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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- about the electrons that we need is coming from the wind or coming from batteries or coming from nuclear
- independent energy efficiency focused nonprofit organization advancing solutions to reduce energy waste
- That reduced energy waste helps keep the lights on in the winter.
- I've also learned the impact of air conditioning and heating technology on things like energy waste and
- While we've added supply, we've also added demand, and much of it is wasted energy.
Bills:
HB 1951, HB 2715, HB 3092, HB 3237, HB 3278, HB 3511, HB 3592, HB 3675, HB 3778, HB 3782, HB 3826, HB 3970, HB 4016, HB 4049, HB 4341, HB 4344, HB 4406, HB 4427
Keywords:
collective bargaining, public works, government contracts, labor agreements, state funding, removal from office, political subdivisions, local government, judicial proceedings, administrative judicial region, electric transmission, public convenience, landowner consent, utility regulation, energy infrastructure, energy consumption, higher education, governmental entities, sustainability, electricity reduction
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Feb 3rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- security and developing technologies that ensure the safety and reliability of the United States nuclear
- His career spans research in hyperspectral detection, nuclear reactor modeling, hypersonic, and nuclear
- Prior to his current role, he was chief scientist at the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, leading technical
NJ
Transcript Highlights:
- budgets that have been sitting around unspent in state accounts for up to five years, sitting there wasted
- . ...around unspent state accounts for up to five years, sitting there wasted, and eliminates about 115
- A. 4881, by Assembly Member DeAngelo, Power NJ Act, establishes an advanced nuclear energy procurement
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Mar 19th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Then you haven't wasted that animal. You can find it easier.
- Then you haven't wasted that animal. You can find it easier.
- Other sustainable energy resources, examples of that would be hydro, hydraulic, or nuclear energy.
Summary:
The committee first took up House Bill 895, which would require data centers using water for cooling to use non-consumptive closed-loop systems or secure water from a municipality or other water user so they do not draw more from the system than can be sustained. Representative Raybould presented the bill, and Representative Mickelsen moved it to the floor with a due pass recommendation. The committee approved that motion by voice vote.
The bulk of the meeting focused on Idaho Fish and Game’s advanced hunting technology rule package, including restrictions on transmitting trail cameras, thermal optics, night vision, drones, and related technologies. Fish and Game staff and Director Jim Frederick described a lengthy public process, survey results showing broad hunter opposition to many technologies, and the commission’s effort to balance hunter opportunity, fair chase concerns, and enforceability. Several committee members objected to the rule package, arguing it conflicted with state law, changed substantially from the original proposal, and should have been handled by legislation rather than rulemaking. After debate, the committee adopted a motion to hold the docket until an odd-numbered day the following week, effectively delaying action.
The committee then heard House Bill 910, which would create a statutory framework for the Department of Lands and Parks and Recreation to jointly manage recreation opportunities on endowment lands while protecting existing uses and maximizing revenue to the endowment. The bill drew questions about approval authority, existing MOUs, impacts on grazing and other current uses, and whether it would expand recreation development. Supporters said it would streamline management and generate revenue; opponents worried it would promote more recreation on endowment lands and create conflicts. The committee approved the bill on a 9-6 roll call vote. It also sent Senate Bill 1303, updating renewable energy language in a state fund statute, and Senate Concurrent Resolution 124, recognizing wildlife crossing projects, to the floor with due pass recommendations. House Bill 878, dealing with firefighter pay and fire suppression fund issues, was sent to House General Orders. Finally, the committee heard Senate Joint Memorial 111 on protecting federal public lands from disposal; after testimony and debate over public access, fragmented parcels, and federal land management, the committee had not yet reached a final disposition in the portion provided.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Jun 25th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, let's see, the June 6, 2025 memorandum, um, eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid.
- director of the Health and Human Services, uh, department to take appropriate action to eliminate waste
- You know, I'm just a dumb nuclear weapons guy, but man, that math doesn't add up.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- Nuclear One program.
- Director Gary, I know that it's on line item on the Arkansas Nuclear One.
- Director Gary, I had a question, a nuclear question. I mean, a question about nuclear energy.
- The Energy Committee was up at the nuclear plant last week and toured that.
- I will tell you, first off, I am not a nuclear expert on any of this, but after this being moved under
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee May 14th, 2026
Appropriations
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Feb 12th, 2026 at 06:45 pm
Washington Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- record all your work, and hopefully it worked out well; otherwise, it's hours and hours and hours wasted
- incentivize this modernization to the next generation and even possibly use things like hydrogen, nuclear
Summary:
The Senate considered and passed several bills, many of them after moving substitutes and suspending the rules to advance them directly to final passage. Second Substitute Senate Bill 6035, dealing with access to voting services for military, overseas, Native American, and disabled voters, was described as a civic engagement measure that would require county auditors and the Secretary of State to work with federally recognized tribes and explore a secure voting portal. Supporters emphasized outreach, access, and helping overseas and disabled voters; opponents raised concerns about online voting security, paper ballot integrity, and emerging technologies. The bill passed 38-19.
Substitute Senate Bill 6034, which statutorily establishes the Governor’s Office on Indian Affairs, passed unanimously 49-0 after supporters said it would formally anchor an office that has existed for decades and better reflect the state’s government-to-government relationship with tribes. Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6247, on school district financial management and training, also passed 49-0 after an amendment was adopted to delay implementation and clarify funding for training. Supporters said the bill would help school boards, superintendents, and ESDs identify districts sliding toward financial distress and improve fiscal oversight.
The Senate also passed Senate Bill 5922, giving school districts more flexibility to transfer unused school bus depreciation funds when declining enrollment means replacement buses may not be needed, and Senate Bill 6278, requiring ongoing review of teacher and principal preparation programs so training better matches classroom needs; both passed with broad support. Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6246, concerning emissions-intensive, trade-exposed facilities under the Climate Commitment Act, drew the most extended debate and passed 27-22 after a striking amendment was adopted and a proposed reporting amendment was rejected. Supporters said it creates a framework for future emissions allowance reductions while protecting jobs and competitiveness; opponents warned it would drive mills and other industrial employers out of Washington. The Senate also passed Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5906, the SAFE Act limiting ICE access to non-public areas of schools, colleges, health care facilities, daycares, and similar sites without a warrant, after adopting amendments related to model policies and union notification; supporters framed it as a safety and due process measure, while opponents called it an attempt to obstruct federal law enforcement. Finally, Substitute Senate Bill 5905, addressing PERS membership for certain port workers in federal railroad retirement plans, passed 49-0 as a technical pension fix.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nominations of Aaron Lukas, of Arkansas, to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Joseph Kent, of Washington, to be Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of National Intellig Apr 9th, 2025 at 01:30 pm
Intelligence (Select) Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- actions make our country safer, or firing the folks who were responsible for security of our country's nuclear
- from that position that the various agencies, the 18 agencies of the intelligence community are not wasting
Keywords:
national security, intelligence community, Aaron Lucas, Joe Kent, John Eisenberg, China threat, terrorism, collaboration, oversight, intelligence capabilities
Summary:
The committee meeting centered around significant discussions regarding national security and intelligence community leadership. Notably, nominees Aaron Lucas for Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Joe Kent for Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, and John Eisenberg for Assistant Attorney General for National Security were introduced. Concerns were raised about the current state of U.S. intelligence capabilities, particularly in relation to threats posed by foreign adversaries such as China and ongoing risks from terrorism. The dialogue emphasized the necessity for robust oversight and the importance of collaboration within the intelligence community, as well as with international allies, to ensure effective security measures are in place.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- We'll be talking about nuclear energy.
- If you're paying attention to the news, you'll see that nuclear energy is the up and coming.
- If you're paying attention to the news, you'll see that nuclear energy is the up and coming, and I hope
Summary:
The Senate convened with 33 members present and a quorum established. After prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the corrected journal, the body received committee reports on several gubernatorial appointments and printed bills. Those appointments included Brian Skigliano and another Human Rights Commission appointee, Gregory Donica, Nora Carpenter, and Salvador Cruz for the Health Insurance Exchange Board and Department of Finance, and Clayton Steele for the Board of Environmental Quality; all were referred to the 10th order and held for one legislative day. The Senate also received first reading of Senate Bills 1235, 1236, and 1237, which were referred to the Judiciary and Rules Committee, and second reading of Senate Bill 1222, which was sent to third reading.
The Senate then resolved into the Committee of the Whole to consider Senate Bill 1225, which had one amendment. Members adopted amendments narrowing the bill’s 10-business-day public disclosure requirement for a sole finalist name so it applies only to presidential searches at colleges and universities, while removing broader application to other searches and making a clerical title correction. The committee then reported Senate Bill 1225 back to the Senate as amended without recommendation, and the report was adopted; the bill and amendments were referred to Judiciary and Rules for engrossing and printing.
During miscellaneous business, senators announced a nuclear energy caucus luncheon, a Friday ceremony for the Liberty Bell’s removal for restoration, and caucus meetings for both minority and majority members after adjournment. The Senate then adjourned until 10:30 a.m. the following day.
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Legislative Session - Session 2 - 42nd Legislative Day- REASSEMBLE Part 1 Jun 30th, 2026
Delaware House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- provide annual recycling education to residents; and requires commercial businesses to review their waste
- It also eliminates the recycling to review their waste streams and recycle eligible materials when feasible
- Let me call up a subject matter expert because what I don't want us to do is waste our time here.
- their own generation, and that the percent that complies with the renewable energy portfolio would be nuclear
- You're defining this as clean energy here: nuclear power or batteries, and then generation eligible for
Summary:
The House met on June 30, 2026, with opening ceremonies, guest introductions, a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a moment of silence for two deceased community members. Members also adopted Consent Calendar 29, which included House Concurrent Resolutions 153, 154, and 156, and passed House Concurrent Resolution 157 directing the State Lottery to report on iLottery options to support traditional lottery retailers, as amended to set a February 15, 2027 reporting deadline.
The chamber then considered several bills on agriculture, telecommunications, health, fire service standards, corrections, elections, and education. Among the measures passed were Senate Bill 53 on the Delaware Farm to Community Program, Senate Bill 307 on PSC authority for Lifeline telecom carriers, Senate Bill 339 clarifying advance health care directives, Senate Bill 235 extending manufactured home rent increase rules, Senate Bill 325 updating firefighter/EMS background check and membership standards, Senate Bill 309 discharging incarceration-related balances, Senate Bill 324 on constable-related handgun purchase exemptions, Senate Bill 94 on respiratory care practitioners and ECMO medication access, and Senate Bill 293 creating a licensure pathway for summer camp providers in the Purchase of Care program.
The House also passed Senate Substitute 2 for Senate Bill 100, proposing a constitutional amendment to protect the right to marry regardless of race or gender while explicitly preserving religious freedom. The bill drew extended debate, with supporters framing it as a safeguard against future rollbacks of marriage equality and opponents raising concerns about constitutionalizing an issue already in statute; several members explained changed votes and personal reflections before the final roll call, which passed 28-12. House Bill 188, which would allow unaffiliated voters to choose a party primary, also passed after amendment, despite some opposition over party-system effects.
Two measures were tabled or amended after debate: Senate Bill 233 on removing snow and ice from vehicles was initially tabled to consider a truck-driver exemption amendment, then the amendment failed and the bill later passed as amended; and Senate Joint Resolution 19 on studying health care costs was tabled briefly pending legal clarification. House Substitute 1 for House Bill 404, creating a three-year pilot program for AI and extended reality in schools, passed after testimony from the Department of Education emphasizing guardrails, data privacy, and teacher oversight. The transcript ends as House Bill 478 is being read in, but no final action on that bill appears in the provided text.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (01/14/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> typical Bill topics will be solid waste typical Bill topics will be solid waste which<00:48:52.760
- </c> I serve as director of the waste I serve as director of the waste division<04:14:35.279><c> Craig
- um</c><04:15:38.479><c> and</c> hazardous waste and solid waste um and hazardous waste and solid waste
- The specific waste types include the Epping bulky waste facility, the Cornhill Road facility in Boston
- types include the eping specific waste types include the eping bulky<04:38:19.639><c> waste</c><04:38
Summary:
The Environment and Agriculture Committee held an introductory orientation for members, many of whom were new or newly assigned to the committee. Leadership emphasized that the committee is intended to operate in a nonpartisan, collaborative way, and members introduced themselves and described their backgrounds in farming, gardening, food service, environmental work, water and waste issues, veterinary work, and related fields. Several members noted personal ties to homesteading, livestock, orcharding, food security, landfill concerns, and animal welfare, while others said they were eager to learn the committee’s work.
The chair then reviewed committee procedures and expectations. Members were told the committee would generally meet on Tuesdays, with hearings starting around 10 a.m. and often running until about 4:30 p.m., and that absences, substitutes for executive sessions, and email communications would be handled through House rules and the committee’s email system. The chair also covered decorum rules for live-streamed meetings, including professional dress, limiting food and drink at the table, and giving full attention to witnesses. Members were reminded that legislative emails are subject to public records laws and that the committee may soon transition to a new email domain.
The chair also explained logistics such as bill folders, committee room storage, and emergency procedures for evacuation or shelter-in-place. No bills were debated or voted on in this meeting, but the chair noted that the committee already had roughly two dozen bills pending, including animal welfare, landfill, policy, and cat-and-dog related measures. Members were told to expect a broad mix of topics beyond agriculture, including solid waste and animal-related legislation.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 04/13/26
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Nuclear and nuclear modular technologies, I think we're one of nine states that can't even discuss bringing
- that here, and of course, the emissions out of these nuclear plants is H2O, which sometimes confuses
- I'm not against, I'm just necessarily, I want to see kind of all of the above strategies, because nuclear
- Uh<00:35:15.880><c> nuclear</c><00:35:16.480><c> and</c><00:35:16.640><c> nuclear</c><00:35:17.320><c
- > modular</c><00:35:18.280><c> uh</c> Uh nuclear and nuclear modular uh Uh nuclear and nuclear modular
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 46 (3-13-26)
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:32:01.760><c> related</c> participate in federal nuclear related participate in federal nuclear
- /c><01:32:12.560><c> of</c> and operate the next generation of and operate the next generation of nuclear
- </c><01:32:14.880><c> Senator</c><01:32:15.360><c> West,</c> nuclear energy facilities.
- Senator West, nuclear energy facilities.
- </c> What he proposes, uh, is a vital part of building the nuclear ecosystem within the Commonwealth,
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Appropriation and Revenue. (3-18-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- identify funding for child care community designation programs, financial assistance program for nuclear
- programs, financial assistance<00:12:02.320><c> program</c><00:12:02.680><c> for</c><00:12:02.800><c> nuclear
- </c> assistance program for nuclear assistance program for nuclear energy-related<00:12:03.760><c> projects
- Public Service Commission, we add language to identify funding for siting and construction of nuclear
- added language authorizing $75 million in necessary government expense over the biennium for the nuclear
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00:00
Roll Call 00:00:23
HB 503 Discussion 00:01:00
HB 503 Vote 00:02:17
HB 504 Discussion 00:02:53
HB 504 Vote 00:04:48
HB 500 Discussion 00:05:19
HB 500 Vote 00:29:18
HB 900 Discussion 00:32:02
HB 900 Vote 00:33:00, 958, all
Summary:
The Kentucky Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee met with a quorum and first took up House Bill 503, the legislative branch budget, adopting a committee substitute and reporting it favorably. The chair said the Senate version fully funds defined calculations, provides 2% raises in each fiscal year for legislative employees, removes a paragraph on operating expense reductions, and includes $1 million in the first year for a judicial branch salary study. House Bill 504, the judicial branch budget, was then amended and reported favorably; changes included 2% annual raises for judicial employees, revised operating expense language, $1 million each year for county current services, retention of Boyle County fit-up language, reporting requirements for smaller capital projects, full funding for nine judges added in 2022, and removal of furlough prohibitions and certain budget implementation language. Both bills passed the committee unanimously with favorable expressions to the floor.
The committee then considered House Bill 500, the executive branch budget, adopting a committee substitute before hearing a lengthy summary of major spending and policy changes. The chair described statewide 2% annual employee raises, agency base reductions with many exemptions, increased school safety and 911 funding, veterans and military funding, local government and severance-related changes, attorney general and auditor funding, pension and retirement system support, education funding changes including SEEK, postsecondary and scholarship provisions, public safety and corrections funding, and multiple capital projects. The chair also highlighted Medicaid-related provisions, including added waiver slots, increased state-directed payments, a 2.5% reduction in managed care vendor payments for plan years 2027 and 2028 with savings redirected to fee-for-service rates, and additional funding for behavioral health and public health programs. The bill was reported favorably after members explained their votes, with several noting they had only recently received the full 228-page bill and wanted more time for detailed review.
Finally, the committee adopted a committee substitute for House Bill 900, an appropriation measure for government agencies, and reported it favorably. The chair said the bill remains a work in progress and that one-time funding requests from across the Commonwealth and across party lines would continue to be addressed as the process moves forward. All measures considered during the meeting passed the committee with unanimous or near-unanimous favorable votes, and the meeting adjourned after no further business.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- We'll be talking about nuclear energy.
- If you're paying attention to the news, you'll see that nuclear energy is the up-and-coming...
- If you're paying attention to the news, you'll see that nuclear energy is the up and coming, and I hope
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum present, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and approved the corrected journal. Committee reports were received on several gubernatorial appointments and bills: Senate Concurrent Resolution 115 and Senate Bills 1232, 1233, and 1234 were reported correctly printed and referred; appointments to the Idaho Commission on Human Rights, Idaho Health Insurance Exchange Board, the Department of Finance, and the Board of Environmental Quality were all recommended for confirmation and held for one legislative day.
Three new Senate bills were introduced and referred to committee: SB 1235 would bar a rejected gubernatorial appointee from being renominated to any advice-and-consent position for one year; SB 1236 would repeal the Idaho Women’s Commission; and SB 1237 would remove a voter affidavit provision related to personal identification. Senate Bill 1222 was read a second time and sent to third reading.
The Senate then resolved into the Committee of the Whole to consider SB 1225. Two amendments were adopted: one limited a 10-business-day public disclosure requirement for sole finalists to presidential searches at colleges and universities, and another narrowed the requirement so it would not apply to other state, school, or local searches, along with a clerical correction to the title. The committee reported SB 1225 back as amended without recommendation, and the Senate adopted the report, sending the bill and amendments to Judiciary and Rules for engrossing and printing.
During miscellaneous business, senators announced a caucus luncheon on nuclear energy, a Friday ceremony for the Liberty Bell’s removal for restoration, and caucus meetings after adjournment. The Senate then adjourned until 10:30 a.m. Thursday, January 29, 2026.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Cmte on Rules - Subcommittee on the Federal Impact on Minnesotans and Economic Stability - 11/24/25
Transcript Highlights:
- so we can discuss advances in nuclear energy. count that as part of our uh clean count that as part
- 01:03:46.720><c> in</c><01:03:47.039><c> nuclear</c><01:03:47.599><c> energy.
- Uh, and so I'm uh um uh nuclear energy.
- Senator Nelson, thank you for mentioning the question of nuclear.
- We in the the question of nuclear.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House debate on MN emergency powers bill Feb 28th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- governor needs to be able to declare an emergency if there's a terrible tragedy or a tornado or a nuclear
- governor needs to be able to declare an emergency if there's a terrible tragedy or a tornado or a nuclear
- governor needs to be able to declare an emergency if there's a terrible tragedy or a tornado or a nuclear
- Declare an emergency if there's a terrible tragedy or a tornado or a nuclear meltdown or a cyberattack
- </c> our families these actors attack nuclear our families these actors attack nuclear plants<00:05:17.199
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, February 3, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And people know that it's a waste of time to come to the Rules Committee because you already tipped them
- It invests in next-generation aircraft, the nuclear triad, critical munitions, missile defense, naval
- ><c> triad,</c><03:14:16.640><c> critical</c> aircraft, the nuclear triad, critical aircraft, the nuclear
- </c><04:55:14.958><c> We</c><04:55:15.200><c> also</c><04:55:15.440><c> need</c> nuclear power.
- We also need nuclear power.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- from a foreign country, routinely bought stock in companies doing business with the government, and wasted
- Let's rapidly develop nuclear power. Let's pass strong permitting reform.
- We had significant reductions in waste, fraud, and abuse. We did some good work.
- Let's have clean nuclear. Let's have clean natural gas.