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• We identified four key competencies that we have.
• I'm not sure if you can answer.
• So, that's one of the key cogs in the film industry that has been missing.
• Madam Chair, I think I'm just here to answer any questions.
• So I'm happy to answer any questions. Do I have a motion to endorse this?

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• I can answer probably to this framework.
• I if I'm happy to answer any questions.
• So, one of the key distinctions, I know Senator Re was about to ask that, but one of the key distinctions
• So, one of the key as TIFF districts.
• about to ask that, but one of the um key about to ask that, but one of the um key distinctions<01

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• <00:05:05.160> any I'd be happy to answer any I'd be happy to answer any questions<00:05:07.120
• Thank you to whoever wants to answer.
• Any proposed changes to the 48-hour rule is a key component of the County Coalition, but also is key
• And the answer was no, we don't.
• I think that answers the question. If I didn't answer the right way, let me know.

Bills: HF2196, HF2586, HF2187, HF2037

Keywords: mental health, emotional disturbance, terminology update, statutory cleanup, conforming amendments, children's mental health, serious mental illness, severe emotional disturbance, case management, residential treatment, outpatient services, crisis services, health plan coverage, antipsychotic drugs, medical assistance, Medicaid, foster care, juvenile court, school discipline, county board

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• I'll let Ismael put his answer to that.
• And the key highlight here is at the bottom of the table.
• The unsatisfying answer to your question is it depends.
• Madam Chair, I think watching Unemployment is key here.
• Whether they have or not, let me answer this a different way.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Oh, can I answer? Are you done? >> It's a question. >> Okay.
• answer? Are you done? answer? Are you done?
• So to answer your question, Senator, the guns were included.
• I think the key is probably about guns.
• <01:14:25.600> non the key the key words are non the key the key words are non nonstructural

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Let him answer, Madam chair, but we'll try to we'll try to answer questions in short order. >> Thank
• That's a key attribute for budget across the state.
• So again, I hope I'm answering your question.
• And so that's really been the key thing.
• But it that is that's the short answer is right.

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• I'm happy to answer any questions and I believe we have some, I'm happy to answer any questions and I
• That's the key word, discretion. It's not a mandate.
• Thank you for your time, and I'm happy to answer any questions. Thank you so much, members.
• Happy to answer questions. Thank you for being here. Members, are there any questions?
• I'm not sure and I don't want to answer. I know.

Bills: HB153

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• So just to answer your question, thank you all for the information.
• I lost my car keys, and it's one of those push-button keys for the car, and I Have no idea.
• That they've been able to, their revenue, that also answers it?
• I couldn't give you an answer.
• And you answered that call because you care.

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• kind of explains that kind of the key kind of explains that kind of the key here<00:03:16.360>
• Yeah, thank you for that answer. I appreciate it.
• Yeah, thank you for that answer. I appreciate it.
• Don't answer.<01:04:41.200> Uh,<01:04:41.280> don't<01:04:41.520> answer<01:04:41.760
• answer. Uh, don't answer that. answer. Uh, don't answer that.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on House File 5055, the governor’s supplemental tax budget. Commissioner of Revenue Paul Marquart outlined the proposal as a balanced budget package that would leave a positive bottom line in the current biennium and beyond. He emphasized family-focused tax relief, especially a new refundable young child credit for children ages 0 to 4, which would provide up to $3,000 for one child or $6,000 for two or more, benefit about 104,000 families, and phase out at higher incomes. He also described federal conformity changes, including updates to business interest deductions, dependent care credits, and Section 179 expensing, along with omitted federal items such as research expensing and opportunity zones due to cost and policy concerns. Marquart also defended broader tax modernization proposals, including expanding the sales tax to selected consumer services such as accounting, banking, brokerage, and legal services while lowering the statewide sales tax rate, and creating a social media tax on consumer data collection that would fund an AI readiness special revenue fund rather than the general fund. He said these changes would make the sales tax less regressive and better aligned with the modern economy. Additional provisions mentioned included a gun-related gross receipts tax on firearms and ammunition, cannabis tax technical changes, historic structure rehabilitation conformity, and added auditors for tax compliance. Testimony from outside groups was mixed. Nan Madden of the Minnesota Budget Project supported the governor’s approach as a response to federal tax and spending changes, praised the decision not to conform to opportunity zones or federal no-tax-on-tips/overtime provisions, and urged even stronger revenue measures. Brian Lake of the Minnesota State Bar Association strongly opposed the proposed sales tax on consumer legal services, arguing it would burden low- and middle-income people in sensitive cases and create unfairness when individuals litigate against the state. Tanner Fritsinger of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees supported the sales tax base expansion and the social media tax as ways to broaden revenue without raising the base rate. The committee chair thanked the commissioner and then began hearing public testimony, with additional testifiers queued up.

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• But the key information, the key knowledge that I gained over the years was that if they're going to
• 28.000> I information the key knowledge that I information the key knowledge that I gained<00:
• Um so I think the key things. Yes.
• Yes, the answer is yes.
• like to answer some of these questions. like to answer some of these questions.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee continued work on Senate Bill 297 and a new amendment dealing with pooled risk management programs and whether they should be regulated under the insurance department. Lisa Duket, executive director of SchoolCare, testified at length that the draft language could allow co-mingling of public entity risk funds, could trigger producer-licensing requirements for staff who are not actually brokers, and may not fit public entity risk pools because they are not insurance companies. She also raised concerns about the March 1 reporting deadline, the proposed uniform accounting language, aggregate excess insurance, examination costs being charged to the program, and confidentiality provisions that she argued may conflict with right-to-know principles for public entities. She urged the committee to slow down and consider a study committee or more time for review, saying the regulated entities were not adequately involved in drafting the proposal. Chairman Hunt and the department responded that the bill is intended to create a licensure-based regulatory model, similar to other licensed industries, and that the pooled risk management program would be exempt from producer licensing while anyone else selling or negotiating such coverage would need a producer license. The department said failure to comply would be handled through an administrative licensing process, with denial or nonrenewal of a license and appeal through the department process. On the reporting deadline, the department said March 1 is a standard filing date used for financial analysis and that the filing can be the most recent annual report, regardless of fiscal year end. They also explained that the confidentiality language was taken from existing RSA 5B, that aggregate excess insurance was included as a solvency measure, and that the draft was intended to preserve familiar language while adapting it for pooled risk programs. The discussion did not include a final vote or formal action on the bill in the portion provided. The committee appeared to be compiling follow-up questions for the insurance department and considering whether additional revisions or a slower process would be needed before moving the bill forward.

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• for them or answer them and work with them on there.
• revenue um I don't have any good answers revenue um I don't have any good answers but<00:32:23.320
• Chair, sure, and I'll do the best I can to answer that.
• <01:28:16.400> I chair um and I appreciate your answer I chair um and I appreciate your answer
• Department of Agriculture that does conservation work, is one of the key partners.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Thank you again for your time, and I look forward to answering any questions.
• However, I would be happy to answer any questions that the committee may have.
• I concur with many speakers who have spoken on the importance of key elements.
• I'm happy to answer any questions the committee may have.
• We would be happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Questions from the committee?

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.

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• Years later, in 2010, the legislature recognized two key things.
• H. 726 and S. 409 are the other key school improvement bills.
• H. 726 and S. 409 are the other key school improvement bills.
• Yes, I think that's the right answer. Okay, Representative Cruz, you got your answer.
• Is it okay to answer yours after my testimony?

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Education heard testimony on several bills centered on school accountability, receivership, graduation requirements, charter school access, community schools, school libraries, and student voting rights. Much of the discussion focused on the Thrive Act, S. 374, which would end state receivership and change the state’s accountability approach. Supporters, including educators, parents, advocacy groups, and students, argued that receivership has not improved outcomes in districts such as Lawrence, Holyoke, Southbridge, Boston, and the Dever, and that local communities should have more control, with greater emphasis on community schools, wraparound services, and broader measures of school quality. They also supported related bills on community schools and school library standards, and several witnesses backed a bill to expand student representative voting rights on school committees. Opponents of S. 374, especially charter school leaders, parents, students, and some education advocates, focused on Section 4 of the bill, which would change the charter school net school spending cap in the lowest-performing districts. They argued that the provision would reduce access to charter seats in communities where families are seeking more options, and that schools such as Roxbury Prep, Excel Academy, Brook, Veritas Prep, and Libertas Academy have produced strong results for students, including students of color, low-income students, and students with special needs. Several witnesses said the section would force schools to shrink or close and would remove opportunities for families in districts with long waitlists. Committee members questioned witnesses on both the effectiveness of receivership and the charter school cap language. Chair Lewis and Chair Gordon emphasized the need for a better accountability system and noted concerns about whether current measures, including MCAS-based designations, accurately reflect school quality. Some witnesses said they had discussed the possibility of removing Section 4 from the Thrive Act and suggested it might be addressed in separate charter reform legislation. No votes were taken during the hearing; testimony was received and the committee later closed testimony on S. 374 and several related bills before moving on to the student voting rights bill, S. 367.

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• Let me just answer that with my own personal opinion.
• I apologize if this has been answered before, but I always forget this.
• I think there's two answers.
• And here's the key distinction.
• Yeah, I don't want to answer a bunch of questions about technical stuff.

Summary: The Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee met to hear a series of presentations on the economics, financing, workforce, and community impacts of advanced nuclear deployment in North Dakota. William Bridge of Nucleon Energy presented the committee’s economic impacts and private-sector financing report, estimating construction and operating job impacts, local spending, and state/local tax effects for hypothetical SMR projects. He said the report assumes first-of-a-kind costs are still high, used a $6 million per megawatt nth-of-a-kind proxy, and estimated peak construction workforces of about 500 for a 200-MW plant and 1,000 for a larger facility, with roughly 100 operating jobs for a 200-MW plant. Committee members questioned security costs, capital cost assumptions, water and transmission siting constraints, and whether the model included fuel and waste; Bridge said the report included initial fuel in capital cost and that waste disposal is funded through existing federal mechanisms. Lori Brady of the Nuclear Energy Institute then outlined national nuclear workforce needs and NEI’s strategic workforce planning efforts. She described declining labor-force participation, retirements, and the need for a much larger future workforce, and said NEI has organized recommendations around career awareness, pipelines, training and qualification, policy support, retention, and nontraditional recruitment. She highlighted tools such as the Nuclear Works career website, the Nuclear Energy Academic Roadmap, the new federal Energy and Natural Resources career cluster, and the Nuclear Uniform Curriculum Program for community colleges. Members asked about AI, timing for training relative to plant development, and whether advanced manufacturing would reduce staffing needs; Brady said AI is not expected to replace workers and that training timelines depend on the specific project and staffing plan. The committee also heard from Gary Yaco, mayor of Red Wing, Minnesota, who described Prairie Island’s role in his community. He said the plant provides a large share of local property tax revenue, supports well-paid jobs, contributes to emergency preparedness funding and training, and is broadly supported by the city despite periodic protests and public concerns. He emphasized the plant’s security, regular drills with local and federal responders, and the absence of problems with dry cask storage. Later, Benton Arnett of NEI discussed the current financing landscape for advanced nuclear, explaining how tax credits, federal loan support, off-take agreements, and new business models are helping projects move forward. He said early projects face high upfront costs and long lead-time procurement, but that investor confidence is improving as federal policy and regulatory streamlining continue. The committee asked about waste funding, comparisons with natural gas, the effect of political shifts on investor confidence, and whether the market will narrow to a few winning technologies; Arnett said the industry is still sorting that out, but expects clearer winners in the late 2020s and early 2030s. The meeting concluded with an introductory presentation from Julie Kazeraki of DOE’s Office of Energy Dominance Financing, who said the office is focused on accelerating nuclear deployment through financing support.

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• D.H.S. and I.C.E. have not adequately answered our questions.
• Tonight, we will answer what the people are asking for: what are we doing?
• He answered the call. His legacy extended beyond the battlefield.
• They are key to propelling, like...
• These public-private partnerships are key. It's not just a government program.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, February 24, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Turning to page three, you'll see the key features and purposes.
• Senator Campos could answer this for us because he's done so much of this work over the years.
• You don't have to give long answers.
• I think that answers it pretty good.
• So thank you for that answer.

Bills: HB1

Keywords: feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting

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• Did that answer your question, Senator Lewick? Madam Chairman, no, it doesn't.
• Or the answer is: it depends. It depends on the cooling methods that the data center uses.
• Or the answer is it depends. Depends on the cooling methods that the data center uses.
• With that, I would like to answer any questions you may have. Thank you for your attention.
• So is that answering your question?

Keywords: 908, all

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• Keys, for that excellent presentation.
• Keys, thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• I can't give you the exact answer to that.
• I can't give you the exact answer to that.
• I can't give you the exact answer to that.

Keywords: Meeting Start: 01:24 Attendance Roll Call: 01:44 KY Association for Career & Technical Education: 03:40 Senate Concurrent Resolution 43 (Sen. West): 10:42 Senate Bill 77 (Sen. Deneen ): 31:26 Senate Bill 120 (Sen. Chambers Armstrong): 35:04 Adjournment: 51:44, 958, all

Summary: The Senate Education Committee met with a quorum and heard a presentation from Parker Keys, Northern Kentucky State Vice President for Kentucky FFA, on the value of career and technical education (CTE). He highlighted enrollment of more than 143,000 secondary students in CTE, work-based learning, dual credit, industry certifications, and the role of student organizations such as DECA, FBLA, FCCLA, FFA, Educators Rising, TSA, and SkillsUSA. Senators praised CTE as important for workforce readiness and resume building, and encouraged continued engagement with the committee. The committee then considered Senate Concurrent Resolution 43, sponsored by Senator Steve West, supporting a Southern Regional Education Board initiative to expand crisis counseling and recovery support for schools and colleges after tragedies and disasters. Dr. Steven Puit and Linda Tyrie described a regional network of trained counselors modeled on Kentucky’s response after Marshall County, emphasizing long-term recovery, psychological first aid, and deployment support for up to a year after an event. Members spoke in strong support, citing the lasting impact of Marshall County and Heath, and the resolution passed 13-0 and was reported favorably. Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 77, a cleanup bill relating to the Education Professional Standards Board. Senator Matt Deneen and Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges and Universities representative Mr. Dyer explained that the bill clarifies that small independent colleges and universities may designate a qualified education department representative, not only a chief academic officer, to serve on the board. The committee adopted a committee substitute by voice vote, and the substitute was approved.

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• Thank you, Chairman, and thank you for your answers.
• They developed their own sort of key program.
• Thank you for your answers.
• So, our first key initiative is improved performance.
• My answer to your question directly is we don't answer to Necessarily, we have classified and exempt

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• I mean, the advising function is essentially the answer to that question.
• So, to first answer your question, we believe it's working Chairman.
• And innovation has been the key to doing that. Dr.
• So, our three key, we have several asks but I want to focus on three. in particular.
• So that's the first. answer.

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