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• You know, a very close relative of mine is on Zoom with people in Ireland and Germany and India, so going
• You know, a very close relative of mine is on Zoom with people in Ireland and Germany and India, so going
• You know, a very close relative of mine is on Zoom with people in Ireland and Germany and India, so going
• on<00:24:00.000> Zoom<00:24:00.360> with<00:24:00.600> people relative of mine
• is on Zoom with people relative of mine is on Zoom with people in<00:24:01.240> Ireland<00:24

Keywords: 1183, house

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• A coworker and a friend of mine created a whole day dedicated to him on June 19, 2014.
• I knew the hard answer in this new existence of mine: by being worn by another little girl who needed
• I knew the hard answer in this new existence of mine: by being worn by another little girl who needed
• the hard answer in this new<00:26:47.480> existence<00:26:47.880> of<00:26:48.080> Mine
• <00:26:49.159> being<00:26:49.360> worn<00:26:49.760> by new existence of Mine

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Talon has proposed to mine in Tamarack, Minnesota, a nickel mine, but it's also proposed to build a processing
• the bill had met with me and had said, oh, there's no way that this is going to help speed along mining
• But yet today when I heard testimony today, it felt like it could help speed mining along on large projects
• the bill had met with me and had said, oh, there's no way that this is going to help speed along mining
• But yet today when I heard testimony today, it felt like it could help speed mining along on large projects

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee heard extended discussion on House File 8, a bill aimed at changing Minnesota’s permitting and environmental review process. Supporters said the bill is intended to help small and medium-sized businesses and projects that face long delays, and argued that the proposal does not lower environmental standards. They described the bill as modeled in part on provisions used in other states, including a staggered permitting process and an expedited option, and said the goal is to improve transparency, reporting, and real-time public access to permit information. Members raised concerns about whether the bill could also benefit large corporations and major industrial projects, including mining and other large facilities, rather than just smaller businesses. Several lawmakers questioned the use of county-based public input, the lack of tribal consultation, and how the bill would interact with treaty rights and communities outside the affected county. Others argued that the bill could create risks by speeding permits for bad actors or by allowing larger entities to pay for expedited treatment. Testimony also referenced examples from the Minnesota Chamber’s report, with a witness disputing the claim that permitting alone drove companies out of Minnesota and saying those cases involved more complex facts. The committee first considered a motion to lay the bill on the table, but that motion failed on a 5-7 roll call. The committee then voted on a motion to re-refer House File 8, as amended, to the Labor and Workforce Development Committee. That motion passed 7-5, and the bill was sent on to that committee.

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• a dairy guy in Wisconsin, did mine, he's a dairy guy in Wisconsin, did a<00:03:38.799> paper<
• Iowa's canary in the coal mine here.
• Iowa's canary in the coal mine here.
• Iowa's canary in the coal mine here.
• I I most of mine it actually goes beef.

Bills: HF3718

Keywords: veterinary medicine, veterinary technology, animal care, licensing, client consent, continuing education, emergency services, teletriage, 1183, house

Summary: The Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee met with quorum present, approved the March 2 minutes, and then heard a presentation on economic consolidation in agriculture from Austin Ferk, who said he was not taking additional public testimony. Ferk argued that consolidation in meat, dairy, and grain markets has squeezed farmers on both input and output prices, raised consumer prices, and reduced product quality. He used charts and examples to claim that concentrated markets lead to price gouging, that farmers now receive a historically low share of each food dollar, and that industrial production has contributed to environmental problems, especially in Iowa. Ferk focused on several large agribusiness firms, especially JBS and Cargill. He described JBS as a dominant meatpacker with a history of bribery allegations and market power across beef, pork, poultry, and leather, and said its ownership of brands can obscure who is actually selling the product. He also criticized Cargill as an opaque, privately held company with enormous influence over grain and food markets, and said the farm bill and crop insurance system have been shaped to favor overproduction of corn and soy rather than diversified farming. He argued that these policies, along with ethanol demand and export-oriented livestock production, have harmed rural communities, increased manure and nitrate pollution, and contributed to health problems. In the latter part of the presentation, Ferk discussed antitrust and policy responses, including concentration studies, a proposed packer ban that would prevent meatpackers from owning the animals they slaughter, and restrictions on slotting fees and other pay-to-play practices in grocery retail. He also referenced the failed Kroger-Albertsons merger as an example of consolidation harming local communities. No committee vote or formal action was taken on the presentation beyond approving the minutes.

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• They had to essentially gut rural communities like mine.
• 11:55.199> rural<01:11:55.600> communities<01:11:56.080> like<01:11:56.320> mine
• <01:11:57.199> Um, gut rural communities like mine. Um, gut rural communities like mine.
• They had to cut SNAP benefits, the biggest proportion of which comes from rural communities like mine
• Thank you, Madam Chair. ...communities like mine to urban, metro, and coastal elite cities across our

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Mine has a slightly different tweak to it, but basically, except for the little tweak, it is basically
• A business like mine can't come into these agencies as an outsider and request something like this.
• Many of the businesses like mine are too small to even be seen, but right now we’re being categorized
• Businesses like mine need room to do what we do best, and we need room to grow. sympathy things they
• are too small to even be seen but mine are too small to even be seen but right<01:08:40.839> now<

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Village of Milan, and the coal mines are at less than half capacity as of now.
• Uranium mines went away.
• But again, I don't want to touch too much on jobs; jobs are a concern of mine.
• But again, I don't want to touch too much on jobs; jobs are a concern of mine.
• But on the other question of, I don't know. ...or a concern of mine, I know we've talked a lot about

Bills: SB100

Keywords: burglary, aggravated burglary, dwelling, criminal law, property rights, 996, all

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• Districts like mine, districts like Representative Schultz's, who's here with me, and districts like
• Districts like mine, districts like Representative Schultz's, who's here with me, and districts like
• Districts like mine, districts like Representative Schultz's, who's here with me, and districts like
• I understand the merit of this bill, and it's very important to communities like mine as being a new
• I understand the merit of this bill, and it's very important to communities like mine as being a new

Keywords: 1183, house

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• For a family like mine, that means an extra $100 per person per month. Money we simply don't have.
• mill sites, to establish the abandoned hard rock mine fund, and for other purposes.
• c><02:15:32.880> and the abandoned hard rock mine fund and the abandoned hard rock mine fund and
• Uh even in districts like mine, now.
• c><03:35:49.439> and the abandoned Hard Rock Mine Fund and the abandoned Hard Rock Mine Fund and

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Are y'all seeing an uptick in the use of cryptocurrency for money laundering?

Bills: SB 1

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• This is the extended unemployment insurance benefits for iron ore mining people.
• This is the extended unemployment insurance benefits for iron ore mining people.
• It extends unemployment benefits through March 20, 2027, for iron ore mining workers subject to mass
• This is the extended unemployment insurance benefits for iron ore mining people.
• mining additional unemployment benefits. mining additional unemployment benefits.

Bills: HF3732

Keywords: workforce development, unemployment benefits, youth training, economic development, grants, job creation

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• My parents came here to work in the coal mines.
• My dad worked in work in the coal mines.
• company that helps in uranium mining and other types of mining to disassociate materials and separate
• company that helps in essentially mining company that helps in uranium<03:10:53.359> mining<03
• uranium mining and other types of mining uranium mining and other types of mining to<03:10:55.520

Keywords: 916, all

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• Since he's a constituent of mine, I know it's spelled F A Y E, pronounced Faye.
• Since he's a constituent of mine, I know Since he's a constituent of mine, I know it's<00:07:00.000><

Bills: SCR47, SCR21, SCR163, SCR169, SCR170, SCR50, SCR75, SCR149, HCR83, HCR111, HCR110, HCR122, HCR118, HCR61, HCR162, HCR36, HCR19, HCR106, HCR14, HCR178, SB3022, SB3102, SB3144

Keywords: sister-state, Hawaii, Okayama, Japan, cultural exchange, economic partnership, tourism, agriculture, international relations, healthcare, rural clinic, feasibility study, access to care, community health, Volcano community, Hawaiʻi Health Systems Corporation, emergency services, health assessment, Pacific Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, Legislative Cooperation

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• To report that just this past week, a college colleague of mine, a Republican, asked to joint author
• I'm fearful for the many. boys and girls whose dreams, like mine, was to come to Texas will be destroyed
• Many universities like mine over complied needlessly.

Keywords: education, curriculum, HB178, diverse history, equity, testimony, higher education crisis, representation

Summary: The meeting was characterized by impactful discussions focused primarily on education and the representation of diverse histories in Texas's curriculum. Notably, Representative Christina Morales advocated for HB178, a bill aimed at ensuring that all Texas high school students have access to Mexican-American and African-American studies as part of their graduation requirements, moving from elective-only status. This bill garnered support from both sides of the aisle, highlighting a cooperative effort to improve educational equity in Texas. Several representatives shared personal stories reflecting on the importance of inclusive education, showcasing the bill's far-reaching implications for students' sense of identity and history.

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• of changes trying to improve our economic development with the closing of our power plant and coal mining
• I have the uranium capital of the world, which used to have coal mines, power plants, and refineries
• We said one coal mine in my district.

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• In discussing how they've been warned of a major limitation of FDA's data mining system, one senior FDA
• a major limitation of FDA's data mining a major limitation of FDA's data mining system,<00:41:49.280
• sending these weekly data mining sending these weekly data mining outputs. outputs. outputs.
• Anna Sarsman, an individual whom these officials recognized as an expert in FDA's data mining, that the
• Anna Sarsman, an individual whom these officials recognized as an expert in FDA's data mining, that the

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The New Hampshire House Special Committee on the COVID Response Efficacy met to continue its fact-finding review of the state’s pandemic response, with the chair restating the committee’s mission and focus on federal guidance, federal funding, emergency use authorization vaccination efforts, long COVID, patient rights, and vaccination policies. The chair said the committee had previously reviewed materials about the U.S. Supreme Court declining to hear a COVID vaccine case and CDC internal emails about vaccine risks, and introduced additional research on CDC testing and communications failures. A large portion of the meeting was devoted to summarizing articles and a recent U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations report titled *Unmasked: How Biden Health Officials Purposely Turned a Blind Eye Toward COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Signals*. The chair argued that CDC testing and guidance were flawed, citing delayed data publication, confusing guidance, a faulty early COVID test, missed opportunities to study silent spread, and alleged suppression of safety information. The Senate report was described as alleging that FDA and CDC officials knew their surveillance systems could mask vaccine safety signals, that officials discouraged internal analysis from being shared externally, and that newer analytical methods identified multiple statistically significant adverse-event signals. The chair also discussed the V-safe system, VAERS, and claims that federal officials downplayed or concealed adverse-event data. Members and the chair connected these federal issues to New Hampshire, noting changes in the state’s health care landscape since the pandemic, including more urgent care facilities and satellite ERs. The chair suggested New Hampshire should develop independent scientific assessment resources to validate federal information in future emergencies. Representative Wheeler noted that the materials would be entered into the committee record and made available on the House website. No votes were taken; the committee discussed the materials, invited further questions, and indicated that a proposed committee communication would be revisited later after additional supporting information is gathered, with a goal of issuing a statement by the end of June.

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• I guess my question would be, do you feel like mine is under that state education administration review
• Um, and, you know, I've got one of mine right now is in third grade.
• Somehow, I think when I edited this, we lost the sponsors, but two of them are mine.
• <00:51:44.160> cuz So I will just go ahead and do mine cuz So I will just go ahead and do
• Uh, one of them's mine, and then we have K through 12 scholarship program. The sponsor says fed.

Keywords: 916, all

Summary: The committee heard from Superintendent Megan Degenfelder on several interim topics centered on student-centered learning. She highlighted work-based learning and dual/concurrent enrollment, saying the state is updating accountability measures and should examine whether these programs are helping students progress, avoid duplicative costs, and reduce the need for remedial college coursework. She also discussed broader life-skills education, including financial literacy and soft skills, and said districts vary widely in what they offer. On gifted and talented programs, she noted that districts are statutorily required to provide them but the state does not have a clear picture of how consistently they are implemented, and she suggested the committee may want to study that area further. Members asked follow-up questions about whether dual enrollment should be evaluated only by time-to-degree, and Degenfelder said the analysis should also consider additional credentials and remedial coursework. Senator Schuler and others raised the idea of making financial literacy or other life-skills content more common, though Degenfelder said she did not favor a statewide mandate and instead preferred incentives and district-level implementation. The committee also discussed artificial intelligence in schools as an information-sharing topic, with Degenfelder saying the department is beginning a landscape analysis with districts and teachers. She then reviewed NAEP results, noting Wyoming performs strongly in fourth grade but drops sharply by eighth grade, and said the state wants to understand where students are falling off. Members also raised concerns about international comparisons and the need to improve literacy and math outcomes. The committee then moved to member-submitted topics. Representative Strock proposed reviewing the governance structure of state education, arguing that the current split among the Department of Education, State Board of Education, and other boards creates inefficiency and confusion, especially for licensure and programs like CTE. Senator Scott noted that turnover in the superintendent’s office could be a practical issue in any restructuring, and Strock responded that administrative staff could handle day-to-day operations. Representative Williams then introduced a discussion of common core standards and literacy, arguing that standards may be too broad and not specific enough, especially in early grades, and that Wyoming should emphasize phonics, basic reading, math, and civics more directly. Representative Guggenmos agreed that narrowing early-grade focus to math and literacy could improve outcomes. Finally, Representative Williams raised virtual education, saying it is growing quickly and the committee should study funding, accountability, and student support more closely; the chair opened that topic for further discussion.

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• I worked over here at a nuclear uranium mine for a while too. So, up the road over here.
• That's mine. What in the bleep de bleep are you doing?
• Maybe mine was a bad idea. I'm not okay.
• But the other thing about it is that the water that we're getting is mined water.
• Mine are more comments for our new members here.

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• working group and as I said in our open hearing, this bill, in my opinion, is the canary in the coal mine
• working group and as I said in our open hearing, this bill, in my opinion, is the canary in the coal mine
• working group and as I said in our open hearing, this bill, in my opinion, is the canary in the coal mine
• working group and as I said in our open hearing, this bill, in my opinion, is the canary in the coal mine
• Again, this is the canary in the coal mine. We have to watch it.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And then lastly, another dear friend of mine who's also in the gallery and also here for today's presentation
• >> And then lastly, another dear friend of >> And then lastly, another dear friend of mine
• 16.520> the<00:05:16.600> gallery<00:05:16.920> and<00:05:17.000> also mine
• who's also in the gallery and also mine who's also in the gallery and also here<00:05:17.400> for

Bills: SB3225, HCR53, HCR57, HCR101, HB1878, HB1481, SCR40, SCR59, SCR114, SCR197, SCR198, SR30, SR107, SR185, SR186

Keywords: statutory revision, Hawaii Revised Statutes, clarification, obsolete provisions, legal accuracy, University of Hawaii, Board of Regents, associate degree, degree audit, reverse transfer, credit audit, student completion, credential attainment, community college transfer, four-year campus, higher education, postsecondary attainment, workforce development, student retention, graduation pathways