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• The Committee on Appropriations is called to order. Will the secretary please note the roll?
• So I wanted to just update the committee today on some data that we have.
• Chair and members of the committee. I'm Kelly O'Toole, and I'm speaking on behalf...
• We're just adding one more. It's not exclusive to border security.
• We're just adding one more. It's not exclusive to border security.

Bills: SB1072 , SB1111 , SB1114 , SB1116 , SB1122 , SB1179 , SB1250 , SB1308 , SB1455 , SB1456 , SB1457 , SB1487 , SB1547 , SB1549 , SB1551 , SB1552

Committee: Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

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

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• Speaker, in my time serving on the Committee on Homeland Security, I've seen the importance of effective
• Speaker, in my time serving on the Committee on Homeland Security, I've seen the importance of effective
• Throughout this Congress, the Committee on Homeland Security has heard a clear bipartisan message: preparedness
• > Mark</c> committee on homeland security, Mark committee on homeland security, Mark Green.<03:09:13.520
• the Committee on Armed Affairs and on the Committee on Armed Services.

Bills: HR893 , HB6019 , HB4058 , HB5107 , HB5214 , HB4071 , HB4070 , HB3965 , HB2259 , HB1736 , HR1327 , HR581

Keywords: censure, conflict of interest, domestic violence, military contracts, ethics, HB6019, H.R. 6019, Senate data, legal process, subpoena, warrant, court order, notification requirement, Senate offices, legislative branch, data disclosure, privacy, records access, Congress, repeal

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• I'm very proud to committee on China.
• </c><04:09:54.640><c> on</c><04:09:54.880><c> Foreign</c> as a member of the Committee on Foreign as
• <c> Investment</c><04:10:59.760><c> in</c> The Committee on Foreign Investment in The Committee on Foreign
• :28.800><c> of</c><04:15:29.040><c> our</c> focus on the security of our focus on the security of our
• > in</c><04:17:59.920><c> the</c> committee on foreign investment in the committee on foreign investment

Bills: HB3422 , HB3394 , HB1998 , HB2808 , HR1190 , HB3381 , HB3301 , HB2225 , HB3352 , HB1713 , HR910 , HR1082 , HB1520 , HB1664 , HB1767 , HB2269 , HB1679 , HB2481 , HB1737 , HR260

Keywords: small business, capital formation, securities exchange act, SEC, Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation, women-owned businesses, minority-owned businesses, underrepresented entrepreneurs, rural businesses, natural disasters, hurricanes, small business investors, capital raising, fundraising, crowdfunding, angel investors, venture capital, state securities commissions, blue sky laws, business outreach

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• Tuesday, March 31st, this is the Special Committee on Appropriations.
• I don't want to agree to something right on the spot, as, you know, I've been on Appropriations Committee
• security for cybersecurity programs year 2027 to the Arizona Department of Homeland Security for cybersecurity
• The Department of Homeland Security is not a vendor that we would call a vendor.
• It goes to the agency; it goes to Homeland Security to spend.

Bills: SB1041 , SB1088 , SB1118 , SB1128 , SB1168 , SB1176 , SB1189 , SB1207 , SB1250 , SB1272 , SB1274 , SB1286 , SB1428 , SB1457 , SB1461 , SB1503 , SB1519 , SB1537 , SB1582 , SB1618 , SB1654 , SB1713 , SB1827 , SCR1012 , SCR1020

Committees: House Appropriations , House House Appropriations Committee of Reference

Keywords: electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, cybersecurity, homeland security, artificial intelligence, state appropriation, VPN security, zero trust, housing, zoning, middle housing, urban development, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes

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• The Senate Committee on Border Security will now come to order. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll.
• Texas is on the front lines.
• We did vote on HCR 98.
• Hearing and seeing none, the Committee on Border Security stands in recess subject to call of the chair
• Committee on Border Security stands in recess subject to call to the chair. Thank you, members.

Bills: HCR98 , HB180 , HB180

Committee: Senate Border Security

Keywords: counter-unmanned aircraft systems, C-UAS, counter-drone, drone mitigation, unmanned aircraft systems, UAS, border security, U.S.-Mexico border, aviation safety, airspace regulation, federal preemption, Homeland Security, Department of Defense, Department of Justice, Department of Energy, FBI, state-local coordination, tribal and territorial partners, border patrol, cartels

Summary: The Senate Committee on Border Security met with a quorum present and first took up HCR 98, a resolution urging Congress to improve coordination among federal, state, and local authorities on counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) technology for border security. The author and sponsor described increasing drone activity along the border, saying unauthorized drones are used to track agents, identify weaknesses, and smuggle contraband, and argued for clearer procedures to detect, identify, and neutralize such aircraft. There was no public testimony, and the committee voted 4-0 to report HCR 98 favorably to the full Senate; the resolution was also ordered for local and uncontested calendar placement without objection. The committee then heard HB 180, sponsored by Chairman Birdwell, which would authorize the governor to coordinate directly with Mexican officials and individual Mexican states on border security agreements and appoint representatives to implement them. Birdwell said the bill would codify prior border-security cooperation efforts, improve responses to cross-border challenges such as drug and human trafficking, and include a finding that entrants from foreign countries must use a legal port of entry. No questions were asked, and there was no invited or public testimony. After the hearing, the committee left HB 180 pending. The meeting concluded with no further business and the committee standing in recess subject to the call of the chair.

Bills: HB 101 , HB1819 , HB1875 , HB1965 , HB2193 , HB2914 , HB3248 , HB3354 , HB3531 , HB101

Committee: House S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

Keywords: Texas State Guard, task force, professionalization, state missions, critical infrastructure, veterans, veterans' affairs, mental health, community mental health, behavioral health, grant program, matching grant, non-state match, community services, family support, county population, Health and Human Services Commission, HHSC, public safety, homeland security

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• He serves on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, the Agriculture Committee, as well as the
• </c><07:32:24.798><c> securing</c><07:32:25.280><c> the</c> could be spent better on securing the could
• Again, there was one study that the Homeland Security Committee did in the 118th Congress that nearly
• Again, there was one study that the Homeland Security Committee did in the 118th Congress that nearly
• ><c> committee</c><07:47:23.558><c> did</c> that the homeland security committee did that the homeland

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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• Breahan, Jr., to act as Speaker pro tempore on this day.
• Pursuant to clause 13 of rule one, the journal of the last day's proceedings is approved.
• December 30, 2025, at 3:17 p.m., set to contain messages from the President on his objections to H.R
• envelopes received from the<00:08:02.960><c> White</c><00:08:03.120><c> House</c><00:08:03.360><c> on
• December 30th, 2025 the White House on December 30th, 2025 at<00:08:05.919><c> 3:17</c><00:08:06.879

Bills: HR504 , HR131

Keywords: committee removal, federal indictment, ethics, congressional conduct, representative McIver, Committee on Ethics, expenses, Congress, funding, government oversight

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• On behalf of National Security Rogers.
• He currently serves on the House Armed Services Committee and the House Agriculture Committee.
• on Natural Resources and the Committee on Agriculture.
• </c><04:35:15.760><c> on</c> Resources and the Committee on Resources and the Committee on Agriculture
• <c> is</c> Select Committee on Intelligence and is Select Committee on Intelligence and is also<06:00

Bills: HB3351 , HB3095 , HB1450 , HB1716 , HB1764 , HB3395 , HB2384 , HB3357 , HB3339 , HB1469 , HB3343 , HB3382 , HR1043 , HR131 , HR183 , HR672 , HB2625 , HB2170 , SB201 , SB423

Keywords: small business, capital formation, financial regulation, Securities Exchange Act, Paperwork Reduction Act, ZIP Code, postal service, community designation, local governance, postal infrastructure, OFAC, Office of Foreign Assets Control, sanctions, licensing, investigators, private sector firms, nominal transactions, financial transactions, pilot program, FinCEN

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• Today is May 11th, Monday, 2006, House Committee on Appropriations.
• I'm new on this committee to keep my focus...
• And I'm constantly reminded of—and I'm thankful I'm new on this committee—to keep my focus on the fiscal
• today based on race. doing the type of things that we're doing in this committee today based on race
• And that's where that committee would come in. I don't know. That's on y'all. Yeah.

Bills: HR3 , HR80 , HB4 , HB172 , HB189 , HB623 , HB944 , HB1185 , HB1199 , HB1222 , SB105 , SB125 , SB461

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: housing assistance, state-owned property, cost-burdened, state employees, affordable housing, fiscal audit, higher education, public funds, underrepresented minorities, Board of Regents, Louisiana legislation, constitutional convention, Louisiana constitution, electoral process, government structure, delegate elections, airport authority, fire protection, supplemental pay, public safety

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• Acting on this principle, in our 1875 Constitutional Convention, we established an education committee
• I thought that was really important to acknowledge, and again, his peers on that committee expressly
• or the other on this one.
• Thank you, Chairman Buckley and committee for your time today, and I'm sure it's going to be a long one
• I did testimony in 2022 to the joint committees on public education and higher education.

Bills: HB3 , HB3

Committee: House Public Education

Keywords: education savings account, educational expenses, certified educational assistance organization, school choice, funding, special education, tuition reimbursement, emergency communication, public safety, interoperability, Texas Interoperability Council, grant program, emergency communications, public safety radio, first responders, radio system, dispatch, emergency management, Texas Division of Emergency Management, public safety infrastructure

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• The House Committee on Public Education will come to order and the clerk will call the roll.
• And I do a lot of bipartisan work on this committee.
• I doubt anyone on this committee disagrees with that.
• I hear some of my colleagues here on the committee and outside talk about this not being a true bill
• One of them we've talked a lot about over the past few weeks in this committee, the teacher incentive

Bills: HB3 , HB3

Committee: House Public Education

Keywords: education savings account, educational expenses, certified educational assistance organization, school choice, funding, special education, tuition reimbursement, emergency communication, public safety, interoperability, Texas Interoperability Council, grant program, emergency communications, public safety radio, first responders, radio system, dispatch, emergency management, Texas Division of Emergency Management, public safety infrastructure

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• Committee, House Bill 3380 uses wording from the President's Executive Order on foster care and directs
• One of the things about our committee is that Representative Blancett always asks hard questions.
• And I look around the committee, everybody on this committee, with the exception of me, lives in a metropolitan
• Number one, um... Committee can decide whether or not they want to do that.
• Chairman, and thank you, committee, for the thoughtful conversation on this bill.

Bills: HB3131 , HB3380 , HB3502 , HB3552 , HB3849 , HB3886 , HB3907 , HB4201 , HB4302 , HB3448 , HB3409 , HB4095 , HB3637

Committee: House Children, Youth and Family Services

Keywords: homelessness, shelter standards, safety, accountability, state funding, local governance, regulation, Oklahoma Homeless Shelter Safety and Accountability Act, foster care, child welfare, Department of Human Services, educational opportunities, employment support, technology in child welfare, faith-based organizations, self-sufficiency, financial literacy, HB3502, Oklahoma, children's code

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• I move House File 3435 before the committee to be placed on the general register. >> Wonderful.
• Up next, we have Emily on our list, followed by Ms. Alfonso. Is Emily here? Hello, committee.
• </c><00:54:18.720><c> Security</c><00:54:19.200><c> DHS</c> the Department of Homeland Security DHS the
• I mean, we've got educators on this committee.
• I mean, we've got educators on this<01:16:09.360><c> committee.

Bills: HF3435 , HF3409

Committee: House Education Policy

Keywords: school access, school site, school district, charter school, federal agents, DHS, Department of Homeland Security, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, CBP, Customs and Border Protection, USCIS, immigration enforcement, judicial warrant, student privacy, school safety, sanctuary schools, warrant requirement, federal warrant, school grounds

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• </c> there's no new members on our committee. there's no new members on our committee.
• I've been on an education committee all those years.
• </c> anybody else on the committee. Mr. anybody else on the committee. Mr.
• on State and refer to the Committee on State and Local<01:51:25.280><c> Government?
• </c><01:51:32.239><c> on</c> bill has been moved to the committee on bill has been moved to the committee

Bills: HF3435 , HF3409

Committee: Senate Education Policy

Keywords: school access, school site, school district, charter school, federal agents, DHS, Department of Homeland Security, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, CBP, Customs and Border Protection, USCIS, immigration enforcement, judicial warrant, student privacy, school safety, sanctuary schools, warrant requirement, federal warrant, school grounds

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• </c><02:46:42.560><c> of</c> Affairs Committee in March, is one of Affairs Committee in March, is one
• ><c> under</c> Committee National Security Report under Committee National Security Report under then
• ><c> security,</c> section 8 vouchers, on social security, section 8 vouchers, on social security, on
• Republican le committees are working on Republican le committees are working on Trump's<07:35:52.798>
• :25.440><c> Committees</c> the House Homeland Services Committees the House Homeland Services Committees

Bills: HR36 , HR530 , HB1800 , HB2416 , HR1316 , HB1724 , HB1540 , HB1486 , HB1512 , HB1503 , HB1912

Keywords: federal programs, government efficiency, budget cuts, committee, oversight, rules resolution, House Rules Committee, procedural rule, floor procedure, appropriations, military construction, Veterans Affairs, VA funding, fiscal year 2026, immigration enforcement, special interest aliens, DHS reporting, monthly report, inadmissible, deportable

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• 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.
• Each one had a duty to serve. Social Security. Social Security.
• There are ways to make Social Security more efficient. This ain't one of them.
• This ain't one security more efficient. This ain't one of<02:47:39.600><c> them.

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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• Welcome to the House Committee on Commerce. Today is Monday, April 13, '26.
• Good morning, Chairman Deshotel and members of the Committee on Commerce.
• I met Colonel Waller last year when he briefed our committee on Homeland Defense about these particular
• task force... ...on behalf of our Center for Security Policy.
• on Homeland Security.

Bills: HB241 , HB267 , HB467 , HB673 , HB744 , HB798 , HB1026 , HB1027 , HB1091 , HB1096 , HB1103 , HB1212 , HB1230

Committees: House Commerce , House Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs

Keywords: financial records, consumer protection, banking law, disclosure, service of process, home inspectors, board membership, licensing, term limits, Louisiana State Board, residential roof, coastal zone, fortified roof, building standards, construction code, insurance, hurricane resilience, safety, security cameras, abandoned property

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• The Committee on State Federal Relations will come to order. The clerk will call the roll.
• Security.
• Um, Last session, we passed SB 1403, which established the Interstate Compact on Border Security.
• In 2023, Congress, Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the US and the Chinese Communist
• So Florida took on that HCR similar to this one, trying to encourage Congress to act on this.

Bills: HB176 , HB180 , HB176 , HB180 , HB333 , HCR35

Committee: House S/C on State-Federal Relations

Keywords: tax, ad valorem, voter-approval, local government finance, property tax, repeal, tax rates, school finance, tax reduction, compressed tax rate, education, funding, HB 176, Texas border security, interstate compact, Government Code Chapter 794, Texas-Mexico border, border enforcement, immigration enforcement, ICE 287(g)

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• So the challenge for security professionals is not one of...
• Secure portals are used by federal agencies like the Department of Defense, Homeland Security, the National
• Secure portals are used by federal agencies like the Department of Defense, Homeland Security, the National
• And of course, to everyone on the committee.
• Of course, it's a good intent, this committee on civic health.

Bills: SB6084 , SB6137 , SCR8406 , SB5892 , SB5863

Committee: House State Government & Tribal Relations

Keywords: elections, double voting, voting twice, multiple voting, same-day election, primary election, general election, special election, cross-state voting, ballot fraud, election fraud, voter misconduct, RCW 29A.84.660, State v. Padilla, civil infraction, class C felony, Secretary of State, Washington elections, election law, voter eligibility