Video & Transcript Research : 'spirits'

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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2026-01-15 (10:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We ask for the spirit of St.
  • here reflect the warmth of our climate, and may it warm up today as well as the resilience of our spirit
  • We're off to a spirited start.
  • And so although this is debate, I want you to know that it comes from a spirit of discussion.
  • That's why I want to have this in a spirit of discussion, because the truth is horrifying.
Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and quorum established, then adopted the Rules and Ethics Committee’s special order report for the day. The chamber first took up HB 167 on former phosphate mining lands. Sponsor Rep. McClure said the bill would remove strict liability for previously mined phosphate lands if a Department of Health study is done at the owner’s request and the former mining status is recorded publicly. Opponents, including Reps. Cross, Nixon, and Eskamani, argued the bill did not provide enough notice to future buyers and renters and could create health and disclosure concerns. The bill passed 87-24. The House then passed HB 145 on suits against the government, which Rep. McFarland said updates Florida’s sovereign immunity caps for the first time since 2010, raising them to $500,000 per person and $1 million per incident with future automatic increases, aligning the statute of limitations with private claims, and allowing governments to settle above the caps if they choose. He said the bill would make redress more accessible without eliminating the liability shield. The bill passed 104-7. The chamber then considered CS/HB 289 on civil liability for the wrongful death of an unborn child, a bill by Rep. Greco that would amend the Wrongful Death Act to allow parents and other survivors to bring claims for the death of an unborn child, while exempting the mother and lawful medical care provided within the standard of care. Debate centered on whether the bill could affect abortion access, fertility treatment, miscarriage care, surrogacy, and liability for doctors, friends, family members, and others. Multiple amendments were offered to narrow the bill or add carve-outs for abortion, fertility care, surrogates, perinatal professionals, rape/incest/human trafficking situations, and to require the mother’s consent before suit; sponsors and opponents argued over whether these changes would prevent frivolous lawsuits or instead create loopholes and weaken the bill. None of the amendments were adopted during the portion of the transcript provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I represent the Minnesota Wine and Spirit Wholesalers, and I don't have much to add to Mr.
  • This is an important issue for us, and particularly for the wine and spirit space, because we have a
  • He said this change will keep in line with the spirit of the law that caps THC beverages at no more than
  • /c><01:03:52.720> line<01:03:52.920> with<01:03:53.079> the<01:03:53.200> spirit
  • of the law keep in line with the spirit of the law that<01:03:54.119> caps<01:03:54.440> THC
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, January 7, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Her generous giving and loving spirit made her a unique blessing to so many.
  • To say that her loving spirit will be missed by all who knew her is an understatement.
  • >> Create in us a clean heart, O God, and put a new and steadfast spirit within us.
  • <02:06:58.960> the maintain in each of our spirits the maintain in each of our spirits the
  • of a faith shaped by a humble spirit. of a faith shaped by a humble spirit. that<02:07:13.760>
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill aligns with the very spirit of the War Powers Resolution, which has been more recently used
  • This inequity undermines a spirit of gratitude that the wartime bonus represents.
  • society of laws, not of men, and I think we need to live that and I think we need to uphold that in the spirit
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The committee held a hybrid public hearing on seven House bills and seven Senate bills related to the Massachusetts National Guard and U.S. Armed Forces Reserves. Opening remarks covered hearing procedures, livestreaming, testimony limits, and expected reporting dates, and chairs noted the committee’s focus on Guard and Reserve issues. Testimony then moved through several bills, including S. 2465 to expand the National Guard welcome-home veterans bonus to all deployed Guard members regardless of residency, H. 3876/S. 2462 to authorize military-style headstones for long-serving or deceased Guard members, and S. 2482/H. 3833 to establish a Massachusetts National Guard Museum in Salem. Supporters of the bonus and headstone bills argued they would correct inequities and better honor service; Senator Lovely described the museum proposal as a way to preserve the Guard’s history in Salem and potentially support federal funding for the project. A major portion of the hearing focused on H. 3829/S. 2471, the “Defend the Guard” proposal that would bar Massachusetts National Guard deployments into active combat absent a formal congressional declaration of war. Supporters argued the bill would restore constitutional war powers, reduce repeated undeclared deployments, and protect Guard members’ mental health and state readiness. Opponents, including retired Guard leaders and current service members, warned it could conflict with federal law and Title 10 authority, undermine federal funding and training, and harm readiness, force structure, and unique Guard capabilities. Committee members repeatedly questioned the bill’s legal authority, constitutional basis, and practical effects under the Supremacy Clause and Title 10, and several witnesses were asked to submit additional written legal support. The committee also heard testimony on H. 3831, which would extend Chapter 115 benefits to currently serving Guard and Reserve members who do not meet federal veteran-status thresholds, and on related proposals to clarify Guard command structure and the duties of the Adjutant General. Supporters said these changes would improve access to benefits, reduce confusion in the chain of command, and strengthen discipline and responsiveness. Separately, the National Guard Association of Massachusetts backed H. 3860/S. 2458, the Guard Enlistment Enhancement Program, as a recruiting tool, while opposing the Defend the Guard bills. No votes were taken during the hearing.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Health Care Financing Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

Transcript Highlights:
  • I mean, I understand the spirit of it. So are there any considerations?
  • I mean, I understand the spirit of it and agree with the spirit of it, but I'm just concerned or wondering
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Health Care Financing held a public hearing on a broad set of health care bills focused on cost, market oversight, pharmaceutical access, transparency, hospital closures, and pharmacy access. Chairs John Lawn and Cindy Friedman opened by emphasizing recent health care reforms and the need for further action on the drug supply chain, PBMs, private equity, and affordability. The committee heard testimony on several measures, including a Betsy Lehman Center bill to make technical changes and create a permanent trust account for federal and private funding, and bills on hospital profits and fairness, hospital closures and health planning, pharmacy deserts, and health care market oversight and pharmaceutical access. No votes were taken during the hearing. On the hospital profits bill, physicians and labor advocates strongly supported capping hospital CEO compensation at 50 times the lowest-paid worker, requiring greater financial transparency, and directing penalties from high-margin public hospitals into a Medicaid reimbursement fund. Testifiers argued that executive pay is excessive while frontline staff and safety-net services are under strain. Committee members raised concerns about unintended consequences, including whether hospitals might shift workers to contract status or lose executive talent, and whether the bill would actually direct money to the safety net. Supporters responded that the measure is one piece of a larger effort and that the bill’s Medicaid reimbursement provisions would help underserved hospitals. Testimony on market oversight and pharmaceutical access centered on rising health care and drug costs, PBM practices, and the proposal to give the Health Policy Commission authority to set upper payment limits for certain drugs. Consumer advocates, disability advocates, an independent pharmacist, the Attorney General’s office, and others supported stronger oversight, citing premium increases, affordability problems, and the impact of high drug prices on patients and community pharmacies. Pharma and some industry witnesses opposed parts of the bill, warning that upper payment limits could disrupt access, create legal issues, and fail to address the broader supply chain. The committee also heard support for stronger hospital closure notice and public hearing requirements, and for a pharmacy deserts bill aimed at identifying and addressing closures like the one in Roxbury that affected thousands of patients.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 20th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • extraordinary heroism and self-sacrifice during the Vietnam War and to honor his military service in the spirit
  • extraordinary heroism and self-sacrifice during the Vietnam War, and to honor his military service in the spirit
  • And to honor his military service in the spirit of Memorial Day.
WV

West Virginia 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Session Mar 13th, 2026 at 10:19 am

West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I was rather disappointed after the committee when I went back and spoke that that was not the spirit
  • And this undermines a spirit of competition that high school sports are meant to promote.
  • All those opposed, no, the eye spirit of have it, the eyes do have it. I declare the Senate recess.
Keywords: 994, senate, all
Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, journal approval, and a long series of guest introductions, including honorary pages, veterans, child care advocates, and other visitors. The chamber then took up Senate Resolution 63 designating March 13, 2026, as Veterans Visibility Day. Senators spoke at length about honoring everyday veterans, those who served and returned home, and families of those who did not. The resolution was adopted 33-0, with one absent vote, and the remarks of the sponsor were ordered printed in the journal appendix. The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 64 opposing China’s misuse of U.N. Resolution 2758 and reaffirming support for Taiwan’s participation in international organizations. Members described it as an annual expression of support for Taiwan and urged the congressional delegation to stand with Taiwan. The resolution was adopted by voice vote. The chamber then passed House Bill 4007 on industrial access roads, increasing annual funding and project limits for the program, and House Bill 4010 creating an airport hangar grant pilot program funded with $75 million; both bills passed 33-0 and were made effective by the Senate. A major debate centered on House Bill 4012, which would reduce regulatory burdens on utilities and add conditions for transmission projects and PSC approvals. Supporters argued it would protect West Virginia landowners and ratepayers from subsidizing out-of-state projects, while opponents warned about federal preemption and said the bill could hinder beneficial transmission development. After amendment, the bill passed 29-5 and was made effective from passage. The Senate also passed House Bill 4025, moving certain health-related employees into the classified exempt system; House Bill 487 creating a West Virginia-Ireland Education Alliance; House Bill 4106 allowing constitutional carry for 18- to 20-year-olds; House Bill 4176 allowing youth and handicapped hunters to harvest buck deer or doe during special hunts; House Bill 4191 expanding child care support and changing reimbursement rules; House Bill 4345 requiring digitization and transfer of missing persons records to the Fusion Center; and House Bill 4418 creating a Tax Efficiency Act for voluntary electronic B&O tax filing. Most of these measures passed with strong margins, though House Bill 4106 and House Bill 4191 drew notable debate and narrower votes. The most extended and divided discussion came on House Bill 4425, which repealed the one-time high school transfer athletic eligibility protection. Supporters said the current rule had led to recruiting, competitive imbalance, and harm to smaller schools, while opponents argued it punished children and restricted parental choice, especially in academic or safety-related transfers. After extensive debate, the bill passed 31-3. The Senate then moved on to House Bill 4198 and House Bill 4245 by unanimous consent actions, and the transcript ended amid continued debate on school transfer policy and related concerns about fairness, parental authority, and student welfare.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Let me give you an example: recently, Enunciation House, Spirit Aerosystems, Catholic Charities of the
  • What this bill does in the Business Organizations Code, I understand your concern related to the Spirit
  • This bill violates the spirit of due process.
Summary: The committee took up pending business first and reported several bills favorably, including SB 2139, SB 2610, SB 1856, SB 2530, SB 2401, SB 2858, and SB 3016, with most of those measures moving out on committee substitutes and being sent to the local and uncontested calendar or to the full Senate. The committee also heard SB 1906 on expanding Chapter 342E consumer lending rates; supporters argued it would modernize Texas law and expand access to safe, regulated credit, while opponents from Texas Appleseed and AARP warned it would raise costs on already expensive loans and worsen debt burdens. SB 1906 was left pending after testimony. The committee also reconsidered and re-voted SB 1856 after a procedural issue, with the substitute ultimately adopted and the bill reported favorably. The committee then heard SB 1113, which would clarify that certain vehicle converters, including a Texarkana business, do not need an additional dealer license to sell converted vehicles. The bill’s supporters described a long-standing business model and said the new metal license plate rules had created problems, while the Texas Automobile Dealers Association opposed the bill in its current form and said it could be resolved through DMV action or narrower changes. DMV said it was still researching a possible administrative fix, and SB 1113 was left pending. The committee also heard SB 2680, a Public Information Act cleanup bill dealing with emergency deadlines, business-day exclusions, and litigation timing; broadcasters and other open-government advocates argued the issues were already addressed by prior law and court rulings, while the Attorney General’s office said the bill would help with catastrophe notices and timing conflicts. SB 2680 was left pending. Other bills heard included SB 1117, which would allow any Texas-licensed dentist to administer botulinum toxin neuromodulators for aesthetic purposes in the oral and maxillofacial region; the author and dental witnesses said it would clarify scope and improve access, and the bill was left pending. SB 2340 would clarify the Attorney General’s investigative authority over Texas corporations, including pre-suit depositions and sworn written questions; opponents raised due process and separation-of-powers concerns, and the bill was left pending. The committee also heard SB 705 and SB 748, both TDLR cleanup bills, and SB 1206, which would impose timelines and notice requirements on municipalities reviewing transmission projects; SB 1206 was supported by an electric cooperative and left pending. SB 1460, creating an ethics violation registry tied to licensing consequences, drew constitutional and due-process objections from several witnesses and was also left pending. After a recess, the committee heard SB 1802 on landlord duties to repair mobility assistance devices like elevators and ramps in rental housing, with the author describing prolonged outages affecting seniors; the bill was left pending. Finally, SB 2455, creating an Energy Waste Advisory Committee to coordinate efficiency and demand-response programs, drew support from energy-efficiency and environmental witnesses and was left pending, and SB 2690, targeting deceptive business-certification solicitations, was laid out and opened to testimony before the transcript ended.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Health and Human Services (04/24/2025)

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • 17:40.880> the thinking, you know, I I I support the thinking, you know, I I I support the spirit
  • 41.679> but<00:17:42.000> the<00:17:42.520> the<00:17:43.520> unintended spirit
  • of it, but the the unintended spirit of it, but the the unintended consequences<00:17:44.799> are
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Apr 15th, 2025 at 01:00 pm

North Dakota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The North Dakota Native Tourism Alliance includes Spirit Lake Nation, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, MHA
  • brought this to the floor, I commended the parties involved on the work they did together and the spirit
  • I commended the parties involved on the work they did together and the spirit of cooperation trying to
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The Senate met with a quorum present and handled a mix of conference committee appointments, appropriations bills, policy bills, and House amendments. Early in the session, the chamber appointed conference committees for SB 2399 and for House-amended SBs 2213 and 2354, and also named conference committees for HB 103, HB 1308, and HB 1169. The Senate then took up several appropriations measures, including HB 1612, which creates the North Dakota Center for Aerospace Medicine at UND; the Senate adopted an amendment shifting the funding to a one-time $250,000 Community Health Trust Fund appropriation with a required $250,000 match from other sources, and the bill passed 39-7. HB 1193, the “Back the Blue” grant, was amended to make the funding one-time and focus on officer retention, then passed 41-5. HB 1329, a government spending database proposal for school districts, was amended into a legislative study and passed 42-4. HB 1020, the water budget, received extensive amendments reducing and reallocating funding across major water projects, adding studies and oversight changes, and passed 45-0 with the emergency clause. HB 1581, a tribal tourism grant, also passed 40-6. The Senate rejected HB 1330, which would have authorized divestment from direct investments in Chinese companies; after debate over the prudent investor rule, trade impacts, and whether the bill singled out one nation in law, it failed 20-26. HB 1534, limiting property valuation increases, and HB 1266, adjusting the disabled veterans property tax credit, both failed unanimously or nearly so after committee recommendations against them. HB 1566, which would have created a regulatory framework for a product discussed as kratom, was amended on the floor to convert it into a study and then passed 31-15. The chamber also passed HB 2241 on charter schools after a House amendment changed the funding formula to the statewide average from the prior year, and HB 2022, the indigent legal counsel budget, after House changes added funding flexibility, offset lost fee revenue, and included a study on a public defender office. The Senate concurred in several House amendments and then passed a number of Senate bills. SB 2375, allowing joint negotiations between dental providers and insurers under Attorney General oversight, passed 44-2. SB 2251, clarifying that open records requests during state audits should be referred to the audited agency, passed 46-0. SB 2159, related to nuclear energy research, passed 43-3 after House amendments required Industrial Commission approval and consultation with the radioactive waste advisory council. SB 2155, changing gratis antelope license rules, passed 30-16 after debate over landowner rights and tag distribution. SB 251, setting fees and an audit for the Private Investigative and Security Board, passed 44-2. SB 2280, the prior authorization health insurance bill, passed 43-3 with a House-added study and consumer protections. SB 2023, the Racing Commission budget, passed 41-5 after a House change made internship funding one-time. SB 2232, changing prenatal substance exposure reporting requirements and related toxicology rules, passed 44-2. SB 2241, authorizing public charter schools, passed 39-7. The session ended while the Senate was still processing SB 2022’s final passage vote, but the bill had already cleared concurrence on House amendments.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • Factual means of preserving peace in the spirit of President Washington's wise counsel We must also recognize
  • But strength is not only in our military power, it is in our resolve, the spirit of this alliance, the
  • spirit of America.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • inspirational and an example of<00:08:51.200> that<00:08:51.399> bipartisan<00:08:52.399> spirit
  • <00:08:52.880> and<00:08:53.000> you of that bipartisan spirit and you of that bipartisan
  • spirit and you mentioned<00:08:53.519> it's<00:08:53.800> because<00:08:54.440> of<
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 18th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Lord, that you would give us discernment and wisdom, and a spirit of unity that would wisdom, Lord, a
  • spirit of unity that would not be easily broken.
  • Words that people have come and shared with me about this bill and the cooperative spirit we've got.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Again, I want to ground this in the spirit of if we're under the impression that this is a fiscal bill
  • , I guess, of if we're if we're spirit, I guess, of if we're if we're under<00:53:38.559> the<
  • Representative Allen then took the last question, saying he was glad to play cleanup in the spirit of
  • So, in<01:24:24.719> the<01:24:24.880> spirit<01:24:25.120> of<01:24:25.280>
  • of baseball in this time in the spirit of baseball in this time of<01:24:26.320> year,<01:24:
Bills: HF1323, HF3500
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Education Finance - 03/10/26

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am a two-spirit person and for those that are not uh familiar with that term, means I walk both in
  • a masculine and feminine spirit.
  • I<00:05:40.640> am<00:05:40.760> a<00:05:40.800> two-spirit<00:05:41.320> person
  • and for those I am a two-spirit person and for those that<00:05:42.520> are<00:05:42.640>
  • feminine spirit. feminine spirit. And And, um, I met my wife in 2009.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 03/26/25

Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, I'm asking for your yes vote on this bill in that spirit.
  • I think the people of Minnesota are better off for that, and I'm asking in the same spirit as we approve
  • yes vote on this bill in that spirit. yes vote on this bill in that spirit.
  • <00:48:23.680> as<00:48:23.920> we I'm asking in the same spirit as we I'm asking in
  • the same spirit as we approve<00:48:24.319> the<00:48:24.559> advanced<00:48:24.880>
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It can break your spirit. When my daughter was born, she went into cardiac arrest multiple times.
  • And still, it didn't break our spirit quite the way this experience has.
  • <01:14:40.400> was<01:14:40.560> born,<01:14:40.880> she spirit.
  • When my daughter was born, she spirit.
  • quite the way it h this our spirit quite the way it h this experience<01:15:11.640> has.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/13/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So I guess I'm wondering, and I actually have some wonky questions, but just in the spirit of I have
  • So I guess I'm wondering, and I actually have some wonky questions, but just in the spirit of I have
  • So I guess I'm wondering, and I actually have some wonky questions, but just in the spirit of I have
  • So I guess I'm wondering, and I actually have some wonky questions, but just in the spirit of I have
  • So I guess I'm wondering, and I actually have some wonky questions, but just in the spirit of I have
Bills: HF1976
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Education Finance Committee 2/27/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • The ethnic studies standard is not a distraction in the spirit of American public schools; it should
  • <01:14:08.120> of not a distraction in the spirit of not a distraction in the spirit of American
  • I trust them to move us forward, and so with that spirit I make a motion to lay this bill on the table
  • > a<01:41:29.920> motion<01:41:30.239> to<01:41:30.400> lay with that spirit
  • I make a motion to lay with that spirit I make a motion to lay this<01:41:30.960> bill<01:41:
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 2/26/25

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • think that's what we'd like to just continue to work on and clarify, but otherwise appreciate the spirit
  • of the thank you appreciate the spirit of the thank you thank<00:37:29.119> you<00:37:29.240>
  • So it is in that spirit that I hope you will hear our remarks today.
  • 24:19.159> uh<01:24:19.280> will<01:24:19.440> hear<01:24:19.719> our spirit
  • that I hope you uh will hear our spirit that I hope you uh will hear our remarks<01:24:20.360> today
Keywords: 1183, house