bill.
• Chairman of the Financial Services Committee, Mr.
• of the committee, Mr.

Bills: HB2323 , HB6644 , SB629 , HB8882 , HB8881 , HB8880 , HB8879 , HB4238 , HR915 , HR826 , HB7401 , HB7396

Keywords: Big Bend National Park, land acquisition, boundary adjustment, Secretary of the Interior, conservation, Holodomor, Ukraine famine, 1932-1933 famine, genocide recognition, Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, collectivization, grain confiscation, human rights, Ukraine, Ukrainian people, Russian aggression, Vladimir Putin, foreign affairs, sense of the House

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• ><c> Foreign</c> chair of the Committee on Foreign chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs<02:07:49.360
• Sheri Buretta, chairman of the board of the Chugach Alaska Corporation, testified last year to the Committee
• Rosa DeLauro, the chair of the ranking member of the Appropriations Committee, has a piece of legislation
• of the Education and Workforce Committee, Mr.
• of the Education and Workforce Committee, Mr.

Bills: HB6472 , HB6392 , HB4307 , HB4386 , SB723 , HB3692 , HR681 , HB1945 , HR755 , HB5419 , HB3903 , HB5910 , HB6365 , HCR38

Keywords: education, tuition, territorial residents, in-state tuition, higher education, human trafficking, labor training, employee education, Department of Labor, victim identification, law enforcement, trafficking prevention, motorcycle access, Federal Lands Recreation, America the Beautiful pass, recreation fees, national parks, Indian land, mortgage processing, Bureau of Indian Affairs

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• of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary, now printed in the bill.
• IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, NOW PRINTED IN THE BILL.
• AN AMENDMENT IN THE The amendment in the nature of a substitute, consisting of the text of Rules Committee
• The amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Energy and Commerce, now
• One hour of debate, equally divided and controlled by the Chair and Ranking Minority Member of the Committee

Bills: HCR74 , HJR72 , HR1042 , HR1048

Keywords: joint session, Congress, communication, President, HCR74, national emergency, government authority, Executive Order, legislative action, rule, special rule, House resolution, floor procedure, procedural resolution, firearms, gun laws, less-than-lethal weapons, weapons technology, National Marine Sanctuaries Act, undersea fiber optic cables

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• The House is in the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the further consideration
• committee of the The House is in the committee of the whole<01:30:37.360><c> house</c><01:30:37.600>
• Speaker, the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union has had under consideration H.R.
• The Chair of the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union reports that the committee has
• The previous question is ordered on the report from the Committee of the Whole.

Bills: HR1048 , HJR75 , HJR24

Keywords: House resolution, committee assignment, standing committee, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, committee membership, committee seniority, Mr. Menefee, Mr. Riley of New York, House organization, congressional procedure, internal rules, legislative administration, HJR75, H.J.Res. 75, Congressional Review Act, CRA, Department of Energy, DOE, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, energy conservation standards

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• Signed, Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives, pursuant to the order of the House of
• Thank the chairman of the committee, my colleagues on the other side cry action, but in February of 2025
• Speaker, and I thank the chairman of the full committee for yielding to me.
• c> the</c><03:00:10.479><c> guise</c><03:00:11.040><c> of</c> the oversight Committee in the guise of
• member of the from Georgia from the member of the committee<03:06:10.439><c> Mr</c><03:06:10.680><c>

Bills: HR117 , HR27

Keywords: committee, House of Representatives, ethics, government, House Resolution 117, H.Res. 117, HR117, committee assignment, committee chair, House Committee on Ethics, Ethics Committee, House ethics, member conduct, congressional ethics, House organization, internal resolution, Mr. Guest, standing committee, leadership appointment, tolling program

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• The bill in the committee of the whole.
• for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.
• The Chair of the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union reports that the committee has
• Speaker, the committee of the whole Mr.
• of the committee of the whole The chair of the committee of the whole house<06:05:02.080><c> on</c><06

Bills: HR1048 , HR242 , HB1534

Keywords: House resolution, committee assignment, standing committee, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, committee membership, committee seniority, Mr. Menefee, Mr. Riley of New York, House organization, congressional procedure, internal rules, legislative administration, Energy Conservation, Energy Standards, Department of Energy, Higher Education Act, Foreign Contracts, rules resolution, House Rules Committee, Congressional Review Act

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• If something happened with the most likely vacancy, of course, any of us could die at any minute, and
• This bill for Representative Whit in the Department of Commerce creates the Alabama Development Fund,
• Essentially, we're changing the name of the film office to the entertainment office to more accurately
• The project of music albums means we have a lot—of course, in North Alabama, there's a good portion of
• Georgia because of the incentives they have over there.

Bills: SB45 , SB73 , SB169 , HB243 , SB177

Committee: Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Keywords: driver licenses, validation, identity, state laws, regulations, K-12 education, athletic associations, student-athlete eligibility, Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, governance, manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, motor vehicle crimes, restitution, law enforcement, HB243, Devinee Rooney and John Wesley Safe Streets Act, DUI, drunk driving, impaired driving

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• While the title of this committee is the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, I view
• when I was the chairman of this committee.
• I look forward to working with the members of this committee. to pursue the SEC's three-part mission,
• I remember distinctly the awe I felt when I first sat before the members of this committee.
• I will work alongside the members of this committee to uphold the safety and soundness of our financial

Committee: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

Keywords: financial regulations, SEC, Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Transit Administration, nominees, Empowering Main Street in America Act, capital formation, economic growth

Summary: The committee meeting focused on several nominees within key financial institutions, including discussions surrounding the SEC, the Federal Transit Administration, and the Comptroller of the Currency. Notable dialogue included concerns over regulatory balance, with various members emphasizing a need to streamline regulations to foster innovation while ensuring accountability and safety for investors. The importance of the proposed 'Empowering Main Street in America Act' was highlighted as a means to facilitate access to capital for small businesses, underlining the current administration's approach towards financial regulations.

Bills: HR670 , HB1601 , HB1600 , HB1834 , HR780 , HR131 , HR504 , HB6938

Keywords: military, veterans, mental health, suicide prevention, awareness day, Russia, Ukraine, foreign policy, territorial integrity, national interest, Russian aggression, Russian occupation, Crimea, Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, sanctions, diplomatic recognition, foreign assistance

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• As a senior member of the Education and Workforce Committee and co-chair of the bipartisan Career and
• intelligence</c> member in the 118th of the intelligence member in the 118th of the intelligence committee
• This is why I sought a seat on the Energy and Commerce Committee, one of the best and most powerful committees
• This is why I sought a seat on the Energy and Commerce Committee, one of the best and most powerful committees
• This is why I sought a seat on the Energy and Commerce Committee, one of the best and most powerful committees

Bills: HR44 , HR43 , HR42 , HR33 , HR144 , HR164

Keywords: committee appointments, House of Representatives, agriculture committee, foreign affairs committee, natural resources committee, science and technology committee, member elections, legislative process, inauguration, Congress, House attendance, ceremony, legislative session, inaugural ceremony, President, Vice President, adjournment, committees, membership, election

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• The question occurs on the adoption of the committee report. for House Bill 5246.
• The question occurs in the adoption of the conference committee report.
• The question occurs in the adoption of the committee report. It's a record vote.
• The question occurs on the adoption of the Conference Committee Report.
• On the jurisdiction of the conference committee.

Bills: HCR158 , HCR159 , HCR160 , HCR161 , HCR162 , HCR163 , HCR164 , HR174 , HR427 , HR790 , HR810 , HR857 , HR866 , HR882 , HR883 , HR962 , HR966 , HR1001 , HR1045 , HR1085 , HR1097 , HR1127 , HR1138 , HR1141 , HR1150 , HR1152 , HR1292 , HR1296 , HR1304 , HR1305 , HR1306 , HR1308 , HR1309 , HR1310 , HR1311 , HR1312 , HR1313 , HR1315 , HR1317 , HR1318 , HR1320 , HR1321 , HR1322 , HR1323 , HR1324 , HR1325 , HR1327 , HR1328 , HR1329 , HR1330 , HR1331 , HR1332 , HR1333 , HR1334 , HR1335 , HR1338 , HR1340 , HR1341 , HR1342 , HR1343 , HR1344 , HR1345 , HR1346 , HR1347 , HR1348 , HR1349 , HR1352 , HR1353 , HR1354 , HR1355 , HR1358 , HR1359 , HR1360 , HR1361 , HR1362 , HR1363 , HR1364 , HR1365 , HR1366 , HR1368 , HR1369 , HR1370 , HR1380 , HR1383 , HR1384 , HR1385 , HR1386 , HR1387 , HR1388 , HR1389 , HR1390 , HR1392 , HR1393 , HR1396 , HR1397 , HR1398 , HR1399 , HR1400 , HR1402 , HR1403 , HR1404 , HR1405 , HR1406 , HR1407 , HR1408 , HR1409 , HR1410 , HR1411 , HR1412 , HR1413 , HR1414 , HR1415 , HR1417 , HR1418 , HR1419 , HR1420 , HR1421 , HR1422 , HR1424 , HR1425 , HR1426 , HR1427 , HR1428 , HR1429 , HR1430 , HR1431 , HR1432 , HR1433 , HR1434 , HR1435 , HR1436 , HR1437 , HR1438 , HR1440 , HR1441 , HR1442 , HR1443 , HR1444 , HR1445 , HR1447 , HR1448 , HR1449 , HR1450 , HR1452 , HR1453 , HR1454 , HR1455 , HR1456 , HR1458 , HR1459 , HR1460 , HR1461 , HR1462 , HR1463 , HR1464 , HR1465 , HR1466 , HR1467 , HR1469 , HR1470 , HR1471 , HR1472 , HR1473 , HR1475 , HR1477 , HCR132 , HCR154 , HR17 , HR49 , HR170 , HR275 , HR355 , HR356 , HR364 , HR369 , HR672 , HR690 , HR755 , HR756 , HR759 , HR762 , HR763 , HR781 , HR785 , HR848 , HR1240 , HR1265 , HR1303 , HR1307 , HR1314 , HR1316 , HR1319 , HR1326 , HR1336 , HR1337 , HR1350 , HR1351 , HR1367 , HR1371 , HR1372 , HR1373 , HR1374 , HR1375 , HR1376 , HR1377 , HR1378 , HR1379 , HR1382 , HR1391 , HR1395 , HR1451 , HR1457 , HR1468 , HR1474 , HR1476 , SB1637 , SB2878 , HB2885 , HB2017 , HB5246 , SB8 , SB2308 , SB1405 , HB 119 , SB3059 , SB15 , SB568 , SB2900 , HB3642 , HB3909 , SB268 , HB493 , SB2217 , HB2516 , SB650 , HB2963 , SB1610 , HB705 , SB2972 , SB1540 , HB40 , SB2753 , SB1660 , SB2024 , HB1545 , HB46

Keywords: World War II, V-J Day, Victory over Japan Day, Japan surrender, atomic bomb, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, USS Missouri, Douglas MacArthur, Harry S. Truman, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Potsdam Conference, Pacific Theater, Greatest Generation, veterans, military history, commemoration, concurrent resolution, Texas Legislature

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• The first meeting of the, uh, final session of the quadrinium.
• The first meeting of the, uh, final session of the quadrinium.
• The first meeting of the, uh, final session of the quadrinium.
• The use of NDAs and the state of Texas.
• But if the committee has no faith in them, then I'll vote on the final passage of it. Very well.

Bills: HB63 , HB19 , HB80 , HB41 , HB20 , HB60 , HB100 , HB71 , HB91 , HB93 , HB63 , HB19 , HB80 , HB41 , HB20 , HB60 , HB100 , HB71 , HB91 , HB93

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: paternity, child custody, joint custody, parental rights, family law, domestic violence, shared parenting, Ebony Alert, missing youth, public safety, law enforcement, racial equity, human trafficking, victim restitution, civil action, criminal prosecution, labor servitude, sexual servitude, class A felony, class B felony