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NM
Transcript Highlights:
- They didn't ask for this war. They didn't start this war.
- But I'll be damned if they don't finish this war. Senator Stewart Uh, thank you, Mr. President.
- And it was also a lawyer by the name of Lincoln who held the country together in the Civil War and fought
- This bill requires the New Mexico Healthcare Authority to adopt the data aggregator model allowing providers
- House Bill 571 creates a new statute authorizing DFA to establish a program to grant an award certificate
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nominations of Brian Burch, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Holy See, Brandon Judd, of Idaho, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chile, and Nicole McGraw, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia, all of t Apr 8th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Foreign Relations Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- The Vatican recognizes this, and on the anniversary of Putin's invasion, the Pope called the war in Ukraine
- I've had a chance to visit Bucha, where Russian forces committed horrific war crimes, and it's an absolute
- Including working to resolve war and conflict in multiple regions around the world, religious persecution
- My maternal grandfather served in the United States Army during World War II and fought in Europe.
- My father was drafted into the military in 1969 during the Vietnam War.
Committee:
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Keywords:
legislative process, public involvement, community engagement, transparency, introductions
Summary:
The meeting was characterized by a series of introductions and personal anecdotes shared by the committee members, with a focus on the importance of community engagement and transparency in legislative processes. Members expressed their commitment to open hearings and the necessity for public involvement in discussions impacting constituents. Several members remarked on how personal experiences shape their legislative priorities, thus reinforcing the human element of governance. However, there was a noticeable absence of discussion regarding specific bills, indicating that the session may have been more exploratory or introductory in nature.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - Part 2)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The defense budget, the war machine of the Pentagon budget can't pass an audit.
- </c> in this chamber own stock in war in this chamber own stock in war manufacturing.<00:40:51.119><c
- In conclusion, God bless our troops as the global war on terrorism continues.
- </c><02:13:56.800><c> Trump</c> global war on terrorism continues.
- Trump global war on terrorism continues.
Keywords:
veterans, VA, Department of Veterans Affairs, suicide prevention, mental health, emergent suicide care, Columbia Protocol, Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale, Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program, No Wrong Door for Veterans Act, title 38, adaptive prostheses, prosthetic devices, recreational activities, sports prosthetics, pension payments, veterans benefits, Veterans Affairs Committee, suicide screening, crisis care
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Jan 14th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Early Learning & K-12 Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Any compensation amount in excess of $3,000 per year must be authorized by the Board of Directors.
- Yes, they are authorizations, not requirements, number one.
- They are authorizations, not requirements, number one.
- Senate Bill 5860 authorizes the illegal use of levy and L-EA money.
- Washingtonians imprisoned for two years during World War II. My grandmother was only 10.
Committee:
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education
Keywords:
school construction, school facilities, capital budget, school plant project, state funding assistance, school construction assistance program, on-base schools, military base, Department of Defense school, military families, public school facilities, instructional space, Superintendent of Public Instruction, SIP, school district capital funding, school housing burden, rapid growth, enrollment growth, free and reduced-price meals, alternative learning experience
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill does authorize the Attorney General to take legal action.
- crimes, mass war crimes against humanity, crimes of war, with their tax dollars.
- author of this.
- author of this.
- Or under some other lawful authority to make that detention or that apprehension.
Bills:
SB2972 , SB1909 , SB2815 , SB735 , SB2233 , SB800 , SB1069 , SB2683 , SB2986 , SB2058 , SB2310 , SB2055 , SB1032
Committees:
Senate Education , Senate Education K-16
Summary:
The Senate Education K-16 Committee heard several bills before recessing to the floor, with most measures left pending subject to the call of the chair. SB 2986 would allow public schools and universities to permit after-hours facility use by religious groups on the same terms as other nonprofits, and SB 1032 would open the Governor’s University Research Initiative to private and independent universities; both had committee substitutes adopted and were left pending after brief testimony. Supporters of SB 1032 from Rice and Baylor said the change would help Texas recruit top researchers and strengthen the state’s research economy. The committee also heard SB 2058, which would require the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to publish annual data on nursing clinical training sites to improve placement coordination, and SB 2683, which would bar public colleges from giving benefits or recognition to student organizations that receive support from foreign entities of concern; both were left pending after testimony.
A large portion of the meeting focused on SB 2233, which would require public institutions of higher education to adopt policies prohibiting students or employees on nonimmigrant visas from publicly supporting terrorist activity or organizations, with enforcement through investigations, reporting to Homeland Security, and possible Attorney General action and fines. The author said the bill was intended to reinforce existing federal definitions and campus safety, while senators questioned the bill’s scope, the definition of terrorist activity, and the clause tied to U.S. policy or practice. Public witnesses, including civil rights advocates, law students, and others, argued the bill was vague, overbroad, unconstitutional, and likely to chill protected speech and increase surveillance of international students and Black and brown communities; several Jewish witnesses also said the bill misused Jewish safety concerns and could be used for viewpoint discrimination. SB 2233 was left pending after public testimony.
The committee then took up SB 735, which builds on prior Holocaust education legislation by funding optional age-appropriate and bilingual curriculum, museum field trips, teacher preparation partnerships, annual reporting, and regional collaboration with Holocaust museums and education service centers. The author and invited witnesses said the bill responds to survey findings showing uneven Holocaust instruction and a need for better teacher training and accountability. A fifth-grade teacher and the director of the Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio testified in support, emphasizing the need for accurate, age-appropriate instruction and professional development. The committee recessed before finishing the agenda, and SB 735 was set to resume after the floor session.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Aeronautics and Transportation Mar 2nd, 2026
Aeronautics and Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- Clyde Cook served in World War II. Clyde and Grace Cook. Just a very quick story.
- Clyde Cook served in World War II in the Pacific Theater, but he got in late.
- I hope the author could understand why I was asking. Thank you. Thank you, Senator.
- I hope the author could understand why I was asking. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Senator.
- And it appears to me that these agencies have some administrative authority.
Committee:
Senate Aeronautics and Transportation
Summary:
The Senate Aeronautics and Transportation Committee met during deadline week and heard several Senate bills. Senate Bill 1966, naming a bridge after Clyde and Grace Cook, was briefly explained by Senator Bullard and advanced unanimously. Senate Bill 1475, designating the I-35 and Indian Hills Road interchange as the Toby Keith Memorial Interchange, also advanced after members confirmed the family’s support and clarified it was separate from a prior turnpike naming resolution.
The committee spent substantial time on Senate Bill 175, which creates an uninsured commercial vehicle recovery reimbursement fund to pay wreckers for cleaning up abandoned uninsured commercial vehicles. Members questioned the use of existing fee revenue, possible overlap with prior weigh station funding, and the $10,000 per-vehicle cap. Despite concerns, the bill advanced on an 8-3 vote. Senate Bill 1950, as amended, would prohibit using ADS-B aircraft tracking data to calculate or collect fees from aircraft owners or operators; the author said the goal was to preserve state registration revenue while preventing private third parties from using the data for fee collection. The bill advanced unanimously.
Senate Bill 2049, as amended, would require the Transportation Commission rather than staff or the Attorney General to approve the decision to call a contractor’s bond on ODOT projects. Supporters said it adds oversight and protects staff, while opponents argued it is unnecessary and could delay action; it advanced 10-1. Senate Bill 2052 would update DPS commercial motor vehicle enforcement provisions, increase fines, and route appeals through the administrative process and then district court; members discussed fine levels, appeals, and related weigh station funding. It advanced 9-2, and the meeting adjourned afterward.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
January 20, 2026 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- I get into the feedback, and I mean sure it was in the bill as well: this does not diminish the authority
- This does not diminish 54 the authority of space, Florida.
- Do we have the authority to require that of the military and NASA?
- He was a World War II Marine fighter pilot, fought off the carrier, was in the battles of Leyte Gulf
- We have words that have been laid to rest there from every single conflict since the War of 1812.
Summary:
The Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee met to consider several bills, beginning with HB 335 by Representative Kendall, which sought to recognize space as a fifth mode of transportation, give voting rights to ex officio Space Florida board members, and reduce what the sponsor described as unnecessary state oversight of spaceport operations. The bill was presented as a response to feedback from NASA, Space Force, and other federal partners about clarifying the state’s role at federally owned facilities like Kennedy Space Center. Members raised questions about terminology, authority over federal property, and the role of Space Florida; the sponsor said an amendment would remove the voting-rights provision and instead require spaceports to provide an annual list of shovel-ready projects. The amendment was adopted, and HB 335 passed favorably.
The committee then unanimously passed HB 885, which designates a road in Baker County near the courthouse in honor of former Representative and Judge John Cruz, and HB 403, which names a portion of the road leading into NAS Pensacola as Warriors Way to honor the sailors killed in the 2019 Pensacola attack and the broader naval community there. Both bills drew brief supportive remarks and no opposition. The committee also considered HB 25, a bridge designation for Coach Wilks, a longtime local basketball coach, and adopted a Senate amendment adding the Dickey Betts Memorial Highway designation on U.S. 41 in Sarasota County. HB 25, as amended, passed unanimously. The meeting concluded with adjournment after all measures on the agenda were reported favorably.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- It is constitutionally authorized to address this issue. It is their job.
- We've established the constitutional authority. Let's talk about the benefits.
- This is war on both sides. And then you’ve got the issue of This is war on both sides.
- Congress only has authority to issue rules around federal elections.
- authority.
Committees:
Senate Senate Rules , Senate House Rules & Order Of Business
Keywords:
alcohol consumption, Senate rules, legislative conduct, ethics, New Mexico Senate, redistricting, gerrymandering, election integrity, Congress, voter rights, political polarization, Nancy Lopez, Roswell bypass, US Highway 285, U.S. Highway 285, Highway 285 bypass, road naming, highway naming, memorial, transportation department
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Twenty - Thursday, February 12
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I know that this compact was vetted by the Department of, now War.
- These compacts are vetted and formed by the Department of Defense, Department of War, whatever we're
- These compacts are vetted and formed by the Department of Defense, Department of War, whatever we're
- However, when you are endowed with the power of law enforcement, the authority to carry a weapon, have
- It also authorizes the department to send the notice of deficiency for taxpayers electronically upon
Summary:
The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the previous day’s journal by a 119-0 vote. Members then used personal privilege remarks to recognize a 40th wedding anniversary, honor Sherry Anderson for her service to the House, and observe Black History Month with a tribute to former Senator Yvonne Starks-Wilson. The chamber also welcomed several guest groups, including representatives from the Alzheimer’s Association, the Festus girls cross-country team, the Blue Springs Chamber of Commerce Leadership Conference, and advocates connected to the blind pension fund.
The main floor debate centered on House Committee Substitute for House Bills 2033, 1608, 1672, and 1854, which would remove the sunset from the SAFE Act and continue restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors. Supporters argued the bill protects children, citing concerns about puberty blockers, hormones, surgery, and evolving medical guidance; opponents said it targets transgender youth, interferes with family and medical decisions, and misstates the science. After extended debate, the previous question was adopted 102-45, and the combined bill package passed 102-40. House Bill 1847, creating the Dental Licensure Compact, also passed 138-10 after questions about reciprocity, data sharing, and state sovereignty.
The House then passed House Committee Substitute for House Bill 1866, which bars peace officer licensure for applicants whose certification was revoked or suspended and for non-citizens, by a 101-36 vote after debate over citizenship, military service, and law enforcement standards. House Committee Substitute for House Bills 1908 and 2337 passed 147-0; the sponsor described it as protecting women and children in abusive situations and addressing legal responsibility in marriage. House Bill 1961, allowing temporary dietitian licenses and a compact for interstate practice, passed 137-8. House Bill 2180, changing Department of Revenue and blind pension notice delivery methods and allowing electronic notices, passed 146-0 and was described as both a service improvement and a cost saver. House Bill 2591, updating speech-language pathologist licensure to allow out-of-state training and practice in Missouri, passed 144-0. The House then announced upcoming committee meetings, a Scouting America Eagle Scout recognition, an America 250 celebration event, and a Labor Caucus meeting before adjourning until Monday, February 16, 2026.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Speaker: The clerk will read the resolution HCR 54 by Representative Hunter authorizing the legislature
- Representative Hunter: Members, this resolution authorizes adjournment for more than three days.
- This resolution authorizes adjournment for more than three days.
- You got your schedule in the mail or email, and the resolution authorizes the House or Senate to adjourn
- This resolution authorizes adjournment for more than three days.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nomination of Howard Lutnick, of New York, to be Secretary of Commerce. Jan 29th, 2025 at 09:15 am
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- , the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
- The Trump administration issued this order even though this spending was authorized.
- There's no war we could have that would kill 100,000 Americans.
- We won World War II because of the economy.
- I'm the author of the laws that moved us to this broadband world that we're in.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, January 22, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Detention, individual parole authority, and visa sanctions.
- </c> ultimately disavowed by its own author ultimately disavowed by its own author the<04:35:36.199><
- Vietnam and the Cold War celebrating his Vietnam and the Cold War celebrating his 85th<08:03:27.200><
- </c> Waller an army veteran of the Cold War Waller an army veteran of the Cold War who<08:03:46.958><
- He joined the war effort before completing his senior year.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Rules Committee Apr 7th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I note the importance of Germany's recognition because, as an ally of Ottoman Turkey during World War
- This was a war, not a genocide, as has been claimed.
- Yes, I'd also like to thank the author for bringing this bill.
- Yes, I'd also like to thank the author for bringing this bill.
Summary:
The Rules Committee convened, established a quorum, and approved the consent agenda by unanimous roll call vote. The committee then took up House Resolution 25, authored by Assembly Member Harabedian, commemorating the Armenian Genocide. Harabedian described the resolution as a reaffirmation that the genocide occurred and noted its long history in the Legislature.
Supportive testimony came from David Ojakian of the Armenian Assembly of America, who said the resolution was important to counter denial, mark the 110th anniversary, and recognize broader concerns about ethnic and religious cleansing in Artsakh. He cited prior California, congressional, and presidential acknowledgments of the Armenian Genocide and urged passage of the resolution. One witness in opposition, Karahan Mette of the Turkish College in California, argued the events were a wartime conflict rather than genocide, disputed the death toll, and called for a unifying joint resolution instead.
Committee members Arreguín and Zbur voiced support for the resolution and its importance to constituents, including the Little Armenia community. The committee then voted to advance H.R. 25 by unanimous roll call, and the meeting adjourned.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, May 19, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- :04.800><c> being</c> means no work authorizations being means no work authorizations being issued,<00
- </c> recognize my colleagues that authored recognize my colleagues that authored the<02:56:23.279><c>
- ><c> external</c> bill would authorize the external bill would authorize the external provider<04:11:
- </c> Facility Authorization Act. Facility Authorization Act.
- </c> Medical Facility Authorization Act. Medical Facility Authorization Act.
Bills:
HR1299 , HB5317 , HB4544 , HB3234 , HB1993 , HB3726 , HB2954 , SB2393 , HB3482 , HR1352 , HB4684 , HB2252 , HB6506 , HB7432 , SB4530
Keywords:
housing, affordable housing, homeownership, rental assistance, HUD, Department of Housing and Urban Development, zoning reform, land use, building codes, single-stair buildings, point-access block, infill development, housing supply, housing affordability, HOME Investment Partnerships, CDBG, Community Development Block Grant, FHA, Federal Housing Administration, small-dollar mortgage
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 05/12/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> Calendar 249, Senate Print 5035, Senator Hinchey, an act to amend the Public Authorities Law.
- >> CALENDAR 249, SENATE PRINT 5035 SENATOR HINCHEY, AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW.
- During the Revolutionary War, Tadeusz Kosciuszko's brilliant fortifications at the heights in...
- >> I THINK THE BIGGEST FAILURE HAS BEEN THE WAR ON DRUGS.
- The war on drugs was a failure.
Summary:
The Senate convened, approved the journal, and took up a series of motions to discharge identical Assembly bills to the Third Reading Calendar, along with committee reports and amendments. The chamber also received an introduction from Senator Gonzalez honoring Maria Raine and her advocacy for guardrails on AI chatbots after the death of her son, and later adopted a Rules Committee report sending several General Business Law bills directly to Third Reading. The resolution calendar was adopted with some exceptions, and the Senate recognized several previously adopted resolutions honoring individuals and observances, including Barnabas McHenry, Arthur Jones Jr., Floyd Todd Peterson III, the Lexington School for the Deaf, Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Apraxia Awareness Month, Fibromyalgia Awareness Day, Prevention Week, Physician Anesthesiologists Week, and Golf Day in New York.
The Senate then considered and passed numerous bills, many on consumer protection and public policy topics. Measures included bills on General Business Law, Public Health Law, Correction Law, Environmental Conservation Law, Executive Law, Vehicle and Traffic Law, Public Officers Law, Not-for-Profit Corporation Law, Public Housing Law, Education Law, Labor Law, and Public Service Law. Several bills were laid aside, including a Public Health Law bill by Senator Fernandez and a Public Service Law bill by Senator Parker. The chamber also passed a concurrent constitutional resolution by Senator Stec proposing an amendment to Article 14.
During floor debate, senators explained votes on several measures. Senator Ramos spoke in support of paid sick leave for domestic workers, describing the bill as a long-overdue labor protection for a workforce historically excluded from such rights. Senator Fernandez described her bill as the Manufacturer Disclosure and Transparency Act, aimed at requiring notice and public disclosure of certain pharmaceutical patent settlement agreements to improve transparency and competition in prescription drug pricing. Senator Ryan and Senator Martins supported a bill restricting hidden algorithmic price manipulation online, and Senator May supported a bill limiting excessive rental car fuel charges as part of a broader consumer protection package. The Senate also passed a memorial highway bill naming a portion of Route 19 in LeRoy for Lieutenant Gary A. Scott, with Senator Borrello explaining the veteran’s service and sacrifice.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> provider didn't have the authorization provider didn't have the authorization and<00:33:11.039><
- 00:46:20.240><c> you</c><00:46:20.640><c> a</c> published author doesn't make you a published author
- </c> entire general court and the authority entire general court and the authority over<01:44:15.840>
- That's why I legislative authority.
- </c> which we all know was an unpopular war. which we all know was an unpopular war.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- It reunified us after the Civil War. There was an intent and a purpose behind it.
- It reunified us after the Civil War. There was an intent and a purpose behind it.
- Civil War. There was an intent and a purpose behind it.
- We don't get into any more wars. We're on the brink of another war.
- End of the Palestinian-Israeli war.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you to the author. Please add me as a co-author. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
- Thank you to the author. Please add me as a co-author. Great to see you, Mr. Kahn.
- I want to commend the author.
- I'd like to be out as a co-author. And Really important. I'd like to be out as a co-author.
- So I would thank the author.
Committee:
House Judiciary
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Twenty Two - Tuesday, February 17 -Morning Session-
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Music that accompanied the very first American patriots through our War of Independence, the War of 1812
- and in Controlling control, mischaracterizes brand standards as employment authority, and encourages
- restores necessary rulemaking authority and ensures consumer protections remain strong.
- This is why the department has long held that they don't have the authority over hemp.
- We're not here to fight your wars that should be fought in the free market.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the House Journal by roll call vote, 126-0. Members then offered several points of personal privilege and introductions, including recognition of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, a tribute and moment of silence for the late Reverend Jesse Jackson, and greetings to various visiting groups such as manufacturers, FFA students, university graduate students, and the Lewis and Clark Fife and Drum Corps for an America 250 event.
The chamber then moved through first reading of several bills and took up multiple measures for perfection and printing. House Bill 2596, dealing with multiple employer self-insured health plans for small businesses, received supportive testimony from members who said it would help small employers recruit and retain workers and modernize outdated law; it was adopted and ordered perfected and printed. House Bill 1644, establishing a franchise-specific joint employer standard, drew extensive debate over liability, franchisor control, and whether it would protect small franchise businesses without limiting legitimate claims; it was also adopted and ordered perfected and printed. House Bill 2423, updating consumer credit licensing fees for the fee-funded Division of Finance, was presented as a way to keep the agency self-funded and maintain consumer protection staffing, and it too was ordered perfected and printed.
The House also considered House Bill 2641, which would regulate intoxicating hemp products and align state law with federal changes set to take effect on November 12, 2026. The bill’s sponsor said it was intended to protect children, provide clarity, and create a coordinated enforcement framework, while opponents argued it was unconstitutional because it would effectively reclassify hemp products under the marijuana framework in Article 14 of the Missouri Constitution and could harm lawful hemp businesses. An amendment and a technical amendment were adopted, and the bill was then adopted and perfected and printed as amended. The House later announced committee meetings and other notices before voting to recess until 2 p.m.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Apr 3rd, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- public health threats like the spread of viruses and diseases and the health impacts of disasters and war
- Consent calendar for the purpose of adding co-authors.
- Excuse me, clerk will now open the roll to allow any member to add on as a co-author to the resolution
- Members, this is for co-authors on the consent calendar, co-authors please.
- There are 65 co-authors added. Moving on to a vote on the consent calendar, file items 37 to 39.