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• Importantly, the statute excluded areas used for waste, including those permitted under Chapter 27, which
• covers wells used to dispose of municipal waste. and industrial waste, oil and gas waste, and hazardous
• waste.
• was driven by concerns about potential contamination and the unknown interactions between injected waste

Bills: HB937, HB2078, HB2080, HB3322, HB3350, HB4212, HB4630, HB4896, HB4951, HB5348, HB5675, SB565, SB971, SB1662, SB2124

Keywords: special districts, notice requirements, Water Code, government transparency, public meetings, meeting notice, transparency, public engagement, notice, elections, groundwater management, water conservation, joint planning, environmental impact, desired future conditions, groundwater, conservation district, environmental quality, regulatory review, water utility

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• One would be for reactive mine waste, and one would be for the site-specific standard for sulfides.
• One would be for reactive mine waste, and one would be for the site-specific standard for sulfides.
• One would be for reactive mine waste, and one would be for the site-specific standard for sulfides.
• One would be for reactive mine waste, and one would be for the site-specific standard for sulfides.

Bills: HF2300, HF2432, HF2445, HF2443, HF2439, HF3023, HF1615, HF2563

Keywords: HF2432, judiciary finance bill, public safety finance bill, corrections policy, crime victims, victim services, Minnesota victims of crime account, court fees, marriage license fee, financial crimes, fraud investigations, insurance fraud, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, Commerce Fraud Bureau, wage theft, automobile theft prevention, nonprofit security grants, 911 funding, POST Board

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• Changing family patterns, we are well past the time of the. nuclear family model.
• Walking away from it wastes public dollars and makes hiring harder.
• We owe taxpayers transparency and fiscal responsibility, not wasteful mandates that serve no operational
• budget in a very tight fiscal year when real estate costs have skyrocketed. just inefficient, it's wasteful
• science or numbers were being quoted by the professionals today as for the reason for new policy wasting

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• may not deposit at a composting facility in a county that does not have a municipality with a food waste
• Meaning, if a county has a city that mandates this composting, that mandated waste may not leave the
• , even the small modular nuclear reactors that we're looking at—not even reactors, but using salts.
• Many ways wasting our time.
• I resent your suggestion that the mere desire to read what I'm about to vote on is somehow wasting the

Bills: SJR39, SB22, SB30, SB33, SB34, SB37, SB75, SB209, SB310, SB505, SB552, SB618, SB626, SB636, SB732, SB747, SB762, SB769, SB819, SB825, SB870, SB926, SB964, SB1030, SB1080, SB1099, SB1124, SB1177, SB1208, SB1233, SB1314, SB1325, SB1333, SB1405, SB1455, SB1506, SB1524, SB1541, SB1577, SB1579, SB1596, SB1646, SB1667, SB1727, SB1750, SB1758, SB1760, SB1791, SB1804, SB1806, SB1869, SB1923, SB1927, SB1951, SB1960, SB1962, SB2023, SB2024, SB2056, SB2078, SB2122, SB2129, SB2180, SB2183, SB2185, SB2207, SB2252, SB2361, SB2365, SB2368, SB2405, SB2411, SB2420, SB2425, SB2569, SB2717, SJR36, SJR50, SJR39, SJR63, SJR68, SCR12, SCR39, SCR38, SCR37, SCR42, SCR29, SB762, SB1596, SB62, SB666, SB847, SB284, SB854, SB1073, SB810, SB1539, SB1505, SB583, SB957, SB1502, SB507, SB1026, SB1349, SB1433, SB1434, SB310, SB505, SB264, SB1364, SB1376, SB1585, SB1772, SB2016, SB1163, SB619, SB1122, SB1877, SB732, SB731, SB397, SB508, SB1333, SB1436, SB964, SB287, SB2143, SB261, SB1247, SB1882, SB618, SB393, SB2243, SB2226, SB1919, SB1791, SB22, SB651, SB1080, SB826, SB1079, SB1243, SB1504, SB1851, SB1879, SB2237, SB1257, SB2034, SB1522, SB1151, SB596, SB1191, SB226, SB570, SB870, SB991, SB60, SB1401, SB1728, SB586, SB529, SB217, SB209, SB1923, SB1839, SB387, SB1874, SB1872, SB1873, SB1921, SB1883, SB1620, SB1838, SB2024, SB2429, SB1999, SB511, SB2309, SB2166, SB510, SB33, SB2420, SB1860, SB1541, SB1314, SB1398, SB1869, SB1750, SB855, SB1233, SB2425, SB2037, SB1758, SB1759, SB2365, SB1924, SB1818, SB1405, SB1762, SB1968, SB1977, SB2077, SB2321, SB1662, SB1663, SB2124, SB2204, SB1855, SB863, SB37, SB819, SB2078, SB2252, SB1962, SB2253, SB825, SB1577, SB1184, SB2018, SB2206, SB1901, SB1030, SB2368, SB1963, SB1960, SB1643, SB1625, SB1299, SB841, SB668, SB584, SB231, SB2411, SB1085, SB2431, SB2231, SB1490, SB530, SB34, SB1261, SB552, SB1099, SB1646, SB2180, SB1804, SB1937, SB1936, SB2569, SB1372, SB1208, SB1124, SB1506, SB1806, SB1868, SB2361, SB2314, SB769, SB1409, SB2122, SB434, SB1214, SB1951, SB2183, SB2046, SB1667, SB1870, SB1727, SB2405, SB2127, SB1975, SB1760, SB1734, SB1335, SB2066, SB2129, SB2246, SB2439, SB1624, SB1244, SB1468, SB2717, SB1612, SB1262, SB604, SB2395, SB2185, SB1832, SB1745, SB1746, SB2207, SB2023, SB1784, SB1524, SB626, SB528, SB437, SB269, SB1137, SB968, SB636, SB747, SB1325, SB1789, SB1455, SB2056, SB75, SB1940, SB2052, SB1927, SB2010, SB1579, SB2068, SB3034, SB844, SB1920, SB1177, SB1558, SB1236, SB1044, SB926, SB884, SB463, SB331, SB227, SB240, SB517, SB1200, SB1410, SB1626, SB1845, SB1863, SB2216, SB2681, SB1717, SB2053, SB546, SB2141, SB2949, SB2323, SB2200, SB2332, SB2199, SB1642, SB1150, SB1757, SB2050, SB1138, SB2051, SB2626, SB2458, SB1864, SB30, SB2201, SB1862, SB1583, SB1583, SB1055, SB2660, SB1898, SB2662, SB2662, SB2161, SB2161, SB2964, SB2881, SB1065, SB1065, SB801, SB2743, SB2533, SB2533, SB1413, SB1413

Keywords: constitutional amendment, veto override, legislature power, governor, Texas Constitution, Texas, moving image industry, incentive program, film production, grant funding, job creation, economic development, wildfire, wildfire mitigation, wildfire prevention, volunteer fire department, Texas A&M Forest Service, West Texas A&M University, prescribed burning, fuel loading

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• What I, what I know is we don't have another moment to waste. With that, I will take questions.
• even though we only use 20, but we are one of the few sites in Texas that could handle a couple of nuclear
• plants, big nuclear plants that take 100,000 acre feet each.
• They also ensure non-wasteful use of groundwater.
• to provide information on current groundwater topics such as groundwater science and data funding, waste

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• Bolt, with your knowledge of herbicides, but they're doing it with drones and a lot less waste, and they
• It came in, there was an air burst, you know, similar to a nuclear weapon exploding at altitude.

Summary: The Committee on Rural Economic Development met to hear two presentations. Rep. Volk gave a lighthearted but substantive overview of invasive plant species in southern Arizona, focusing on buffalo grass and stinknet, their role in increasing wildfire risk, harming native habitat, and contributing to respiratory irritation. He described current removal efforts such as hand-pulling and volunteer work, and discussed emerging technology including drone-based mapping and targeted herbicide application. Members asked about grazing use, treatment costs, and whether the mapping covered areas farther north; Volk said the red dots represented identified but untreated stinknet locations and noted ongoing coordination with county, museum, and fire-management partners. The committee then heard from Dr. Vishnu Reddy of the University of Arizona on space defense as an economic enabler for Districts 7 and 17, with discussion of Biosphere 2, water research, food innovation, and the university’s space situational awareness work. He explained asteroid and planetary defense, including how near-Earth objects are tracked, why early detection matters, and how objects can be nudged off course with kinetic impact methods like NASA’s DART mission. He also described the Chelyabinsk meteor event, the far side of the Moon, and the value of university, small-business, and student partnerships in this research ecosystem. Reddy highlighted Biosphere 2’s visitor revenue, philanthropic support, and federal/state funding tied to these programs, and emphasized workforce development and small-business contracting. The presentation concluded with members handling meteorite, Moon, and Mars samples. No formal bills were considered and no votes were taken; the meeting ended with adjournment.

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• Volk, with your knowledge of herbicides, but they're doing it with drones and a lot less waste, and they
• It came in, there was an air burst, you know, similar to a nuclear weapon exploding at altitude.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• That's mostly a waste of time now because things are changing so rapidly.
• Thank you, 10 to 12 years, from start at the nuclear level up to starting to produce enough to grow,

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The Agricultural Affairs Committee approved the minutes from January 26, 2026, and announced a brief follow-up meeting on Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. with one item on the agenda. The main presentation was from the Idaho Potato Commission, introduced by Jamie Hyam, who reviewed the commission’s finances, noting about $15.3 million in assessments and related revenue, $812,000 in reserves after obligations, and no budgeted revenue from the new Idaho potato license plate because it had not yet been received when the budget was set. Members asked about the license plate revenue, and Hyam said it had exceeded expectations and was generating significant funds for the highway fund. Hyam also described the commission’s work in promotion, research, education, and export development. He highlighted partnerships with the University of Idaho and the potato seed program, explaining that new varieties can take 10 to 12 years to develop and that public research helps keep seed access broad rather than controlled by private companies. He said the commission is focused on trade and market access, especially Mexico, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia, while noting that Japan remains a long-running challenge. He also discussed competition from China, India, and other countries, rising input costs, labor and succession issues, weather and disease pressures, and the impact of GLP-1 drugs and changing dietary trends on potato consumption. Committee members asked about domestic demand, export markets, tariffs, quality control, and the role of Idaho branding. Hyam and commission staff said domestic demand remains strong but is pressured by overproduction, higher yields, and health trends; they also said the commission monitors product quality through employees in stores nationwide. The commission emphasized that Idaho potatoes remain a premium product and closed with a national advertising spot promoting the “Grown in Idaho” seal. No votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes, and the meeting adjourned after the presentation and questions.

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• Nuclear deterrence is the bedrock of our national security.
• </c> land-based component of our nuclear land-based component of our nuclear triad.<00:08:01.680><c>
• our Nuclear deterrence is the bedrock of our national<00:08:16.080><c> security.
• But because the state couldn't manage to get the technology right, it is all going to waste.
• Those funds will never be waste.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, December 12, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• operating expenses for MDH oversight required under state law and the federal guidelines from the Nuclear
• operating expenses for MDH oversight required under state law and the federal guidelines from the Nuclear
• </c><01:26:44.800><c> Fraud</c><01:26:45.119><c> and</c> maybe rooting out some waste Fraud and maybe
• rooting out some waste Fraud and Abuse<01:26:45.760><c> in</c><01:26:45.880><c> the</c><01:26:46.040
• I've done the tango a few times on the waste, fraud, and abuse with DHS, and I was around for after the

Keywords: 1183, house

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• But I have case nuclear uh facilities.
• </c> funding and oversight of nuclear funding and oversight of nuclear incentive<00:58:01.119><c> programs
• </c> this one specifically picks up nuclear. this one specifically picks up nuclear.
• </c> have gotten together with a nuclear have gotten together with a nuclear incentive<01:02:32.079><
• </c> excited about the potential of nuclear excited about the potential of nuclear and<01:02:46.079><

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We've all talked about waste of time. We need to look at each other...
• We've all talked about waste of time.
• A lot of it is a waste of time.
• Two decades ago, it was a little less coal, natural gas, and nuclear.
• figured out how to deregulate nuclear energy in a bill without authorized How to deregulate nuclear

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Senate Bill 179 has to do with the Nuclear Energy Development Authority that we established last year
• , and the purpose of this authority is to promote the development of nuclear energy and an ecosystem
• This bill establishes the nuclear energy development grant program within NEITA.
• <00:04:32.680><c> energy</c><00:04:33.240><c> Development</c><00:04:33.800><c> Authority</c> nuclear
• This bill establishes the nuclear energy development grant program within NEITA.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:56 SJR 28 Discussion 01:44 SJR 28 Roll Call Vote 03:32 SB 179 Discussion 04:08 SB 179 Roll Call Vote 07:33, 958, all

Summary: The committee opened with a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, roll call, and approval of the minutes. After no special guests were recognized, members took up a joint resolution carried by Senator Nemes for Senator Adams concerning reformulated gasoline requirements in Jefferson County and parts of Oldham and Bullitt counties. The resolution would direct the Energy and Environmental Cabinet to revise the state air quality implementation plan to remove the reformulated gas mandate. Senator Nemes argued the requirement is outdated and has little practical effect given modern vehicles and fuel standards, and members voted to pass the resolution unanimously. The committee then heard Senate Bill 179 from Senator Danny Carroll, which would create a nuclear energy development grant program within the Nuclear Energy Development Authority. Carroll explained that the bill would set aside $10 million from the previously appropriated $40 million investment for grants supporting nuclear energy development in Kentucky, with grants capped at $2 million and administered entirely by NEITA rather than through Economic Development. He and several members emphasized the need for Kentucky to invest in nuclear energy to keep pace with states like Tennessee, which was cited as having invested heavily and attracting business activity around small modular reactors. Members expressed strong support for the bill, with Senator West and others praising the initiative and calling it important for Kentucky’s energy future. The committee voted the bill out favorably with an expression that it shall pass. Before adjournment, the chair encouraged members to review the other energy bills that had been heard recently and stressed the importance of moving quickly on energy policy measures. A motion was then requested to close the meeting.

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• Members, this is the Nuclear Energy Office within the governor's office.
• Members, this is the nuclear energy office within the governor's office.
• chain or nuclear technology in the state of Texas.
• This does mirror, I believe, what is happening... ...with nuclear technology.
• I'm trying to understand... ...for which nuclear technology can be brought on.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce met with a quorum and took up a long list of House bills as pending business, voting to report many of them favorably to the full Senate. Bills reported favorably included HB 705, 1094, 2037, 3005, 3112, 3320, 3388, 3516, 3923, 4134, 4214, 4233, 4350, 4559, 4748, 4765, 5093, 5129, and 5196, with several also recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. Some measures were reported with committee substitutes, including HB 3516, HB 3848, HB 4211, and HB 14. HB 2488 and HB 3320 had some dissenting votes, while most other bills were approved unanimously or near-unanimously. The committee spent the most time on HB 14, which Senator Schwertner explained would create the Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office in the governor’s office and the Texas Advanced Nuclear Development Fund. The substitute would appropriate $350 million this biennium for reimbursement-based grants to support nuclear generation, supply chain development, pre-construction work, and construction-stage costs, with approval from the lieutenant governor, speaker, and governor. Senators Menendez and Nichols asked clarifying questions about whether the program involved grants rather than loans, how reimbursable grants would work, and who would evaluate applications; Schwertner said the program was modeled on the Enterprise Fund and that the grants would not be loans. After the committee had recessed, Senator Zaffirini asked to change her no votes on HB 4211 and HB 4233 to ayes so those bills could be placed on the local and uncontested calendar, while still registering no votes there. Senator Kolkhorst similarly asked to change her vote on HB 2488 to an aye for calendar purposes, while preserving her no vote. The committee then recessed again after completing its actions on the bills before it.

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• </c> thought they didn't exist for nuclear. thought they didn't exist for nuclear.
• </c> um it's a you know we have a nuclear um it's a you know we have a nuclear power<00:33:40.880><c>
• I don't have any issue with the nuclear part, with including small nuclear.
• It's for one year. large and small nuclear. I I don't have large and small nuclear.
• with the nuclear part with including<00:35:47.680><c> small</c><00:35:48.359><c> nuclear.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Bills: HCR6, HCR36, HCR175, HCR197, HB48, HB54, HB86, HB127, HB139, HB177, HB202, HB212, HB214, HB244, HB256, HB286, HB306, HB309, HB344, HB348, HB369, HB370, HB371, HB395, HB423, HB428, HB429, HB432, HB433, HB437, HB448, HB454, HB455, HB472, HB480, HB510, HB549, HB563, HB596, HB606, HB620, HB664, HB697, HB698, HB701, HB706, HB714, HB740, HB773, HB782, HB784, HB833, HB850, HB904, HB918, HB939, HB988, HB1020, HB1036, HB1037, HB1039, HB1050, HB1059, HB1079, HB1145, HB1155, HB1161, HB1164, HB1167, HB1260, HB1294, HB1295, HB1297, HB1308, HB1320, HB1325, HB1345, HB1391, HB1427, SB21, SB26, SB71, SB109, SB146, SB177, SB183, SB228, SB253, SB298, SB299, SB325, SB382, SB401, SB414, SB440, SB657, SB717, HB2001

Keywords: emergency medical treatment, abortion services, pregnancy care, reproductive health, hospitals, EMTALA, healthcare access, sister-state relationship, cultural exchange, international relations, Okayama, Hawaii, trade, tourism, Pacific governance, legislative cooperation, inter-parliamentary assembly, climate resilience, sustainable development, Hawaii-Japan relations

Bills: HCR6, HCR36, HCR175, HCR197, HB48, HB54, HB86, HB127, HB139, HB177, HB202, HB212, HB214, HB244, HB256, HB286, HB306, HB309, HB344, HB348, HB369, HB370, HB371, HB395, HB423, HB428, HB429, HB432, HB433, HB437, HB448, HB454, HB455, HB472, HB480, HB510, HB549, HB563, HB596, HB606, HB620, HB664, HB697, HB698, HB701, HB706, HB714, HB740, HB773, HB782, HB784, HB833, HB850, HB904, HB918, HB939, HB988, HB1020, HB1036, HB1037, HB1039, HB1050, HB1059, HB1079, HB1145, HB1155, HB1161, HB1164, HB1167, HB1260, HB1294, HB1295, HB1297, HB1308, HB1320, HB1325, HB1345, HB1391, HB1427, SB21, SB26, SB71, SB109, SB146, SB177, SB183, SB228, SB253, SB298, SB299, SB325, SB382, SB401, SB414, SB440, SB657, SB717, HB2001

Keywords: emergency medical treatment, abortion services, pregnancy care, reproductive health, hospitals, EMTALA, healthcare access, sister-state relationship, cultural exchange, international relations, Okayama, Hawaii, trade, tourism, Pacific governance, legislative cooperation, inter-parliamentary assembly, climate resilience, sustainable development, Hawaii-Japan relations

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• We are here wasting precious debate time on the U.S.
• our nuclear stockpile.
• </c><03:17:07.040><c> scientists</c> accidentally fired nuclear scientists accidentally fired nuclear
• </c> and engineers who maintain our nuclear and engineers who maintain our nuclear stockpile.<03:17:11.200
• It's a solution to food waste and a way to save families hundreds of dollars.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• ; but the the nuclear &gt;&gt; but the the nuclear &gt;&gt; the<00:43:43.920><c> nuclear</c><00:43:44.319
• gt; the nuclear the nuclear the present &gt;&gt; the nuclear the nuclear the present technology technology
• nuclear at all.
• </c> or nuclear or nuclear uh<01:26:45.360><c> etc.
• </c> other than nuclear and natural gas. other than nuclear and natural gas.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Furthermore, Iran's nuclear program continues apace.
• the capabilities to threaten nuclear war in a conflict.
• not authorized the nuclear weapons program that he suspended in 2003.
• North Korea is probably prepared to conduct another nuclear test on short notice.
• s nuclear arsenal. American umbrella of protection.

Keywords: national security, cyber threats, civil liberties, transnational crime, FISA Section 702, public-private partnership, intelligence community, Annual Threats Hearing

Summary: The Senate Intelligence Committee convened for a significant meeting focused on the Annual Worldwide Threats Hearing. Prominent officials from various intelligence agencies presented their insights on emerging national security threats, including concerns over increasing cyber threats, particularly from China and non-state actors. A major discussion point included the balance between national security and civil liberties, as evidenced by conversations surrounding Section 702 of FISA and its implications for privacy protection. The challenges posed by cartels and transnational criminal organizations, especially related to narcotics trafficking, were emphasized as pressing issues necessitating coordinated responses from federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. This meeting underscored the necessity of public-private partnerships to tackle these multifaceted threats effectively.