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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Friday, May 15, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Diesel even higher. Farmers' input costs soaring.
- Diesel even higher. Farmers' input costs soaring.
- Diesel even higher. Farmers' input costs soaring.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- my community, where we have so many warehouses and so many trucks coming in and out spewing their diesel
- my community, where we have so many warehouses and so many trucks coming in and out spewing their diesel
- my community where we have so many warehouses and so many trucks coming in and out spewing their diesel
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I think that's a really nice blend that represents the range of the entitlement.
- I think that's a really nice blend that represents the range of the entitlement.
- I think that's a really nice blend that represents the range of the entitlement.
- I think that's a really nice blend that represents the range of the entitlement.
- um uh that that's uh really nice blend um uh that represents<00:57:00.359><c> uh</c><00:57:00.720><c
Committee:
Senate Education Finance
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Air Mobility & Aviation Economic Development Task Force (9-16-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- It will also inspire students by blending education, innovation, inspiration, and aerospace professionals
- ><01:05:35.920><c> um</c><01:05:36.880><c> students</c><01:05:37.280><c> by</c><01:05:37.520><c> blending
- </c> also inspire um students by blending also inspire um students by blending education,<01:05:38.640
Summary:
The task force meeting began with approval of the July 14 minutes and then heard a presentation from the Kentucky Aviation Association. Association leaders described general aviation airports as important to rural access, commerce, emergency response, tourism, agriculture, and workforce development, and cited statewide economic impacts they said exceed $1.6 billion and support more than 9,400 jobs. They thanked the legislature for prior airport funding and said it had helped airports with basic operations and repairs.
The association asked lawmakers for four things: continued appropriations for general aviation airports; relief or a more workable process for required financial audits, which they said can cost $10,000 to $20,000 or more and sometimes exceed a small airport’s annual budget; a regularized statewide appropriations process for airport infrastructure needs, which they said total about $100 million and are currently addressed unevenly; and funding for the Aerospace Education Reinvestment Opportunity Act to support scholarships and aviation workforce training. Members of the task force asked follow-up questions about the audit burden, the difference between financial and safety audits, and the difficulty of finding audit firms. The presenters said they would bring specific ideas back on audit reform.
Eastern Kentucky University then presented on its aviation program. EKU leaders thanked the committee for prior support, including a $25 million appropriation for a new flight school building at Central Kentucky Regional Airport, and said the project is expected to break ground in 2026. They reported strong enrollment growth, with 502 aviation majors, most of them Kentuckians, and said the program has expanded flight hours and job placement. EKU also outlined plans to add an air traffic control program in response to Senate Bill 87 and the national shortage of controllers, saying it could train students to FAA standards if the university receives the needed investment in simulators, equipment, space, and faculty. They also discussed the need to replace an aging fleet of training aircraft, saying the current planes are decades old and costly to maintain, and that newer aircraft would improve training quality and reduce student costs.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 03/12/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- the Netherlands now, but unlike the Western Netherlands, Minnesota facility that processes crops to blended
- Minnesota facility that processes crops Minnesota facility that processes crops to<00:13:27.240><c> Blended
- 28.519><c> kernza</c><00:13:28.959><c> is</c><00:13:29.120><c> is</c><00:13:29.199><c> newer</c> to Blended
- jet fuel kernza is is newer to Blended jet fuel kernza is is newer and<00:13:29.800><c> doesn't</c><
Committee:
Senate Jobs and Economic Development
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 04/28/26
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- that we need to make the right decision, whether it's this proposal or some other proposal or some blend
- that we need to make the right decision, whether it's this proposal or some other proposal or some blend
- that we need to make the right decision, whether it's this proposal or some other proposal or some blend
- 05.960><c> some</c> proposal or some other proposal or some proposal or some other proposal or some blend
- blend blend of<02:01:07.640><c> the</c><02:01:07.760><c> proposals.
Committee:
Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I grew up in a small town in West Texas where the air was a 50-50 blend of clean wind and red dirt.
- Our company had just come out with a new product, which is a blend of multiple cannabinoids, However,
- After taking the American Shaman tincture with a proprietary blend, my allergies have now disappeared
- Those studies show the dosage, method of consumption, blend of cannabinoids, and more that help our industry
- I was gifted a vape blend that was labeled as a full-spectrum mix that had the cannabinoid delta-8 in
Committee:
House State Affairs
Keywords:
hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, state health, youth protection, licensing fees, criminal offenses, flash flood, flood warning, outdoor warning siren, emergency alert, disaster preparedness, flood mitigation, Hill Country floods, Texas Water Development Board, municipalities, counties, local government mandate, public safety, grant program
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Rep. Tim O’Driscoll departing member remarks 5/18/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Because I didn't say much and I just kind of blended in as the wallflower that I am, like Joe Schumacher
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs May 5th, 2025
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- supplement the existing groundwater and give it a pause, so it may recharge and catch up and have a blended
Committee:
Senate Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Summary:
The Senate Water, Agriculture, Rural Affairs Committee heard several bills focused on groundwater management, water infrastructure, and agricultural land conservation. SB 612 would limit certain water districts in Hidalgo, Cameron, and Willacy counties from charging developers pipeline construction fees above actual, documented costs; the committee substitute removed a developer challenge mechanism to preserve district discretion over construction standards. HB 1633 would require groundwater conservation districts to consider registered exempt wells when reviewing or amending permits, and testimony from landowners, district representatives, and advocacy groups largely supported the bill as a way to protect domestic and livestock wells from drawdown caused by large export projects. HB 1689 would clarify that export fee revenues may be used for well operability, alternative water supplies, and aquifer monitoring, including through interlocal cooperation, and HB 3058 would give the Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District authority to use export fees for county road improvements and environmental programs tied to well inspection and groundwater management. HB 2018 would clarify that the Texas Farm and Ranchland Conservation Program is intended to purchase conservation easements only on working agricultural lands, with support from cattle raisers and Farm Bureau representatives. The committee also considered HB 29, which would require large water systems to validate water loss audits and submit mitigation plans; a committee substitute removed the water-loss threshold and adjusted the timeline for more detailed validation. Public testimony on the bills was generally supportive, with several witnesses describing declining well levels, road damage from export projects, and the need to preserve agricultural land and local water supplies. The committee adopted committee substitutes and voted favorably on HB 29, HB 1689, HB 2018, SB 612, and SB 3058, recommending several of them for the local and uncontested calendar; HB 1633 was left pending awaiting a committee substitute.
TX
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Forty - Tuesday, March 24
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I will also add that in committee, we did not have the opportunity to vote on a blended approach.
- We would have liked to have seen a more blended approach. our state and our huge economic drivers for
- I will also add that in committee, we did not have the opportunity to vote on a blended approach.
- available in committee, but committee discussed it at length that we would have liked to have seen a more blend
- But committee discussed it at length, and we would have liked to have seen a more blended approach with
Summary:
The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the previous day’s journal by a 126-0 vote, and suspended business for the Speaker to sign several bills and substitutes. Members then spent much of the day introducing guests, including county assessors, students, civic groups, and visitors from local schools and universities.
The chamber then took up House Bill 2002, the elementary and secondary education budget. Members adopted several amendments, including technical fixes to allow board-operated schools to use personal service funds for career ladder payments, clarifications to child care subsidy language, and changes to Parents as Teachers rules so that enrollment remains voluntary and virtual visits are not reimbursable. An amendment to shift $1 million from one child care facilities line to Child Care Works passed, as did an amendment to fund a new Success-Ready Student Assessment with $2 million to help replace the MAP test. A proposal to pay child care subsidies for foster children based on enrollment rather than attendance failed 53-93, and an amendment to divert $10 million in Title I funds into a competitive grant program also failed. A later amendment to send budget reports to the ranking minority member passed, while an attempt to remove child care subsidy language from the bill failed.
The House then moved to higher education and workforce development appropriations. Members approved an amendment broadening a pre-apprenticeship program statewide and supported funding for Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries through a transfer from dual credit scholarship funds. The most extensive debate centered on House Bill 2003’s higher education funding model, where the chair defended an FTE-based approach as more transparent than the long-standing status quo, while opponents warned it would sharply cut funding for institutions such as Harris-Stowe, Lincoln, Truman State, and some community colleges, and would ignore factors like graduation rates, research, and workforce needs. A compromise amendment to soften the transition was withdrawn, and a separate amendment to restore the governor’s recommendation was also debated at length, with members arguing over the fairness and consequences of the proposed model.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- One of them gets LCCMR, one of them gets general fund, one of them gets bonding, but you can’t blend
- One of them gets LCCMR, one of them gets general fund, one of them gets bonding, but you can’t blend
- bonding,<01:29:59.120><c> but</c><01:29:59.280><c> you</c><01:29:59.520><c> can't</c><01:29:59.760><c> blend
- </c><01:30:00.080><c> that</c><01:30:00.320><c> money</c> bonding, but you can't blend that money bonding
- , but you can't blend that money together<01:30:02.000><c> to</c><01:30:02.239><c> pay</c><01:30:02.400
Committee:
House Capital Investment
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- So what suggestions have you guys decided to look at, and how to manage and blend both those in absentee
- a precinct has both their absentee totals as well as their polling place totals, until those are blended
- until those their polling place totals until those are<00:55:59.400><c> are</c><00:55:59.599><c> Blended
- > a</c><00:56:00.359><c> Precinct</c><00:56:00.920><c> cannot</c><00:56:01.839><c> um</c> are are Blended
- a Precinct cannot um are are Blended a Precinct cannot um upload<00:56:02.599><c> their</c><00:56:02.960
Committee:
Senate Elections
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (02/09/2026)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- And there have been documented cases where air quality has been impacted by the use of diesel generators
- Memphis, with the massive facility there, where they had, I'm not going to recall the number of, diesel
- um by the use quality has been impacted um by the use of<06:00:28.480><c> um</c><06:00:28.798><c> diesel
- . um they had of um diesel uh generators. um they had um<06:00:35.360><c> claimed</c><06:00:36.320><c
- facility uh generators um that diesel facility uh generators um that were<06:00:59.360><c> being</c>
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- She brings Indigenous visibility to global fashion spaces, blending contemporary fashion with cultural
- way it is and bring it back, try to rebuild it, redo it at whatever cost, because it's a beautiful blending
- The town kids that get to meet the country kids, and they get to blend, they get to talk about what they
Summary:
The Senate convened for an Indian Day/Native American Day session featuring prayers, drum and color guard presentations, and extensive recognition of tribal leaders, students, royalty, and community advocates from across New Mexico and neighboring tribal nations. Senators used the morning to introduce guests and speak about Native sovereignty, language preservation, education, water access, economic development, and the importance of tribal-state relationships. Several speakers highlighted personal and family ties to Native communities, while others emphasized ongoing work on issues such as clean water for Navajo communities, Native youth leadership, and missing and murdered Indigenous women and relatives.
A major non-ceremonial item was the reading of Senate Executive Messages from the governor authorizing consideration of Senate Bills 306, 309, 312, and 313. Those bills would, respectively, change licensure rules for certain institutions, alter lottery tuition fund deposit requirements, and repeal or revise provisions related to safety helmets and child restraint devices in negligence and damages law. The Senate also received committee reports advancing House Bill 34, Senate Bills 204, 241, 77, 152, 190, and 143, along with confirmations for Elaine Luna and Grace Margaret Herrera to the New Mexico Highlands University Board of Regents. The Rules Committee also reported on the governor’s appointment of Don Walters as child advocate for the Office of the Child Advocate.
The chamber also adopted a Senate resolution recognizing February 6, 2026, as New Mexico Speech, Language, and Hearing Association Day, with Senator Pope speaking in support of audiologists and speech-language pathologists. Throughout the session, members repeatedly acknowledged the prior night’s Senate-House basketball game, which raised more than $26,000 for cancer, and used the occasion to thank participants and guests. No roll-call votes were recorded in the transcript beyond voice votes adopting the committee reports and the unanimous-consent actions on floor procedures and guest access.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 26th, 2026 at 01:39 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- It's a continual blend and working to... ...or another.
- It's a continual blend and working to, and I think we see that really reflected now.
- It's a continual blend and working to, and I think we see that really reflected now.
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Dec 9th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- So we had a mixed, blended funding source to keep this program going and help us pursue quality.
- You know, there's some things that I think are true, but maybe a little bit overstated and maybe blended
- Some things that I think are true, but maybe a little bit overstated and maybe blended in.
Summary:
The committee heard first from LFC staff on a brief about New Mexico’s universal child care expansion. Staff said child care assistance has clear benefits for parents and families, but LFC has not found evidence in New Mexico that it improves children’s educational outcomes; they argued pre-K is the better tool for that goal. The brief highlighted four concerns with universal access: an estimated annual cost of about $849.7 million, a sharp decline in registered homes, possible crowding out of lower-income families, and reduced access for children under age two. Staff also suggested possible mitigations such as prioritizing slots for low-income and at-risk families, reinstating sliding-scale co-pays, and tying quality improvements to workforce wages.
Members raised questions about the cost estimate, funding sources, provider quality, and whether the data showed actual crowding out. Several lawmakers expressed support for child care generally but concern about the fiscal impact and whether universal access would divert resources from the families most in need. Others emphasized the importance of child care for workforce participation, rural communities, and family stability, and questioned how registered homes are counted and regulated. LFC staff clarified that the cost estimate was for child care assistance only, not the entire ECECD budget, and that the data showed declines in the share of lowest-income children and infants/toddlers served, though not causation.
The ECECD secretary then presented the department’s response, saying universal child care is intended to complete a cradle-to-career system and that the department has already seen strong uptake, increased capacity, and rising workforce participation. She said 6,206 families were found eligible in the first month, the share of infants and toddlers served rose, and new provider applications and licensed slots increased after the November rollout. The department also emphasized wage increases, quality improvements, and a new wage scale/career lattice, while projecting a lower near-term cost than LFC’s estimate and requesting additional funding for child care, early pre-K, home visiting, workforce systems, and capacity-building. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided; the discussion was informational and focused on questions and testimony.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Committee, May 4, 2026 - AM
Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- So, uh, jet fuel, much like diesel, has gone up a fair bit.
- So, uh, jet fuel, much like diesel, has gone up a fair bit.
- So, uh, jet fuel, much like diesel, has gone up a fair bit.
- So uh jet fuel,<03:52:08.560><c> much</c><03:52:08.760><c> like</c><03:52:08.920><c> diesel,</c><03:52
- , has gone up a fuel, much like diesel, has gone up a fair<03:52:10.160><c> bit.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Transportation Feb 24th, 2026 at 04:00 pm
Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- I live in Stilicum, where I watch an old diesel ferry spew black smoke over our town as it docks.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
Keywords:
transportation bonds, general obligation bonds, Washington State Department of Transportation, WSDOT, highway funding, road construction, infrastructure financing, motor fuel tax, gas tax, vehicle fees, bond authorization, state finance committee, highway bond retirement fund, corridor projects, interstate improvements, right-of-way acquisition, public-private partnerships, transportation capital projects, local matching funds, emergency clause
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Transportation Feb 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I live in Stilicum, where I watch an old diesel ferry spew black smoke over our town as it docks.
Summary:
The Senate Transportation Committee held public hearings on three bills: SB 6225, a proposed substitute bond bill authorizing transportation funding bonds; SB 6005, the proposed substitute supplemental transportation budget; and SB 6354, a bill to expand access to electric vehicles through limited direct sales by qualifying EV-only manufacturers and changes to the documentary service fee. Staff explained that SB 6225 would authorize $1.1 billion in general obligation bonds, an additional $400 million for selected Move Ahead Washington highway projects, a $500 million increase in SR 520 bond authority, and the expiration of some older unused bond authorizations. For SB 6005, staff described a $17.5 billion supplemental budget with $1.5 billion in new funding, including reappropriations, preservation and maintenance spending, ferry investments, Climate Commitment Act-related adjustments, and a six-year balanced plan through 2031. For SB 6354, staff outlined the direct-sales framework for qualifying EV manufacturers, dealer licensing requirements, penalties for violations, and a fee increase that would direct revenue to EV rebates and multimodal transportation.
Testimony on the budget and bond bills was broadly supportive from transit, local government, labor, construction, ports, and climate advocates, who praised preservation funding, ferry investments, safety programs, EV charging, rail electrification, and flood-response or local project funding. Several witnesses asked for specific project or account changes, including support for Skagit Transit, Day Road and Poplar Way bridge-related funding, Spokane TMC operating support, Kent corridor funding, and additional rail capital projects. Some speakers also urged more Climate Commitment Act funding for EV rebates, charging, and rail electrification, while others warned against deeper cuts to local programs and stressed the need for long-term preservation and bonding to stabilize the system.
Testimony on SB 6354 was sharply divided. Rivian, Lucid, and several Washington auto dealers supported the bill as a compromise that would allow limited direct sales for EV-only manufacturers while preserving franchise protections and generating revenue for EV rebates. Climate advocates supported the bill as a way to accelerate EV adoption and asked that more of the fee revenue go to instant rebates for low-income buyers. In opposition, the Alliance for Automotive Innovation and Honda argued the bill creates unequal rules, weakens the franchise system, and was not the product of a true compromise. The committee announced that SB 6225 and SB 6005 would be in executive session Thursday at 8 a.m., with amendments due by noon the prior day, while SB 6354 would be scheduled for executive action later.