Video & Transcript Research : 'asthma'

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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 04/07/26

Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • And worse when it comes to the heart attacks and strokes caused by particulate matter emissions, asthma
  • <01:48:00.280> attacks, asthma attacks, asthma attacks, we<01:48:01.600> find<01:48:02.760
  • Limit for these nitrogen oxides that trigger asthma attacks to around 90 to 170, depending on the state
  • disparities linked to 2014 that asthma disparities linked to air<01:55:10.640> pollution<01:55
  • that much asthma in your neighborhood,<02:07:52.800> you<02:07:52.840> got<02:07:52.960
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • And we're certainly seeing the negative impacts of prior siting on those communities in asthma, for example
  • SEIU 509 members are suffering from worsened asthma from wildfire smoke and from extreme heat.
  • SEIU 509 members are suffering from worsened asthma from wildfire smoke and from extreme heat.
  • Our communities breathe the dirtiest air, have the highest asthma rates, we live in urban heat islands
  • For heart attacks, strokes, asthma exacerbations, kidney failure, and pregnancy complications.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The committee hearing focused on a broad set of climate, energy, and environmental justice proposals. Early testimony strongly supported the Climate Change Superfund or “Polluter Pays” bill (H.1014/S.58), which would assess the largest fossil fuel emitters for a one-time fee based on historic emissions to fund climate adaptation. Sponsors argued the bill is modeled on Superfund cleanup principles, would target only the largest multinational polluters, would not be passed on to consumers, and would direct a significant share of funds to environmental justice communities. Committee members asked about the number of companies covered, consumer impacts, and whether the bill would address other forms of environmental destruction; sponsors said it was limited to major fossil fuel companies with a Massachusetts footprint and did not cover other pollution sources. The committee also heard testimony on a fusion energy compact proposal (S.673) that would direct the administration to develop a framework for a New England regional compact to accelerate fusion research, workforce development, and supply-chain growth. Supporters from MIT and the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities said fusion could become a major clean-energy and economic opportunity, but acknowledged the technology is not yet commercially viable and still has unresolved technical, cost, and waste-management questions. Members pressed on environmental impacts, siting, waste, costs, and whether the bill would create a compact or only a framework; sponsors said it would only create the framework and that the administration would need to negotiate with other states. Another major topic was a pilot program for nature-based climate solutions (H.971/S.??), backed by legislators, Boston Harbor Now, and UMass Boston’s Stone Living Lab. Witnesses said the bill would help speed permits for research and demonstration projects such as living shorelines, marsh restoration, and hybrid “green-to-gray” flood protections, while maintaining safeguards and protecting Indigenous and historic resources. Committee members asked how the proposal would interact with other permitting reforms and whether it could conflict with housing or wetland-related streamlining; supporters said it was complementary and aimed at making projects faster, more affordable, and more data-driven. The hearing also covered climate-safe buildings and climate adaptation funding bills. Supporters of H.1004/S.583 said current building codes do not adequately account for future flooding, heat, and wind, and the bill would add climate expertise to the building board, allow stretch resilience codes, expand floodplain standards, and create a retrofit program. Related testimony backed H.938/S.572, which would create a dedicated climate and community resilience fund financed by a small fee on property insurance premiums; advocates said it would provide stable long-term revenue for adaptation, especially in environmental justice communities, and help replace unreliable federal funding. One witness from CLF supported the climate-safe buildings and funding bills but opposed S.560/H.939 as too broad. The committee also heard testimony on airport air-quality legislation (H.997) calling for more monitoring and mitigation of ultra-fine particulate pollution around Logan Airport and Massport communities. No votes were taken during the hearing.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House/Senate DFL Press Conference 5/15/25

Transcript Highlights:
  • we have is a party who is willing to take away insulin from diabetics, inhalers from people with asthma
  • :05:15.800> with diabetics, inhalers from people with diabetics, inhalers from people with asthma
  • > treatment<00:05:17.560> from<00:05:17.680> people<00:05:18.000> who asthma
  • , cancer treatment from people who asthma, cancer treatment from people who just<00:05:18.320> want
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: House and Senate DFL lawmakers, joined by Unidos Minnesota and other allies, held a press event responding to a budget deal they said would end MinnesotaCare coverage for roughly 20,000 undocumented adults at the end of the year while preserving coverage for children. Speakers, including Rep. Cedrick Frazier, Sen. Sandy Leafman, and Emilia Gonzalez Davalos, argued the agreement was cruel, would harm vulnerable families and essential workers, and was being justified under a false claim of fiscal responsibility. They said the affected people are Minnesota residents who work, pay taxes, and contribute to the state, and they rejected the idea that private insurance markets are a viable substitute. The speakers emphasized that many enrollees are receiving ongoing care such as cancer treatment, dialysis, insulin, and asthma medication, and warned that losing coverage would push people into emergency rooms and increase costs for hospitals and communities. They also said the deal set a dangerous precedent by using mixed-status families and undocumented workers as bargaining chips in negotiations. Several speakers framed the issue as part of broader attacks on immigrant communities at the federal and state levels. In response to questions, the lawmakers said they had not been given meaningful input on the agreement, that the DFL leadership had tried to make the “least harm” choice, and that the members speaking would vote no on the provision. They said their focus was on this specific health-care agreement rather than other budget bills, and they indicated the program’s cost was within projections, citing about 20,000 enrollees, roughly 17,000 adults, and spending under $4 million so far. The event ended with a call to continue fighting the deal and to pursue a Minnesota public option and broader long-term coverage solutions.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Energy and Natural Resources (03/19/2026)

Energy and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • asthma asthma and<01:42:14.600> other<01:42:14.760> respiratory<01:42:15.240> problems
  • <01:43:11.240> and<01:43:11.400> other, childhood asthma and other, childhood asthma
  • It causes asthma. It exacerbates respiratory problems.
  • asthma, particularly for children. asthma, particularly for children.
  • asthma? asthma?
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Morning Session Apr 7th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • He has severe asthma and allergies.
  • And so we actually did get a call around truancy, because when he has an asthma flare-up and he has so
  • It's really clear that he has asthma and allergies and the precautions.
  • He has severe asthma and allergies.
  • It's really clear that he has asthma and allergies and the precautions.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Jun 8th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Diesel school buses also lead to health impacts like asthma, heart damage, and lung disease, and this
  • Diesel school buses also lead to health impacts like asthma, heart damage, and lung disease, and this
  • Diesel school buses also lead to health impacts like asthma, heart damage, and lung disease, and this
  • earlier, to protecting human health, especially for children, and reducing impacts of things like asthma
  • and of course I'm sure you have the data to back up the health-related aspects for children with asthma
Keywords: 904, all
Summary: The House Transportation Committee held a work session focused heavily on Climate Commitment Act transportation spending and electrification programs. Staff first reviewed roughly $2.2 billion in CCA transportation allocations over three biennia, noting that the largest shares went to public transportation, active transportation, ferry electrification, ZEV programs, rail freight/ports, and planning, with about half of the electrification and fuel-conversion spending tied to state ferries. Members asked for more detail comparing CCA dollars with the broader transportation budget and for total project costs, not just CCA contributions. The Department of Ecology presented on the zero-emission school bus program. Ecology said the legislature codified the program in 2024 and requires electric buses once diesel and electric costs are equivalent, with exemptions available when electric buses cannot meet district needs. Ecology reported $38.3 million in CCA funding for 2025-27, with $21.4 million already obligated or spent to replace 91 diesel buses in 28 districts, plus additional federal EPA funding leveraged for 13 more buses. Members asked about health impacts, parity timing, rural route exemptions, charging and training costs, and whether the program includes infrastructure; Ecology said the grants cover buses, charging, and sometimes training, and that the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction is developing the cost-equivalency formula. The Department of Commerce described its clean transportation role, including EV rebates, charging infrastructure, tribal electric boats, and the EV Coordinating Council. Commerce said its rebate program was designed to lower monthly payments for low-income households, that 89% of recipients said the rebate was essential to their purchase, and that lease incentives helped draw additional federal dollars. Members asked about tribal boat details, utility interconnection and curtailment, range anxiety, and vandalism at charging stations; Commerce said battery storage and managed charging are being used in some projects, some utilities are more responsive than others, and vandalism remains a challenge. The Department of Enterprise Services reported 567 Level 2 and 46 Level 3 charging ports installed at 82 state sites, with 19 more sites in progress and over $100 million in additional candidate projects. DES said most funding is for new infrastructure, though some VW settlement money is used for replacements, and members asked about charger replacement needs, mobile charging, and EV fleet purchasing data. WSDOT then outlined its EV infrastructure and transit programs. It said the Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Partnership program has funded 23 new charging sites this biennium, including overburdened communities and tribal locations, and has supported 264 DC fast-charging ports statewide. WSDOT also described the new Washington Zero Emission Incentive Program, a point-of-sale voucher program for zero-emission commercial vehicles and equipment with $112 million available this biennium; it reported strong early demand, especially for off-road equipment and heavy trucks, and said technical assistance is being provided to help businesses participate. In public transportation, WSDOT said CCA funds support bus and bus facility grants, commute trip reduction, green transportation capital projects, paratransit, tribal transit, zero-emissions access car share, and other mobility projects, with most awards benefiting overburdened communities. Finally, WSDOT’s rail freight and ports division said port electrification projects are underway but spending is still low because of long design, permitting, utility, and supply-chain timelines; it estimated the $89.8 million program could reduce more than 140,000 metric tons of emissions over 10 years. Members questioned the pace of spending, the Northwest Seaport drayage project, and how state funds can leverage additional federal or port resources.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Texas Allergy Asthma and Immunology Society.
  • schools to voluntarily create a program whereby non-medical personnel could administer. emergency asthma
  • I, of course, can only speak to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation.
  • As we run, currently, the nation's largest school-based asthma intervention.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary May 4th, 2026 at 11:00 am

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • There could be other deductions for transportation costs, fixed medical, which are like braces or asthma
  • I noticed that it's daycare, insurance, transportation, medical costs like asthma, braces.
  • they were to make that appeal to a judge if they couched in such a way that says, 'My child may have asthma
Keywords: 914, all
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Health Policy Feb 18th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • SINUS INFECTIONS AND PROBLEMS COMPARED TO 11% OF THE GENERAL POPULATION. 10.9% OF NURSES REPORTED ASTHMA
  • WITH A PHYSICIAN TO ALTER AND MAKE CHANGES TO SOME DEGREE IN MEDICATIONS AND INCLUDING ARTHRITIS, ASTHMA
  • THESE CONDITIONS INCLUDED AS SENATOR HARRELL ALLUDED HYPERTENSION, DIABETES, ASTHMA OBESITY AMONG OTHERS
Keywords: 999, senate, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Communities where childhood asthma rates range from 20 to 35%.
  • We have the highest asthma hospitalization rate in the whole state of California.
  • I know what it means when a child's asthma goes untreated because their family lost Medicaid.
  • I know what it means when<02:37:34.160> a<02:37:34.399> child's<02:37:34.880> asthma
  • <02:38:05.439> You their child suffers from asthma. You their child suffers from asthma.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Most recently, the Trump administration's decision to cut nearly $1 million in critical asthma prevention
  • I lived at one time in the asthma capital of the United States.
  • At one time, the asthma capital of the United States of America. It's heartless.
  • services for those $47 million were designed to put in new HVAC systems in what has been deemed the asthma
  • the United States several years ago and continues to rank high as one of the most affected areas of asthma
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Senate convened with routine opening business, including the Pledge of Allegiance and the filing of several reports, such as the Parole Board’s 2023 annual report and a fiscal year 2025 prior-year deficiency report from the Comptroller. Those reports were ordered placed on file. The remainder of the session was devoted almost entirely to a series of brief statements by the Senate President and many senators responding to what they described as federal actions under the Trump administration, especially immigration enforcement without due process, court defiance, and broader threats to democratic norms. Senators repeatedly condemned the detention and deportation of immigrants, students, researchers, and even some U.S. citizens, citing specific Massachusetts cases including Ramesa Ozturk of Tufts, Juan Francisco Mendez, Sunua Petrova, and others. Members also raised concerns about cuts to federal funding affecting Massachusetts, including NIH and university research, asthma prevention, education, climate resilience, and veterans’ services. Several senators tied these issues to the state’s economy, higher education, health care, and immigrant communities, and many invoked Massachusetts and American history to argue for due process, the rule of law, and resistance to authoritarianism. A few policy responses were mentioned, including support for increasing funding for the Attorney General to handle lawsuits, and references to bills or proposals such as the Immigrant Legal Defense Act, the Dignity Not Deportation Act, the Safe Communities Act, and the Location Shield Act. The Senate President also referenced the chamber’s broader “Response 2025” initiative. No substantive legislation was debated or voted on during the statements themselves, aside from the adoption of an order to adjourn and the setting of the next meeting for Thursday at 11:00 a.m.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • No one here wants to see children or even babies suffer from air pollution and possibly get asthma.
  • As someone who lost family members from asthma and even, at one point, almost lost my own life from it
  • I live with asthma, and this year I've had to use my inhaler and my nebulizer more than I've ever had
  • You know, dealing with this and with asthma being pregnant is extremely difficult, which is why these
  • I live in the city with the highest asthma rates in the Commonwealth.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The hearing focused on the Healey-Driscoll administration’s Mass Ready Act, a $3 billion environmental bond bill. Administration officials said the bill would fund climate resilience, clean water, land conservation, parks, PFAS remediation, food security infrastructure, and coastal and inland flood protection, while also streamlining permitting for housing, restoration, and other resilience projects. They emphasized that the bond authorizes spending but does not itself obligate it, and said the proposal includes deauthorizations as housekeeping. Committee members asked about the new Resilience Revolving Fund, flood and drought management, MVP funding, land acquisition, Chapter 61 right-of-first-refusal changes, salt marsh carbon sequestration, and how the bill would help smaller municipalities and offset expected federal funding losses. Officials said the revolving fund would be managed through EEA and the Clean Water Trust, with criteria aimed at directing aid to communities most in need, and noted that drought issues would continue to be handled through existing DEP and drought commission tools. Several committee members and witnesses discussed specific policy provisions, including flood disclosure requirements for homebuyers and renters, expanded authority for regional planning and small-town access to grants, and permitting reforms that would exempt or expedite certain environmental restoration and priority housing projects from more time-consuming review processes. Administration witnesses defended the reforms as a way to achieve the same environmental outcomes faster and with more certainty, while some advocates argued the bill should go further, especially on Chapter 91 and restoration permitting. The administration also described investments in DCR facilities, water and wastewater systems, open space, agricultural easements, and a new focus on blue carbon and salt marsh restoration. Public testimony largely supported the bill. Mass Audubon, the Trustees of Reservations, the Environmental League of Massachusetts, The Nature Conservancy, MAPC, the Massachusetts Municipal Association, municipal officials, and others praised the bill’s resilience, conservation, and water infrastructure investments. Some witnesses urged additional funding for land protection, coastal resilience, buyouts, and restoration, and several called for stronger or simpler permitting reforms. Municipal witnesses from Boston, Beckett, Beverly, Conway, and regional planning organizations stressed the need for flexible financing, especially for small and rural communities facing costly infrastructure and climate adaptation projects. No votes were taken during the portion of the hearing provided; the committee heard testimony and asked questions before moving on to additional panels.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • we have is a party who was willing to take away insulin from diabetics, inhalers from people with asthma
  • :05:15.600> with diabetics, inhalers from people with diabetics, inhalers from people with asthma
  • > treatment<00:05:17.360> from<00:05:17.600> people<00:05:17.759> who asthma
  • , cancer treatment from people who asthma, cancer treatment from people who just<00:05:18.080> want
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • fossil fuels, meaning they cause far fewer additional bad things like air pollution, disease like asthma
  • things like air pollution the<00:03:21.599> disease<00:03:22.000> like<00:03:22.200> asthma
  • ><00:03:22.599> and<00:03:22.760> deaths<00:03:23.159> that the disease like asthma
  • and deaths that the disease like asthma and deaths that it<00:03:23.400> contributes<00:03:23.879
Keywords: 1183, house
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • ..and the Worcester Division of Public Health have revealed that 12% of school-aged children have asthma
  • There's a well-established connection between asthma and natural gas use for heating and cooking, which
  • Studies have linked the use of gas stoves to childhood asthma.
  • One in eight children in Massachusetts... ...have linked the use of gas stoves to childhood asthma.
  • One in eight children in Massachusetts has been diagnosed with asthma; this is higher than the national
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The hearing focused on several climate and utility-related bills, especially H. 3449/S. 2292 to expand the municipal fossil fuel-free building demonstration program from 10 to 20 communities and related home rule petitions for Somerville and other municipalities. Witnesses from Somerville, Salem, Worcester, Cambridge, Newton, Arlington, Wellesley, Watertown, and the Massachusetts Municipal Association argued that local governments should be allowed to opt into fossil fuel-free or net-zero building standards, citing climate goals, environmental justice concerns, housing production, and data showing all-electric construction can cost about the same as or less than mixed-fuel construction. Committee members repeatedly pressed witnesses for cost data and asked for written follow-up, while also discussing whether strong environmental standards affect housing supply; witnesses responded that the main housing constraints are financing and that they would provide more data from local projects and state studies. A second major topic was H. 3564, which would require gas companies to provide municipalities with detailed multi-year pipe replacement plans, allow local review and objections, and limit reimbursement for projects not previously disclosed except in emergencies. Municipal leaders and advocates said the bill would improve coordination of street work, reduce disruption and costs, and help cities plan for electrification, network geothermal, and non-pipeline alternatives. Testimony from Wellesley, Cambridge, Arlington, Newton, and others emphasized repeated problems with last-minute gas main work, the need for advance notice, and the value of municipal participation in planning gas system retirement and alternatives. The committee also heard testimony on the “tactical transition” bills, S. 2249/H. 3539, aimed at managing the gas-to-clean-energy transition. Supporters from Gas Transition Allies, Rewiring America, and 350 Mass said the bills would require joint gas-electric planning, create an advisory council, eliminate subsidies for new gas hookups, shift investment toward repairs and clean alternatives, protect workers through retraining, and make utility plans more transparent. They argued these changes would reduce ratepayer costs, avoid stranded gas assets, and support orderly decarbonization. In addition, HEET testified on H. 3541, which would update greenhouse gas accounting to better reflect methane’s short-term climate impact, and H. 3543, which would establish a framework for managing shared thermal resources and thermal energy networks; committee members asked several questions about the meaning, ownership, and consumer-cost implications of the proposed “thermal commons.” No votes were taken during the hearing.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, April 21, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Air pollution is known to cause and exacerbate asthma.
  • It means more asthma attacks, more heart attacks, more strokes, and more cancer diagnoses.
  • It means more asthma attacks, more heart attacks, more strokes, and more cancer diagnoses.
  • It means more asthma attacks, more heart attacks, more strokes, and more cancer diagnoses.
  • As the father of a son who struggles with asthma, no one wants clean air more than I do.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • Among many other things, we were able to get three major drug companies to lower the cost. cost of asthma
  • inhalers to $35, and that will mean a whole lot to millions of people suffering with asthma.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education Apr 23rd, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Alicia is a young girl with asthma.
  • so before connecting with our school-based health center, she missed school frequently because her asthma
  • Her asthma is better controlled. This resulted in something simple but powerful.
  • Alicia is a young girl with asthma.
  • Her asthma is better controlled. This resulted in something simple but powerful.
Summary: The committee first heard SB 206, which would require cardiovascular pre-screening and blood pressure testing for student athletes beginning in the 2026-2027 school year. Chairman Miller said the bill was prompted by concerns about undiagnosed hypertension and sudden cardiac arrest in young athletes, and Coach Marcus Scott testified about his own kidney transplant after years of untreated high blood pressure. Members asked about who would perform the screenings and how follow-up would work; the American Heart Association said existing athletic physical processes and referral networks could handle it. An amendment was adopted, and the committee reported SB 206 favorably as amended. The committee then took up SB 305, which would require a publicly available statewide career-alignment dashboard showing how degree programs connect to workforce outcomes, including completion, employment, wages, and high-demand jobs. Chairman Edmonds and student task force member Cruz Cassard said the goal was to help students understand job opportunities in Louisiana and reduce the number leaving the state after graduation. Workforce and higher education stakeholders supported the measure as a transparency and workforce-planning tool. The committee reported SB 305 favorably. Next, the committee considered HB 624, a school safety cleanup bill updating references from crisis management plans to emergency operations plans and aligning school emergency language with national standards. Representative Johnson and the Louisiana Center for Safe Schools said the bill would not create new mandates or costs, but would clarify existing requirements. The committee reported HB 624 favorably. The committee then heard HB 1022, as substituted, concerning school-based health care services. Representative Jackson said the bill was intended to clarify that medical decisions in school-based health centers should be made by licensed health professionals, not school staff, while preserving parental consent. Testimony from school-based health center providers supported the bill, but several members raised concerns about consent, parental authority, and whether the language shifted too much responsibility away from schools; the Charter School Association suggested adding more collaborative language. After discussion, the committee adopted the substitute and reported HB 1022 favorably by a 10-4 vote.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Health and Mental Health Apr 23rd, 2026

Health and Mental Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Madam Chair, you know, our daughter has asthma and we had to do the nebulizer mask several times, right
  • But most families don't have that ability, and if you've seen a child with asthma, you don't have much
  • albuterol and ipratropium if they are having a dangerous reaction to a disease state such as RSV or an asthma
Summary: The House Committee on Health and Mental Health heard public testimony on House Concurrent Resolution 42, Senate Bill 878, House Resolution 538, and House Resolution 4661. HCR 42 would urge Congress to support programs intended to reduce prescription drug costs for Medicaid and Medicare patients; the sponsor said it would help elderly and low-income residents, while an opponent argued the referenced program can cost more than alternatives like GoodRx or local pharmacy pricing. No votes were taken on HCR 42, and the hearing closed after no one appeared in support, opposition, or for information. Senate Bill 878, a pharmacist practice act bill, drew the most discussion. The sponsor said it would codify pandemic-era flexibilities for pharmacists, including administering certain vaccines, providing medication therapy services, dispensing some medical devices, and allowing over-the-counter access to ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine with warning labels and standardized procedures. Supporters from pharmacy chains and the Missouri Pharmacy Association said the bill improves access, especially in rural areas, and keeps pharmacists working at the top of their training. Opponents raised concerns about vaccine authority shifting from the governor to boards, the safety and efficacy of ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, and the adequacy of warning labels. The committee heard testimony but did not take a vote. The committee also heard two awareness resolutions. House Resolution 538 would designate May 2026 as ALS Awareness Month and call for support of ALS research and advocacy; members spoke in favor, citing the severity of the disease and the need for early access to communication technology and support services. House Resolution 4661 would encourage screening and public education about chronic kidney disease, especially for high-risk patients such as those with diabetes or hypertension, and would ask the Department of Health and Senior Services to consider public-private education efforts. Both resolutions were presented as nonbinding awareness measures, and no votes were taken before the committee adjourned.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Commerce (04/01/2025)

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have some of the highest asthma rates in the country.
  • We have some of the highest asthma rates in the country.
  • We have some of the highest asthma rates in the country.
  • looking at New Hampshire's asthma looking at New Hampshire's asthma rates.<01:21:36.000> We
  • One way asthma rates in the country.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all