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• First, I'd like to thank the members of our House Republican Caucus for their significant contributions
• </c><01:23:20.239><c> Caucus</c><01:23:20.639><c> for</c><01:23:20.880><c> their</c> our House Republican
• Caucus for their our House Republican Caucus for their significant<01:23:21.760><c> contributions</c
• </c><01:26:00.080><c> caucus,</c><01:26:00.960><c> addressing</c><01:26:01.280><c> the</c> the Republican
• Unfortunately, none of the Republican bills passed this year.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• In opposition, we have the Hawaii Islands Republican Women on Zoom.
• The Hawaiian Islands Republican Women stand in strong opposition to HCR 173.
• Jamie, next we have Hawaii Patriot Republicans in opposition.
• women in opposition on Republican women in opposition on Zoom<00:21:03.760><c> Aloha</c><00:21:04.240
• The Hawaiian Islands Republican Women stand in strong opposition to HCR 173.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Education met on April 1 at 2:04 p.m. and first heard HCR 129/HR 125/HD1, which asks state and county transportation and education agencies to work together on pedestrian safety and traffic congestion around Haiku Elementary School. The Department of Education said it stood on its written testimony, and no other testimony was offered on that measure. The committee then took up HCR 173/HR 169/HD1, urging the Department of Health to begin education outreach and vaccination drive efforts at schools with vaccination rates under 30 percent, starting in the 2025-26 school year. The Department of Education and Department of Health both supported the resolution and stood on their written testimony. Support also came from the Hawaii Public Health Institute, Hawaii Nurses Association, the Democratic Party of Hawaii Health Committee, and Free Citizens of Malua. A number of testifiers opposed the measure, arguing that vaccination efforts do not belong in schools, that the proposal would pressure families and undermine parental rights and religious freedom, and that it could create liability and misuse public funds. Several opponents also raised concerns about informed consent, government overreach, and vaccine safety. One supporter, Kye Swan, said vaccines are the way to fight infectious disease and asked the committee to pass the resolution so children could be vaccinated before the school year starts. No vote or final committee action on the resolutions was announced in the portion of the transcript provided.

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• But also the importance of a strong Republican Party, willing to come to the table and contribute ideas
• No matter what's happening in Washington, Republicans and Democrats, have a record of working together
• So, I'm proposing that we come together, DFLers and Republicans, House and Senate, and address this issue

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• Many of us on this floor know her mother, his mother, Rosie Yannis, great Republican.
• Also, Republicans, Flo was a teacher, she got shot, she had three pellets in her leg.
• I simply ask that you Republicans have a conversation with your constituents on how we keep guns out

Bills: SCR37, SB60, SB226, SB231, SB264, SB387, SB570, SB596, SB651, SB769, SB855, SB863, SB991, SB1079, SB1085, SB1151, SB1191, SB1214, SB1243, SB1247, SB1314, SB1364, SB1372, SB1401, SB1409, SB1504, SB1522, SB1625, SB1662, SB1663, SB1728, SB1759, SB1762, SB1804, SB1818, SB1838, SB1839, SB1851, SB1855, SB1872, SB1873, SB1874, SB1877, SB1879, SB1901, SB1919, SB1921, SB1923, SB1936, SB1937, SB1968, SB1977, SB2034, SB2053, SB2066, SB2077, SB2124, SB2143, SB2166, SB2180, SB2204, SB2231, SB2237, SB2243, SB2321, SB2569, SJR39, SJR68, SCR29, SCR42, SB22, SB30, SB33, SB37, SB75, SB217, SB240, SB331, SB393, SB505, SB530, SB546, SB552, SB584, SB586, SB618, SB626, SB636, SB732, SB762, SB769, SB825, SB844, SB870, SB884, SB926, SB964, SB1080, SB1099, SB1150, SB1177, SB1184, SB1261, SB1262, SB1314, SB1325, SB1364, SB1398, SB1455, SB1506, SB1524, SB1577, SB1596, SB1620, SB1624, SB1642, SB1643, SB1646, SB1667, SB1727, SB1760, SB1789, SB1791, SB1804, SB1806, SB1851, SB1868, SB1870, SB1901, SB1923, SB1927, SB1951, SB1960, SB1962, SB2010, SB2023, SB2024, SB2037, SB2051, SB2052, SB2056, SB2066, SB2122, SB2129, SB2180, SB2183, SB2185, SB2207, SB2226, SB2252, SB2323, SB2361, SB2368, SB2405, SB2420, SB2425, SB2569, SB2717, SB2949, SB1, SJR36, SJR50, SJR39, SJR63, SJR68, SCR12, SCR39, SCR38, SCR37, SCR42, SCR29, SB1596, SB33, SB505, SB37, SB62, SB666, SB847, SB284, SB854, SB1073, SB810, SB1539, SB1505, SB583, SB957, SB1502, SB507, SB1026, SB1349, SB1433, SB1434, SB264, SB1364, SB1376, SB1585, SB1772, SB2016, SB1163, SB619, SB1122, SB1877, SB732, SB731, SB397, SB508, SB1436, SB964, SB287, SB2143, SB261, SB1247, SB1882, SB618, SB393, SB2243, SB2226, SB1919, SB1791, SB22, SB651, SB1080, SB826, SB1079, SB1243, SB1504, SB1851, SB1879, SB2237, SB1257, SB2034, SB1522, SB1151, SB596, SB1191, SB226, SB570, SB870, SB991, SB60, SB1401, SB1728, SB586, SB529, SB217, SB209, SB1923, SB1839, SB387, SB1874, SB1872, SB1873, SB1921, SB1883, SB1620, SB1838, SB2024, SB2429, SB1999, SB511, SB2309, SB2166, SB510, SB2420, SB1860, SB1314, SB1398, SB855, SB2425, SB2037, SB1759, SB1924, SB1818, SB1762, SB1968, SB1977, SB2077, SB2321, SB1662, SB1663, SB2124, SB2204, SB1855, SB863, SB2252, SB1962, SB2253, SB825, SB1577, SB1184, SB2018, SB2206, SB1901, SB2368, SB1963, SB1960, SB1643, SB1625, SB1299, SB841, SB668, SB584, SB231, SB1085, SB2431, SB2231, SB1490, SB530, SB1261, SB552, SB1099, SB1646, SB2180, SB1804, SB1937, SB1936, SB2569, SB1372, SB1506, SB1806, SB1868, SB2361, SB2314, SB769, SB1409, SB2122, SB434, SB1214, SB1951, SB2183, SB2046, SB1667, SB1870, SB1727, SB2405, SB2127, SB1975, SB1760, SB1734, SB1335, SB2066, SB2129, SB2246, SB2439, SB1624, SB1244, SB1468, SB2717, SB1612, SB1262, SB604, SB2395, SB2185, SB1832, SB1745, SB1746, SB2207, SB2023, SB1784, SB1524, SB626, SB528, SB437, SB269, SB1137, SB968, SB636, SB747, SB1325, SB1789, SB1455, SB2056, SB75, SB1940, SB2052, SB1927, SB2010, SB1579, SB2068, SB3034, SB844, SB1920, SB1177, SB1558, SB1236, SB1044, SB926, SB884, SB463, SB331, SB227, SB240, SB517, SB1200, SB1410, SB1626, SB1845, SB1863, SB2216, SB2681, SB1717, SB2053, SB546, SB2141, SB2949, SB2323, SB2200, SB2332, SB2199, SB1642, SB1150, SB1757, SB2050, SB1138, SB2051, SB2626, SB2458, SB1864, SB30, SB2201, SB1862, SB1583, SB1055, SB2660, SB1898, SB2662, SB2161, SB2964, SB2881, SB1065, SB801, SB2743, SB2533, SB1413, HJR4, SB2073, SB3014, SB3013, SB2774, SB2702, SB2629, SB2443, SB2349, SB2167, SB2145, SB2121, SB758, SB648, SB647, SB512, SB438, SB1721, SB2268, SB1495, SB2705, SB2366, SB1422, SB1369, SB1013, SB682, SB2692, SB2570, SB2797, SB2111, SB1896, SB1164, SB1020, SB663, SB2371, SB1152, SB2196, SB2383, SB2581, SB2798, SB330, SB646, SB843, SB1998, SB1418, SB2788, SB1169, SB2873, SB1754, SB1534, SB1718, SB2779, SB2004, SB1143, SB1756, SB912, SB2119, SB2032, SB527, SB1580, SB1952, SB2601

Keywords: SCR 37, Senate Concurrent Resolution, Panama Canal, Texas ports, port infrastructure, maritime trade, shipping lanes, supply chain resilience, global commerce, exports, LNG, liquefied natural gas, crude oil, refined petroleum, agriculture, manufacturing, economic development, trade policy, foreign policy, diplomatic engagement

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• There are 14 Republicans on this committee. I'm sure there are two Republicans.
• overruling of my point of order, clearly written by a former Obama staffer, and given that I have 14 Republicans

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• There used to be a time when Democrats and Republicans worked together; there was a Democratic chair
• and a Republican vice chair, and Howard Sanderford... ...and Howard Sanderford served as my vice chair
• developing these boards and commissions through the years in partnership with both Democrats and Republicans

Bills: SB5, SB142, SB158, SB171, SB5

Keywords: archives, history, board of trustees, vacancies, government control, SB142, Alabama, voting, voter registration, election law, Secretary of State, board of registrars, ERIC, Electronic Registration Information Center, National Change of Address, NCOA, voter roll maintenance, address change, voter list cleanup, inactive voter

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• on the other side of the aisle will not sit by while Musk and Trump make a mockery of the power Republicans
• Since I asked my Republican colleague to hold off at the outset, I'll go to the Republican side next.

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• At the conclusion of that committee meeting, Senate Republicans will caucus in the first-floor caucus
• Attention all Republican Senators, please report to the first-floor caucus room immediately.
• We're not having that on the Senate Republican side. The majority. Leaving now is not our choice.
• We're not having that on the Senate Republican side. The majority. Leaving now is not our choice.
• We are also the only state in the Northeast that has a Republican-controlled state senate.

Keywords: Scheduler, 972, senate, all

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• networks that help form the ground for Lincoln's political identity and the principles of the modern Republican
• Rarely do we Get such a thing, but this one also is bipartisan, has huge Republican support, huge Democratic
• The indication here is that this piece of legislation had 191 Democrats to vote for it, 166 Republicans
• The symbiosis that was created by Democrats and Republicans working together.
• It's not Republican. It's not Democrat.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, June 25, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• This is on the same thing, and we know that there are many Republicans who are very concerned about license
• But we know that a lot of Republicans very much value private data protection, and that's what this bill
• that</c><00:15:18.399><c> a</c><00:15:18.560><c> lot</c><00:15:18.639><c> of</c><00:15:18.800><c> Republicans
• </c><00:15:19.680><c> uh</c><00:15:20.240><c> very</c> know that a lot of Republicans uh very know that
• a lot of Republicans uh very much<00:15:20.880><c> value</c><00:15:21.760><c> private</c><00:15:22.320

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: At a morning press conference, lawmakers and advocates discussed a bill by Rep. Tabke aimed at tightening Minnesota’s automatic license plate reader (ALPR) laws. Speakers argued that license plate data is being misused, especially in connection with immigration enforcement and “Operation Metro Surge,” and said motorists expect privacy for the personal information tied to their plates. Several individuals described incidents in which they believed federal agents used ALPR data to identify their homes, photograph their houses, or otherwise intimidate them after they had observed ICE activity. John Beler of the ACLU of Minnesota said ALPR systems capture plate numbers, time, date, and location, and that private vendors and out-of-state agencies can access the data with little oversight. He cited public records showing large numbers of searches, including one metro agency with about 425,000 searches in six weeks and another with nearly 100 searches explicitly for civil immigration enforcement. He said the bill would prohibit sharing ALPR data outside Minnesota unless authorized by a court order or judicial warrant, require data-sharing agreements among agencies, require signage for private ALPR use, and bar sale or transfer of the data without consent or legal process. In response to questions, speakers said the bill is intended to regulate local law enforcement and private vendors rather than federal agencies directly, by limiting how data is shared and accessed. They compared the issue to prior bipartisan concerns about driver’s license lookups and said they hoped the measure would advance out of judiciary later that morning and then to public safety, though they said they could not guarantee support or passage.

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• So I began a negotiation with Bill Goodling, who was a Republican from Pennsylvania, to move time.
• With Fred Upton, who was a Republican from Michigan, we cut another deal, and we moved it to the beginning
• Because I had to negotiate with Representative Goodling, who's a Republican, you know, on the other side
• But I had a Republican, Carlos Moorhead from Orange County was on my side a Republican. and I had to

Keywords: daylight saving time, Sunshine Protection Act, health impacts, clock change, legislative discussion

Summary: The committee meeting was dedicated to discussing significant legislative topics, focusing particularly on the implications of daylight saving time (DST). Senator Scott advocated for the Sunshine Protection Act, which aims to eliminate the twice-yearly clock changes and keep daylight saving time year-round. He emphasized the negative health impacts associated with DST, including increased risks of heart attacks and accidents immediately following the time changes. Various witnesses provided personal testimonies and expert opinions, highlighting the confusion and health disruptions caused by the current time change practices.

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• I'm the state Republican executive committee woman for Senate District 1 and I chaired the Texas GOP's
• I travel the state speaking for the Republican Party of Texas on this legislative priority.
• That's the position of the Republican Party of Texas. It's clear in our platform.
• Bentley talked about how these are priorities and they're in our platform for the Republican Party and
• It's not a Republican or Democrat issue. This is a decency issue. We have people on both sides.

Bills: SB20, SB1621, SB412, SB441, SB442

Keywords: child protection, sexual offenses, visual material, artificial intelligence, criminal penalties, law enforcement, defense against prosecution, obscenity, judicial officer, deepfake, deep fake, synthetic media, AI-generated content, machine learning, nonconsensual pornography, revenge porn, sexually explicit media, intimate images, digital manipulation, visual depiction

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• Yet, we have heard nothing from House Republicans about the illegal and unconstitutional withholding
• ><c> were</c> the funds. 10 Republican senators were the funds. 10 Republican senators were brave<00:
• </c> heard nothing from House Republicans heard nothing from House Republicans about<00:53:13.839><c>
• Conference, I send to the Republican Conference, I send to the desk<02:06:12.880><c> privilege</c><02
• By House Republicans under the direction of the Trump administration.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• </c> helpful for folks to know Republicans helpful for folks to know Republicans who've<00:59:31.599>
• She said she has grown government twice with Republicans and likes to brag about that.
• She said she has grown government twice with Republicans and likes to brag about that.
• </c> up your bill but you know Republicans up your bill but you know Republicans have<01:26:35.000><c
• When they go after charter schools, Republicans are like, well, what?

Bills: HF1, HF1384

Keywords: Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices, government transparency, accountability, law enforcement referrals, sanctions, debarment, payment withholding, public assistance fraud

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• As of this day, we have heard 81 bills in this committee, and the Republicans are winning.
• As of this day, we have heard 81 bills in this committee, and the Republicans are winning.
• As of this day, we have heard 81 bills in this committee, and the Republicans are winning.
• As of this day, we have heard 81 bills in this committee, and the Republicans are winning.
• As of this day, we have heard 81 bills in this committee, and the Republicans are winning.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• cheering prospect of being completely delivered from anarchy and continue under the influence of republican
• It is no happy coincidence that we are also the only Republican-controlled Senate in the Northeast.
• But let's talk a little bit more about the tenets of this Senate Republican majority, why we believe
• Shirley had standards that pushed all of us, Democrat and Republican.
• Shirley had standards that pushed all of us, Democrat and Republican.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, communications, committee reports, and leaves of absence. The journal was approved 50-0. The chamber then took up House Bill 1505, which drew extended debate over school funding and adequacy/tax equity. Senators Coleman and Keefer argued the bill continued to pour money into districts like Allentown without accountability or improved results, while Senators Costa, Miller, Haywood, and Anthony Williams defended the funding as a response to historic underfunding and the Commonwealth Court decision. A motion allowing Senator Coleman a third speaking turn was adopted 27-23, and the bill ultimately passed 45-5. The Senate then considered House Bill 2400, the General Appropriation Act. Supporters, including Senators Martin, Dush, Phillips-Hill, Costa, Ward, Street, Hughes, and Pittman, emphasized that the budget was balanced without using the rainy day fund or raising taxes, reduced the governor’s proposal, increased education and child care funding, supported nursing homes, rape crisis centers, infrastructure, and workforce programs, and shifted money from lapsed or unused accounts to current priorities. Opponents, including Senators Saval and Muth, said the budget failed to address structural deficits and omitted new revenue options, emergency services funding, and other major issues. The bill passed 44-6 with amendments and was returned to the House for concurrence. The Senate also passed a series of other bills, including House Bills 2412, 2413, 96, 858, 1042, 1286, 1646, 1851, 1862, 2017, 2024, 2401, and 2559, with varying margins, and sent them to the House, some with amendments. House Bill 1042 drew a negative recommendation from Senator Costa over a late amendment involving second-degree murder/felony language, but after reconsideration and vote changes it passed 30-20 with amendments. House Bill 1862, creating an Ignition Interlock Driver’s License, passed 45-5 after support from Senator Judy Ward. House Bill 1248 passed 43-7 and designates Pennsylvania rye whiskey as the official state spirit, with Senators Bartolotta and Robinson speaking in support. The chamber also adopted Senate Resolution 216, after defeating Senator Haywood’s amendment to narrow the scope of a proposed Legislative Budget and Finance Committee study of managed care organizations; the resolution passed 31-19. Several other bills were held over in their order, and the Senate later moved toward a condolence resolution.

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• We have heard from Republicans that mistakes were made.
• </c><00:11:25.680><c> that</c> We have heard from Republicans that We have heard from Republicans that
• Everyone except elected Republicans. It is not too late to join us.
• Everyone except elected<00:16:40.480><c> Republicans.
• It is not too late elected Republicans.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Would any Republican yield to a question?
• I really do not understand the Republican obsession with genitals, children's genitals here, though it's
• President Pro Tem, explicitly saying that the bill sponsor and Republicans are obsessed with children's
• And it's interesting to note that in 2025, the Republican National Committee and the Arizona Republican
• Party challenged the law because they said these voters are less Republican in their political party

Keywords: 1182, all

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• I miss having some of the great lawyers that were in the Senate for the Republicans in the past.
• Why didn't all this stuff happen, Republican or Democrat?
• Are you going to look at everybody involved, whether Republican or Democrat, and hold their feet to the
• I can take every Attorney General, Democrat and Republican, that I've seen in my history; they just don't
• Everybody here agrees, on both the Republican and Democrat side.

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• In terms of it could be, I think, in college, as we have College Republicans and College Democrats.
• Republicans and College Democrats.
• ...whether they're Democrat or whether they're Republican, where you all have already set a precedent
• Republicans support citizen-led initiatives in general, with just 14% opposed; 76% want to keep that
• A poll published in February of this year done only to Republicans shows just that. 72% of Florida Republicans

Summary: The committee first took up CS for CS for CS for SB 462 on transportation, adopting a substitute amendment that would require counties receiving transportation surtax proceeds to report how the money is used, prohibit certain airport fees tied to collegiate flight training, create a Sarasota-Manatee Airport Authority pilot program, and fund a traffic signal modernization program with $10 million annually from the State Transportation Trust Fund. The amendment also removed several provisions from the bill, including a sales tax transfer to the trust fund, a bid protest-related contracting requirement, and repeal of the Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council. A late-filed amendment was tabled, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee then heard CS for CS for SB 628, “Lucy's Law,” on boating safety, which would strengthen penalties for leaving the scene of a vessel accident and reckless vessel operation. Lucy’s parents gave emotional testimony in support, describing the fatal 2022 boating crash and urging stronger accountability. The sponsor withdrew pending amendments, and the bill was reported favorably. CS for CS for SB 700, the Florida Farm Bill, was next; the strike-all amendment covered a broad range of agriculture-related changes, including water fluoridation restrictions, labeling rules, drone restrictions over farmland, disaster recovery programs, an honest services registry, FFA-related provisions, and agricultural land preservation. Testimony included support from agricultural and gun-rights groups, opposition from banking, dental, and local-government advocates, and a lengthy public debate over fluoridation and financial discrimination. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. SB 796 on general permits for distributed wastewater treatment systems was reported favorably with little debate. The committee then took up CS for SB 1618 on K-12 education, adopting a delete-all amendment that combined a wide range of education provisions, including VPK flexibility, agriculture education, financial literacy, reading intervention requirements, teacher assignment reporting, restrictions on spending public funds on political or social activism, postsecondary and workforce-related changes, and other school and college system updates. Several speakers opposed the activism-related funding restriction, while the sponsor said the bill was intended to keep publicly funded schools focused on education; the bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee considered SB 7016 on initiative petitions, adopting a strike-all amendment that would sharply tighten petition circulation rules and increase penalties. The proposal would require circulators to be Florida residents and U.S. citizens, impose training and registration requirements, shorten petition submission deadlines, require more identifying information on petition forms, limit sponsors to one amendment per election cycle, and create new enforcement and investigation triggers, including a 25% invalid-signature threshold. Sponsors argued the changes were needed to address fraud and protect the integrity of constitutional amendment petitions, while senators raised concerns about due process, public-records issues, burdens on volunteers, and the impact on voters and sponsors. The bill was not reported in the portion provided, and the discussion remained ongoing at the end of the transcript.