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• at the University of Washington, Harvard, and Cambridge and worked as an official in the Shanghai foreign
• worked as an official in<00:03:39.519> the<00:03:39.640> Shanghai<00:03:40.080> foreign
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Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened with 24 members present and one excused, approved the previous day’s Journal, and heard several introductions. Senator Hashimoto welcomed a visiting Kukui Fellowship Program cohort from Maui, and Senator Chang delivered a tribute honoring the late University of Hawaii Professor Daniel W. Kwak, highlighting his scholarship in Asian studies, his teaching career, and the journalism fellowship and China seminar he founded. A late introduction also recognized retired UH communications professor Gerald Kato for his work in journalism policy. The chamber then processed messages and communications, including Governor’s nominations to boards and commissions, House communications returning Senate bills, and a Judiciary communication transmitting the nomination of Sonia H. Toma to the Family Court of the Second Circuit. The Senate adopted Standing Committee Reports Nos. 1369 and 1370, agreed to disagree with House amendments to Senate Bill 108, and received notice that conferees would be named later. House concurrent resolutions transmitted from the House were referred to committee. On third reading, the Senate passed House Bill 994, HD1, relating to promoting pornography to minors, and House Bill 1175, relating to tax appeal procedures, both by unanimous consent with 24 ayes and no reservations. The Senate also granted a waiver of referral for a list of Senate concurrent resolutions and Senate resolutions so they could meet an upcoming deadline. The President thanked staff for the job fair and noted its value for employees whose service would end at adjournment. The Senate then adjourned until 11:30 a.m. on Monday, March 31st.

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• institutions of higher education from soliciting. or accepting gifts, grants, or donations from certain foreign
• Miller relating to the purchase or acquisition of a title of real property by certain foreign entities
• authority of the Attorney General to require by eminent domain certain real property owned by aliens or foreign
• relating to the issuance of a license to practice medicine to certain applicants ensued or educated in a foreign

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• The bill expands opportunities for experienced foreign-trained physicians by allowing foreign medical
• To implement the pathway for foreign medical graduates, the Board of Medicine approved rule language
• On the foreign graduate provisions, are there any specified immigration requirements associated with

Summary: The Health Professions and Program Subcommittee met for an introductory and oversight briefing from the Florida Department of Health on implementation of several 2024 laws. The committee heard first from Jennifer Winhold on practitioner-regulation measures, including SB 1716 and SB 1600, which expanded workforce pathways through foreign-trained physician licensure, area-of-critical-need temporary certificates for APRNs and physician assistants, graduate assistant physician licenses, interstate compacts, and a new universal licensure-by-endorsement process. She also reviewed HB 197 on massage therapy enforcement, HB 975 on broader background screening, HB 1561 on office-surgery and liposuction safeguards, HB 159 on pharmacist HIV post-exposure prophylaxis certification, and HB 1063 on chiropractic dry needling and foreign degree licensure. Members asked about compact scope, foreign graduate requirements, massage enforcement overlap with DBPR, and registration thresholds for liposuction procedures. Dr. Emma Spencer then outlined implementation of SB 76 and related programs, including changes to the FRAME and dental loan repayment programs, the volunteer health care provider program, the Casey DeSantis Cancer Research Program, the Health Care Innovation Council and revolving loan program, and the Andrew John Anderson Pediatric Rare Disease Grant Program. She said the department had updated portals, posted forms, launched or was developing public search tools, and submitted required reports and contracts. Members questioned whether loan repayment funds were reaching rural and underserved areas, how nonprofit applicants were being informed about the Alphonse screening grant program, the short application window for that grant, and how the department would evaluate whether the programs were improving recruitment and retention. A third presentation, delivered by Mike Mason standing in for Shea Holloway, covered maternal and child health and other public health initiatives. He reported on the telehealth maternity care program’s expansion from a pilot in Duval and Orange counties to 23 counties, the pregnancy-and-parenting resources website required by HB 415, CMV newborn screening requirements under SB 168, sickle cell registry and research grants under HB 7085, and the swim lessons voucher program under SB 544, which received nearly 10,000 requests for 3,500 vouchers and enrolled 86 facilities. Members asked about utilization, marketing, website launch timing, and how the department was promoting these services. No bills were voted on; the meeting concluded with the chair noting that more committee presentations and bills would follow and that briefing materials would be distributed to members.

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• <00:21:30.799> Bureau<00:21:31.360> you ruso Bri Modo Hawaii foreign Bureau you ruso
• Bri Modo Hawaii foreign Bureau you have<00:21:31.679> our<00:21:31.840> testimony<00:21
• We must support local fishermen and not foreign farmers.
• We must support local fishermen and not foreign farmers.
• cannot fully control ensuring foreign cannot fully control ensuring foreign foreign<01:53:38.040

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• I'm also a foreign-trained physician from Ukraine, and I'm here to testify in strong support of Senate
• pathway for foreign trained Physicians to<00:16:14.399> fully<00:16:14.720> integrate<
• trained Physicians to contribute foreign trained Physicians to contribute meaningfully<00:16:30.440>
• I tried to get into OBGYN residency; however, on the website it states that all foreign graduates need
• <00:25:39.440> graduates<00:25:40.440> need states that all foreign graduates need

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It specifies contributions from foreign nationals rather than foreign persons or corporations are prohibited
• foreign persons or corporations are prohibited for ballot measures.
• It also defines foreign national as an individual who is not a citizen or national of the United States
• , who is not lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States; a foreign government or
• foreign political party; or a partnership, association, corporation, organization, or other combination

Keywords: 1182, all

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• So the foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native born.
• Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. Uh, another one, Exodus 22:21.
• So again, talking about foreigners, do not mistreat or about foreigners, do not mistreat or oppress a
• foreigner, for you were foreigners in Egypt.
• And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• just going back to the line item for Northern Kentucky, and I had a question about the registered foreign
• It says registered foreign corporation.
• They're foreign to the state of Kentucky." "Thanks, sir. That helps."
• basically the re the registered foreign basically the re the registered foreign corporation<01:13
• Ohio thanks sir they're they're foreign Ohio thanks sir they're they're foreign to<01:13:30.560>

Keywords: This meeting will take place upon adjournment of both chambers today. There is not an exact time, there for the live stream has been created with a place holder time of 4:00 PM est., 958, all

Summary: Chairman Hart called the meeting to order, confirmed a quorum, welcomed Representative Rachel Roarx, and the committee approved the February 11 minutes. The committee then moved through its agenda of PSC and related contract items, including a motion to consider the reviewed contracts without objection. One Department of Highways item was deferred when the virtual representatives were not yet available. The committee first took up Kentucky Housing Corporation contracts. Members questioned outside legal services for foreclosures and bankruptcies, why the work was not handled entirely in-house, and how much of the workload and cost it represented. Witnesses said the agency’s need was largely geographic rather than a lack of expertise, that less than 1% of the loan portfolio is referred out for foreclosures, and that many fees are reimbursable through FHA. Both Kentucky Housing Corporation items were approved. The committee then considered a Department for Community Based Services contract tied to a protest and a temporary renewal with PCG. Witnesses said the contract increase was needed to bridge the gap while the protest and RFP process were unresolved, and that the initial vendor received no funds. The committee approved the item, with Senator Douglas explaining his vote as a preference for straightforward answers. The committee also heard a Northern Kentucky University contract for a Workday ERP replacement, including implementation consulting and separate license fees. University officials explained the move from SAP to Workday, the complexity of the systems, and the need for a consulting partner; they said the total effort would span 10 years and that the contract was priced below comparable institutions. After extensive questioning about cost, budget, and value, the vote ended 4-4 and the chair noted the contract would move forward through the Finance Committee if no disapproval motion was made. Finally, the Office of Inspector General presented a contract for culture change training in nursing facilities funded by civil monetary penalties; witnesses said the goal was to improve staff satisfaction, communication, and resident outcomes, and that the CMP fund balance was about $38 million. Discussion also covered survey backlogs and CMS restrictions on the funds, with the item still under review as the transcript ended.

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• It was designed for overseas consumption, and so it was designed to be an arm of U.S. foreign policy
• It was designed for overseas consumption, and so it was designed to be an arm of U.S. foreign policy
• communications going across the foreign communications going across the mid. mid. mid.
• country and you know things a foreign country and you know things like<04:19:05.920> that<04:
• itself against domestic and foreign itself against domestic and foreign threats?

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• First, from the Republic of the Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs, we are joined by Miss Marbel
• I like to see that we tax higher outside investors or foreign investors, but making it higher taxes on
• that we tax hire outside<00:55:47.400> investors<00:55:48.400> or<00:55:48.720> foreign
• <00:55:49.119> investors outside investors or foreign investors outside investors or foreign

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• of invading foreign countries and my of invading foreign countries and my question<04:09:58.800> would
• conflicts to take the lives to foreign conflicts to take the lives of<04:13:20.359> people<04
• You will put upon him a service equally foreign to his interests and abhorrent to his feelings.
• You will put upon him a service equally foreign to his interests and abhorrent to his feelings.
• foreign to his interests<04:39:29.320> and<04:39:29.719> abhorent<04:39:30.199> to<

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Refugees, before getting a master's in public administration from Harvard and joining the Senate Foreign
• Relations Committee staff specializing in funding foreign aid.
• in 1963 and attended what was then Christopher Newport College in Newport News, becoming its first foreign
• exchange student and helping the young institution during [00:55:00.000] ...becoming its first foreign
• Foreign concept. I was working at McDonald's.

Keywords: March 12, 2026 - Regular Session, 976, house, all

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• So that is bringing those foreign and those out-of-state opportunities.
• That campus is now engaged in bringing millions of foreign direct investment into the state of Utah.
• They have been one of our outreach partners to understand what limitations may be in place on foreign
• Right now with foreign direct investment.
• The Utah Center for Global Talent, so working with foreign-born or working with New Americans.

Keywords: 985, all

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• While this or foreign policy interests.
• <05:12:30.718> While<05:12:31.040> we or foreign policy interest.
• While we or foreign policy interest.
• AGOA is essential to protecting U.S. foreign policy interests in Africa.
• essential to protecting also US foreign essential to protecting also US foreign policy<05:34:09.360

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, January 12, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• stating that only U.S. citizens be eligible to register and vote in Arizona elections, prohibiting foreign
• Stating that only U.S. citizens be eligible to register and vote in Arizona elections, prohibiting foreign
• It provides things like a ban on foreign funding of elections because far too much out-of-state dark

Keywords: 1182, all

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• stating that only U.S. citizens be eligible to register and vote in Arizona elections, prohibiting foreign
• stating that only U.S. citizens be eligible to register and vote in Arizona elections, prohibiting foreign
• It provides things like a ban on foreign funding of elections because far too much out-of-state dark

Summary: The committee heard concurrence and Senate-amendment explanations on a series of House measures. HCR 2001 would place a constitutional question before voters on election-related changes, including limiting voting to U.S. citizens, banning foreign national election contributions, requiring government-issued ID, and allowing ballot tabulation at the voting location; supporters described it as an election-security and faster-counting measure, while members noted possible county costs and the need for future appropriations if approved. HB 2305 on private towing was described as a statewide response to predatory towing, with Senate changes delaying local rate updates and creating a study/reporting framework for towing enforcement. HB 2321 would require DCS to place security freezes on children’s credit records, but the Senate removed the appropriation. HB 2397 revised HOA/condominium sale-notice procedures, and HB 2398 required insurance coverage for peer-to-peer or charter watercraft rentals while clarifying that ordinary boat ownership would not be mandated to carry insurance. The committee also reviewed HB 2406, which the Senate struck and replaced with confidentiality protections for records involving deceased minors and minor victims of child abuse; HB 2408, which revised nursing board complaint and expungement procedures, added complainant confidentiality protections, and required public posting of policy statements; and HB 2755, which was substantially rewritten to facilitate the sale of underperforming state trust lands by allowing certain lessees to apply to purchase parcels through an appraisal-and-auction process. Members discussed a specific Dairy Queen/state land parcel example as the practical impetus for HB 2755. HB 2957 would bar governments from requiring digital/mobile driver licenses for services and limit ADOT’s retention and use of identity documents and biometric data, with the sponsor emphasizing privacy and federal-law carveouts. Finally, HB 4005 would require AI instruction in schools, with the Senate expanding it from district-level instruction to grade-specific student requirements and directing ADE on curriculum development. Supporters framed AI literacy as essential for students’ future competitiveness and ethical use, while opponents objected to the mandate and questioned its fit for charter schools and core academics. The meeting ended after the committee moved through the bills and adjourned.

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• collection agencies and to certain instruments calling for payment of a monetary obligation by a foreign
• This idea that we're trying to go after a few bad actors, that the claim is that they're lending to foreign
• So what in this bill is going to prevent, is actually going to actually ensure that these foreign debtors

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The New York State Senate Finance Committee met with Senator John Liu presiding for Chair Liz Krueger, joined by members of the majority and minority. The committee considered a broad agenda of bills covering agriculture, public health, technology, taxation, corrections, education, housing, transportation, and civil rights. Among the measures discussed were a youth agriculture entrepreneurship summer employment program, a Bronx asthma study commission, a statewide multi-factor authentication requirement for governmental entities, a tax on noise emissions from certain helicopter and seaplane flights, a requirement that state events serving alcohol include New York-produced alcohol, a veterans and service members alternative resolution program, packaging reduction and recycling infrastructure legislation, limits on certain debt-collection practices involving foreign sovereign debt, commissary rules in correctional institutions, school energy performance contract recovery periods, a senior rent cap tied to income, a dental health demonstration project, farm succession planning, Operation SNUG gun violence prevention grants, expanded breast cancer screening coverage, direct Medicaid billing for creative arts therapists, a vacant storefront registry, academic credit for volunteer firefighters and EMTs, a plan to expand wheelchair-accessible vehicles outside New York City, STAR exemption notification, restrictions on certain tropical hardwoods in state contracts, a PSC guidebook on gas and electric rate making, gender-affirming care coverage and anti-discrimination provisions, and state leave for Civil Air Patrol members on airport-assigned missions. Most of the meeting focused on the packaging reduction and recycling infrastructure bill, which drew extended debate. Supporters said the bill had been revised after months of discussion with industry, included waivers for food safety and federal-law conflicts, and could save local governments money through producer responsibility funding. Opponents argued it would raise costs, harm food packaging flexibility, threaten food safety, and hurt manufacturers and small businesses, citing examples from dairy, meat, and coffee businesses. The sponsor’s representative said the bill had been updated and that some small businesses would be exempt, while acknowledging not all concerns were resolved. The committee also discussed the fiscal impact, with testimony that upfront state costs would be reimbursed and localities could see savings. Several other bills prompted brief policy discussion, including the helicopter/seaplane noise tax, where staff explained it would be assessed per ticket or up to $200 per flight and exempt quieter aircraft meeting DOT standards, and the sovereign debt/claims bill, where a senator warned it could drive financial activity out of New York. The committee also heard concerns about the packaging bill’s effect on New York food manufacturers and the availability of waivers. After discussion, the committee voted to report the bills; the transcript indicates the measures passed, generally with some members recorded as without recommendation or opposed, and all listed bills were moved to the floor before the meeting adjourned.

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• work at local construction projects from being forced to litigate any issue arising on the job in foreign
• proper back charges by the general contractor, it protects them from being forced to litigate in a foreign
• Senate Bill 1975 prevents contractors from unfairly forcing Texas contractors to go and litigate in foreign

Bills: SB302, SB1335, SB1734, SB1760, SB1975, SB2127

Keywords: probate court, statutory judge, reimbursement, court costs, court proceedings, judicial assignments, judge assignment, cost reimbursement, judicial expenses, estate management, statutory requirement, court expenses, estates, inheritance, representative duties, court authority, personal representative, real property, deed fraud, title fraud

Summary: The committee heard several probate, family law, judicial, property, and contract-related bills. Senate Bill 1335, relating to decedents’ estates, would remove outdated references to a clerk’s certificate, allow courts to remove personal representatives on their own motion with notice by qualified delivery method, and add independent administrators to provisions that referenced only independent executors; an estate-planning attorney testified in support, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1760, concerning guardianship transfer fees and procedures, was described as setting a $45 filing fee for transferred guardianship cases and clarifying completion and dismissal procedures; it received no testimony and was left pending. Senate Bill 2127 would shorten the eligibility period for retired judges to serve as visiting judges from eight years to six, restrict practice in their assigned region for two years, and require conflict-related certification; it also was left pending without testimony. Senate Bill 302 would shift the cost of a traveling probate judge to the requesting estate or parties rather than the county; one witness registered in favor, no one testified, and the bill was left pending. The committee then considered a committee substitute for Senate Bill 252, which would clarify the parental presumption in conservatorship cases, require non-parents seeking relief against a parent to file an affidavit showing significant impairment to the child if relief is denied, require courts to state specific findings when overcoming the presumption, confirm the clear-and-convincing standard, and clarify that agreed prior orders do not defeat the presumption. The substitute was explained as consensus language from a work group, public testimony was reopened, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1734, on deed fraud, would create a streamlined ex parte process for property owners to have fraudulent deeds declared void, modeled on the fraudulent lien statute; county clerk and title association representatives testified that it would provide a low-cost self-help remedy for a growing problem, and the bill was left pending subject to the chair. Senate Bill 1975 would prevent Texas contractors from being forced to litigate disputes in foreign jurisdictions and require disputes to be handled in the county where the project is located; it was presented as a repeat of a previously vetoed bill and was left pending. Finally, the committee took up a substitute for Senate Bill 1940, concerning transfer-on-death style beneficiary designations for manufactured homes. The substitute would allow one or more beneficiaries instead of only one, transfer the interest to surviving designated beneficiaries who survive by 120 hours, extend the application period for transfer to 365 days, void the designation if not timely filed, and require mailing by certified or registered mail with return receipt requested. The substitute was adopted without objection. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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• Our president bombed boats and then the capital of a foreign country for oil.
• Remember, America and our NATO allies fought fascism together in World War II. foreign country for oil
• And now he says foreign country for oil.
• referred to the committees on foreign referred to the committees on foreign affairs,<05:40:43.120
• nation vulnerable to hostile foreign nation vulnerable to hostile foreign actors,<05:42:29.440><

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• no question that Texas is experiencing a systemic cement shortage and is increasingly relying on foreign
• Unfortunately, the passage of Senate Bill 1758 would make Texas dependent on foreign cement, but that's
• Unfortunately, the passage of Senate Bill 1758 would make Texas dependent on foreign cement, but that's
• driving Texas ownership and investment away to make room for outside capital, often from hostile foreign
• the sport businesses it fosters and not only for Grayson County, but the whole state as a related foreign

Summary: The committee first took up SB 2203, relating to certification of discovery issues in TCEQ contested cases referred to SOAH. The chair noted the House had already passed the companion HB 3249, then moved SB 2203 without amendments. The motion prevailed on a 5-0 vote, and the bill was reported favorably to the full House. The committee then heard SB 1898, which would prohibit the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam for testing and training, while still allowing it in emergency firefighting. The sponsor described PFAS as “forever chemicals” and said the bill would protect firefighters, water supplies, and public health. Testimony in support came from Environment Texas, which cited contamination concerns and noted other states and federal actions restricting PFAS foams. No one testified against the bill, and after closing testimony the committee left SB 1898 pending. The remainder of the hearing focused on SB 1758, a Grayson County pilot program aimed at addressing potential conflicts between Global Wafers’ semiconductor wafer facility and a proposed Black Mountain Cement/aggregate operation. Supporters, including Global Wafers, Grayson County officials, and manufacturing groups, argued that vibration from mining or blasting could threaten a major national-security semiconductor investment and that an independent BEG study was needed to set safe parameters. Opponents from Black Mountain Cement and related industry groups argued the bill would improperly interfere with a lawful permitting process, pick winners and losers, and harm Texas’ pro-business climate; they also said they had already revised operations and removed blast mining. The discussion included extensive questioning about geology, vibration, the permitting timeline, and whether the issue was really about mining rather than the air permit. No vote was taken on SB 1758 in the portion provided.