Video & Transcript Research : 'genocide'
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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, September 8, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I rose today to speak out against the genocide occurring in Gaza against the Palestinians.
- Recently, the international Association of Genocide Scholars added their voices on the genocide, and
- Let's use our leverage to pressure him not to commit genocide in Gaza.
- Let's use our leverage to pressure him not to commit genocide in Gaza.
- Let's use our leverage to pressure him not to commit genocide in Gaza.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, February 16, 2026 - PM
Labor, Health & Social Services
Transcript Highlights:
- after the command, thou shalt not murder, is uh he God ordered the Israelites to go out and commit genocide
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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Select Committee On Racism, Hate, And Xenophobia Jun 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- In other words, these statements, which are now ingrained into the mainstream—whether it's white genocide
- fired for expressing solidarity with innocent Palestinians, protesters disciplined for opposing genocide
- report found that Muslims were increasingly targeted not just for their faith, but for their anti-genocide
- We ask this legislature to publicly affirm that speaking up against genocide is constitutionally We ask
- this Legislature to publicly affirm that speaking up against genocide is constitutionally protected
Summary:
The Select Committee on Hate, Racism, and Xenophobia met to examine the scope of hate activity in California and hear from state agencies, commissions, and community organizations. The chair opened by framing hate as a persistent crisis affecting many protected groups, and Assembly Member Gonzalez briefly joined the committee. The first panel included the California Department of Justice and the California Commission on the State of Hate, both of which presented recent data and policy recommendations.
The Department of Justice reported that in 2024 California saw 2,023 reported hate crime events, 2,568 hate crime offenses, and 2,491 victims, with anti-Black bias remaining the most common category, followed by anti-Jewish and anti-Latino bias. DOJ also said referrals for prosecution increased, and it described its hate-crimes guidance, rapid response protocol, and multilingual resources. The Commission on the State of Hate said hate is undercounted in law enforcement data and cited a survey suggesting about 2.6 million Californians experienced at least one hate act in a year, including more than half a million potentially criminal incidents. It recommended permanent data infrastructure, mandatory law enforcement training, and continued funding for community-based prevention and victim support.
The committee then heard testimony from representatives of the NAACP, LULAC, Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California, CHIRLA, Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California, CARE, Equality California, and the Racial Equity Commission. Witnesses described systemic racism, anti-immigrant enforcement, antisemitism, Islamophobia, anti-Asian bias, and anti-LGBTQ+ hate, often linking these harms to political rhetoric, social media, and federal actions. They urged the Legislature to fund programs such as California vs. Hate, Stop the Hate, nonprofit security grants, language access, school and mental health supports, and legal assistance, while also protecting civil rights, due process, and free speech. No formal votes or committee actions were taken during the hearing, but members indicated they would request additional recommendations and continue the discussion in future hearings.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/25/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- Following the genocidal policies to remove Dakota people from the state, our language has become critically
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policies <00:05:28.720>to Following the uh genocidal policies to Following the uh genocidal - And because of native people, because of the genocide that happened, a lot of native people don't really
- And because of native people, because of the genocide that happened, a lot of native people don't really
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Apr 7th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Everybody on this floor unanimously two years ago. passed the 1984 Sikh Genocide Resolution.
- importance, that pushback to directly label that the events that happened in 1984 were in fact a Sikh genocide
- Room 317 we have refreshments and an exhibit on the 1984 Sikh genocide.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, September 18, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- of Genocide Scholars resolution on Gaza. of Genocide Scholars resolution on Gaza.
- This is a genocide.
- report on the crime of genocide in Gaza. report on the crime of genocide in Gaza.
- This is a genocide. two years. This is a genocide.
- For humanity's sake, we must act now. this genocide. They know what their own this genocide.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 3, 2026 - 08:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- I am a genocide survivor. Aminah Spike: It has defined a lot of my childhood.
- There are ten steps to a genocide Aminah Spike: and I went to study genocide in grad school, and I think
- This is a widely accepted framework for genocide. And we are basically at step one with this bill.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House higher education panel questions U of M representatives about award 1/23/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Commissioner and also co-creator of the Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships, and World Without Genocide
- Commissioner and also co-creator of the Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships, and World Without Genocide
- Commissioner and also co-creator of the Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships, and World Without Genocide
- Commissioner and also co-creator of the Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships, and World Without Genocide
- World Without Genocide, Hila Mays, who was a planner with the City of Minneapolis; David Benson, a former
Summary:
The committee heard testimony from Amber Cameron of the University of Minnesota’s Office for Public Engagement about the University’s Outstanding Community Service Awards and, specifically, the community partner award given to Communities United Against Police Brutality in 2021 and 2024. Cameron explained that the awards program recognizes faculty, staff, students, and community partners, that nominations are reviewed by University selection committees using criteria such as positive societal impact, innovation, extraordinary results, and overall impression, and that the committee evaluates only the application materials. She said the nomination for Communities United Against Police Brutality described a long-standing partnership with the University through student learning, including work through the Center for Community-Engaged Learning and a student white paper connected to the passage of Travis’s Law.
Committee members raised concerns about the organization’s history, its public messaging, and whether it was appropriate for the University to honor it. One member argued that the group’s IRS records showed it was formally organized in 2020, questioned claims that it had existed for 25 years, and objected to the organization’s letterhead and activism. Cameron responded that the award does not require formal tax status and that the selection process relies on the nomination packet rather than outside information. She also said the award nomination documented work with 130 course offerings across 17 academic departments and about 1,000 students over 24 years.
Cameron further said the award program was being phased out and retooled into a new internal Engaged Scholar Awards program focused on community-engaged scholarship rather than volunteer service. No vote or formal action was taken during the exchange, and the discussion ended with questions about the nomination materials and how the University defines the organization’s work with students and faculty.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
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- The industrial genocide emerged.
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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Apr 7th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Everybody on this floor unanimously, two years ago, passed the 1984 Sikh genocide resolution.
- To directly label that the events that happened in 1984 were, in fact, a Sikh genocide, a targeted attempt
- Room 317, we have refreshments and an exhibit on the 1984 Sikh genocide.
Summary:
The Assembly met on March 6, 2025, after a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance. Members then made a series of guest introductions recognizing Vaisakhi celebrations, nonprofit leaders from San Joaquin County, immigrant and refugee advocate Liu Yang, students from Somerdale Elementary School, Trustee Sylvia Leong, and a Leadership Torrance delegation. The chamber also took up several procedural motions, including a successful motion to withdraw SB 100 from Budget Committee and send it to the second reading file, and unanimous consent to re-refer several Assembly bills to different committees.
On the floor, members considered a number of bills and resolutions. AB 238 on wildfire relief, providing up to a year of mortgage forbearance for fire-impacted homeowners, passed with urgency. AB 373 on client-directed representation for non-minor dependents in foster care passed unanimously, as did AB 287 requiring accessible parking for curbside voting at vote centers. AB 628, requiring new residential leases to include a working refrigerator and stove, passed 49-8. ACR 15 designating April 15 as California Propane Day was adopted by voice vote after adding 55 co-authors. AB 483, requiring disclosure and limiting fees for early termination in fixed-term installment contracts, passed 43-11. AB 234, an urgency bill allowing the Assembly Speaker and Senate Pro Tem or their designees to sit on the Fair Plan governing committee, passed 60-0.
The Assembly also heard several adjournment-in-memory tributes, including for Gustavo Camacho Lopez, retired firefighter William Brett Potter, and Rob Ashley. The day concluded with announcements of committee meetings and the next floor session schedule, followed by adjournment until April 10, 2025, at 9 a.m. A later vote change noted Assembly Member McKinnor changed her vote on AB 483 from aye to not voting.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, September 11, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The president doesn't deserve the Nobel Peace Prize because he has sanctioned genocide in Gaza.
- And not one resolution to condemn the genocide taking place in Gaza. Not one.
- the genocide that's taking place. the genocide that's taking place.
- is something other than genocide. is something other than genocide. It<03:25:19.120>
is. - And it didn't merit genocide. Those are crimes against humanity.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
January 21, 2026 - 01:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- It is no business of the State of Florida to be supporting what's clearly an agenda of the genocidal
- The Arab Alliance supports the peace resolution and it would end the genocide.
- A people who have been victims of one of the largest genocides we have seen in recent history.
- The US is now doing that again across the world and are part of the genocide going on.
PA
Transcript Highlights:
- clerk will read a summary of the resolution: A resolution designating May 19, 2026, as Pontian Greek Genocide
- A resolution designating May 19, 2026, as Pontian Greek Genocide Remembrance Day in Pennsylvania, introduced
- That's recognizing and commemorating the victims and survivors of the Pontian Greek genocide.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, journal approvals, quorum call, and a series of guest recognitions, including students, interns, local officials, and advocates visiting the chamber. Members also announced caucus and committee meetings, and the House recessed before returning later in the day for floor action.
After reconvening, the House adopted several committee reports and then considered a series of resolutions and bills. It adopted House Resolution 462, designating May 17, 2026, as World Neurofibromatosis Awareness Day, and House Resolution 553, designating May 19, 2026, as Pontian Greek Genocide Remembrance Day, both by 200-2 votes. The chamber also agreed to House Bill 733 on marriage ceremony law, House Bill 2529 on scheduling metatomidine as a Schedule 3 controlled substance, and Senate Bill 1294 on civil penalties for unlicensed commercial driving schools.
The House then debated House Bill 2359 on data center nondisclosure agreements and related amendments. One amendment requiring hyperscale data centers to pay their own energy and infrastructure costs failed on a 101-101 tie, while another amendment to make the bill effective immediately passed 201-1 and a third amendment to protect trade secrets failed 87-115. The bill itself was agreed to after amendment. The House also approved House Bill 2455 on collective bargaining rights for Pittsburgh school administrators, House Bill 2499 on State Workers Insurance Fund investment authority, Senate Bill 604 joining the Counseling Compact, and House Bill 1006 on penalties against abusive towing practices, with one agreed-to amendment added.
Several measures then passed finally by recorded vote: House Bill 2014 on opportunities for minors in emergency service organizations, House Bill 2037 on cryptocurrency-related ethics restrictions for public officials, House Bill 2512 prohibiting ride-share pricing based on certain device conditions, House Bill 2644 authorizing capital bridge projects, and House Bill 2559 on Millersville University and other conveyances. House Bill 2559 drew floor criticism from Representative Conklin over the state land conveyance process, though it still passed 154-48. Before adjournment, the House recommitted several bills to Appropriations, removed additional Senate bills from the table calendar, and adjourned until June 30, 2026, at 11 a.m.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- To me, that sounds like genocide.
- To me, that sounds like genocide.
- members on the other side of the aisle that bring up ridiculous, ridiculous arguments and talk about genocide
- My gosh, no one here is talking about genocide.
- Talk about gaslighting, astroturfing, genocide.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, September 2, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We must stand for human rights and against genocide.
- I reserve the balance of my time. systemic campaign of genocide. The systemic campaign of genocide.
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I human rights and against genocide. I human rights and against genocide. - I thank Xiinping's genocidal campaign.
- I yield silent in the face of genocide.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Floor Session 4/30/25 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Whereas over 1,500,000 Cambodians lost their lives, including civilians, during the Cambodian genocide
- the including civilians, during the including civilians, during the Cambodian<00:28:08.159>
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perpetrated <00:28:09.679>by <00:28:09.840>the Cambodian genocide - perpetrated by the Cambodian genocide perpetrated by the Kmir<00:28:10.559>
Rouge.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 34 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Representatives Siro of Westford and Muradian of Grafton, commemorating the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
- , and resolutions. ...commemorating the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, and resolutions filed
Summary:
The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and adopted two ceremonial resolutions: one commemorating the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and another honoring the Veterans Brotherhood VMC, Massachusetts chapter for its service to veterans. The Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling then reported several local bills for consideration, including measures on recall elections in Rutland, oversight of the Boston Finance Commission, manufactured housing payments in Attleboro, validation of Stow proceedings, public meeting notices in Uxbridge, firefighter appointment age limits in Westfield, and special police appointments in Norwood. These bills were read a second time and ordered to a third reading without objection.
The House then took up several local bills on third reading and passed them to be engrossed, including bills concerning wastewater treatment in Sandwich, preliminary elections in Longmeadow, additional liquor licenses in Southbridge, and an additional liquor license in Salem. The chamber also welcomed guests of Representative Sylvia of Fall River, including election officials from Fall River and Freetown, and briefly recessed subject to the call of the Chair.
The major statewide item was House No. 5350, an act modernizing the Commonwealth’s cannabis laws. Because it required a separate constitutional vote on the emergency preamble, members voted by division and the preamble was adopted by a 3-0 tally. The bill then passed to be enacted. The House adopted the order to meet again Monday at 11 a.m. and adjourned accordingly.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Government, Elections And Indian Affairs Feb 6th, 2026 at 08:32 am
House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- sterilization is considered a crime against humanity under international law and also constituting genocide
- , both biological and cultural genocide in certain contexts.
- sure that we have that information so that it does not happen again because it is, like you said, genocidal
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Sep 10th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- SB 472, which will remind all California public schools about state law regarding Holocaust and genocide
- In 2021, Governor Newsom launched the Governor's Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education to address
- the rise in hate and declining youth awareness about the Holocaust and other genocides.
- Last year, the council released the largest statewide study on the status of Holocaust and genocide education
- in California, and although California has required Holocaust and genocide education in public schools
Summary:
The Assembly convened, initially lacked a quorum, then returned to session with prayer, pledge, and a moment of silence for Charlie Kirk following news of his shooting. Members then handled a series of procedural motions, including suspending rules, moving several bills to the inactive file, re-referring bills to committees, and authorizing committee meetings. The chamber also observed adjournments in memory for several individuals, including Ermilo Don Rodas, John Burton, Nina Chomsky, and Barbara “Bobby” Samperey.
On the floor file, members considered and passed a long list of Senate bills, largely on bipartisan or unanimous votes. Topics included consumer protection and transparency for self-storage contracts (SB 709), adoption jurisdiction (SB 450), privacy and name/image protections (SB 683), an audit of the February 2025 bar exam (SB 47), data broker transparency (SB 361), used-car buyer protections (SB 76), state parks land acquisition streamlining (SB 630), cemetery work group deadlines (SB 777), financial enforcement authority (SB 825), utility outage reporting and reliability planning (SB 292), vital records confidentiality (SB 313), health care coverage and hormone therapy access (SB 418), workplace outreach (SB 578), Holocaust and genocide education (SB 472), county jail treatment for misdemeanor incompetency cases (SB 820), and AI companion chatbot safeguards for minors and self-harm risks (SB 243). Most measures passed with little or no opposition, though SB 578 drew sharp debate over the workplace outreach program and its funding.
The Assembly also took up concurrence items and approved numerous Assembly bills with Senate amendments. These included transparency in legislative nondisclosure agreements (AB 1370), affordable faculty/staff housing provisions at community colleges (AB 648), tribal youth foster care reforms (AB 1378), EV charger payment regulations (AB 1423), technical Political Reform Act changes (AB 1511), diacritical marks on vital records (AB 64), reproductive health protections with urgency (AB 260), union and collective bargaining protections (AB 288), bench trial statement-of-decision streamlining (AB 515), agricultural land stewardship (AB 524), geothermal exploratory project rules (AB 527), Medi-Cal field medicine changes (AB 543), tobacco-related provisions (AB 573), social media platform rules (AB 656), state parks transaction reporting (AB 679), professional licensing changes (AB 742), and child care staffing and assistant teacher pathways with urgency (AB 753). Votes were generally strong, with several measures passing unanimously or near-unanimously.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- The report labeled the system as genocide.
- In 2022, Pope Francis referred to the practice as genocide.
- 3, sections A through E, of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
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