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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Friday, June 6, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Business Administration, we have seen incredible strides toward streamlining services, eliminating waste
- He was the chairman of the Monroe County Municipal Waste Management Authority and an active leader with
- All while bolstering undermine nuclear.
- The president of the United States said that we should get rid of waste, fraud, and abuse of Medicaid
- get rid of waste fraud and abuse<04:03:04.720><c> of</c><04:03:04.880><c> Medicaid.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, January 9, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- 29:50.360><c> time</c><00:29:50.559><c> on</c><00:29:51.200><c> sanctioning</c> The party wants to waste
- And again, another wasted opportunity. So we can do better. Mr.
- </c> a closed Rule and again another wasted a closed Rule and again another wasted opportunity<01:07:
- Navy who selected father of our Nuclear Navy who selected him<04:22:06.279><c> among</c><04:22:06.680
- Much of the debris being removed, by the way, is either drugs or human waste.
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.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, June 23, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- United States armed forces, allies, and trading partners in the region, including its pursuit of nuclear
- House task force and eliminate fraud to strengthen interagency coordination and more directly confront waste
- Tearing the American spirit while feeding waste, fraud, and abuse.
- The left cheers for the breakdown of the nuclear family while then using the resulting misery as a way
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
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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.
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.
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.
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.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division I (03/19/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- I will point out that we don't, we are not the regulators of the nuclear waste, but I take your point
- </c><01:33:50.880><c> take</c><01:33:51.040><c> your</c> the nuclear waste, but but I take your the nuclear
- This is not about solid waste. This is about hazardous waste.
- </c> on solid waste on solid waste 0958<04:21:19.520><c> 54H.
- It's a waste of time. And uh I've it? It's a waste of time.
Summary:
The committee reviewed a handout comparing House Bill 2 to current retirement law and walked through the bill section by section with staff from the retirement system. The discussion focused on vesting, earnable compensation, average final compensation, compensation-over-base limits, special duty pay, normal retirement age, re-retirement, and maximum benefit rules for Group 2/Tier B members. Staff explained that some provisions would restore pre-2011 rules, including counting certain end-of-career payments such as unused sick and vacation time in earnable compensation and reducing the AFC averaging period from five years back to three. They also described how the bill would eliminate the current cap on compensation over base, which mainly affects overtime, and noted that the actuarial cost of the AFC-related changes is interrelated rather than easily broken out by feature.
A separate discussion covered the special duty pay limitation, which currently applies to Tier A and would be removed under the governor’s bill for both Tier A and Tier B members after their vested buy date. Staff said the actuary estimated that removing the special duty limitation would increase costs by about $13.9 million. Members also asked about the practical difference between overtime and special duty, with staff explaining that special duty generally involves work for a private third party, often police detail work, while overtime depends more on staffing and scheduling. The committee also reviewed the normal retirement age changes for Tier B and the possibility that some members would need to work longer to reach the new vested buy date.
Members raised concerns about an ambiguity in the bill that could allow already-retired Tier B members to return to work, then re-retire and claim the higher benefits, or allow vested deferred members to stop working and wait for the new vested buy date. Staff said the governor’s office did not intend to allow that result and requested clarifying language, noting that the bill as drafted does not expressly prohibit it. The committee also discussed part-time and seasonal work after retirement, with staff explaining that such work generally does not restore membership unless the person takes a full-time position requiring enrollment. Finally, the committee reviewed the maximum benefit provisions and noted that HB 2 in the current year does not change the maximum benefit date or include the 1.5% annual escalator that had been part of the 2023 proposal, making the current bill more costly than the earlier version.
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 (Wednesday, April 30, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Again, a giant waste of time.
- </c><04:51:47.200><c> of</c> political exercise, a waste of political exercise, a waste of time<04:51
- </c> wasting time. Member's time has expired. wasting time. Member's time has expired.
- ><c> illegitimate</c> stop wasting time on illegitimate stop wasting time on illegitimate messaging<06
- They're tearing build nuclear plants.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Of thousands of generators throughout MISO, whether hydro, RNG, wind, solar, or nuclear, we provide the
- I think it's amazing to me that Excel can add 500. megawatts of community solar at their former nuclear
- One is generation that we own, like our nuclear plants, our coal plants, our gas plants, some of our
- mind one thing most importantly: community solar does one important thing. displaces not coal, not nuclear
- 2040 to navigate the uniqueness of deploying diverse energy systems onto the grid, whether that's nuclear
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- And I'm wondering, could data centers or nuclear power plants be put on these lands?
- be considered, as most of those parcels aren't in places where it would be very conducive to put a nuclear
- And I'm wondering, could data centers or nuclear power plants be put on these lands?
- be considered as most of those parcels aren't in places where it would be very conducive to put a nuclear
Summary:
The committee first considered a proposal to raise licensing and fee caps for the Denturity Board, which sponsors said was needed because testing costs about $1,000 while the current cap is $300 and the board is about $6,000 in the red. Members asked who controls fee increases and were told the legislature sets the cap; the motion to introduce the RS passed, though one member noted support for introduction but uncertainty about the bill’s future.
The committee then took up RS 33380, which would prohibit out-of-state contributions and expenditures in Idaho elections. The sponsor argued out-of-state money has become a major influence in campaigns and should be barred to protect Idaho voters. Members raised concerns about constitutionality, possible conflicts with Idaho residency law, loopholes for corporations forming in Idaho, and whether the bill would be ineffective against independent expenditures; despite those concerns, the motion to introduce passed narrowly.
Next, the committee considered RS 33385, which would lower the threshold for district-wide city council elections from cities over 100,000 population to those over 25,000. The sponsor said this would improve local accountability and reduce campaign costs in 10 cities. The motion to introduce passed without opposition. The committee then heard H.J.R. 8 and a revised RS 33415 concerning Idaho state and endowment lands, shifting the priority toward ongoing revenue generation while preserving public access and explicitly protecting timber, mining, grazing, and recreation. Testimony from outfitters and recreation operators supported the measure as beneficial to rural economies and public access. H.J.R. 8 was held in committee, and RS 33415 was introduced with an amendment and sent to the Second Reading Calendar with a due pass recommendation.
Finally, the committee considered RS 33-377, a “shot clock” for initial plan reviews that would require cities, counties, or the state to complete initial review within 30 days for public works projects. The sponsor said the measure would speed permitting, and the motion to introduce passed. One member disclosed a Rule 80 conflict related to a public works license.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: DFL and Republican Media Availability - 02/03/25
Transcript Highlights:
- about affordability, look at the Commerce Committee on reinsurance or in the Energy Committee on nuclear
- reinsurance or in the energy<00:09:09.200><c> committee</c><00:09:09.720><c> on</c><00:09:10.040><c> nuclear
- </c><00:09:10.519><c> energy</c><00:09:11.079><c> there</c> energy committee on nuclear energy there
- energy committee on nuclear energy there was<00:09:11.360><c> a</c><00:09:11.519><c> number</c><00:09
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee Sep 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- are all things that have sort of come out from the labs in terms of what the models want to create: nuclear
- things that have sort of come out from the labs in terms of what the, so models that want to create nuclear
- So models that want to create nuclear, chemical, biological, radiological weapons, models that make it
Summary:
The Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee heard SB 53 by Senator Wiener after the bill was substantially amended on the floor and referred back under Assembly Rule 77.2. The author explained that the bill, focused on AI safety and frontier models, now applies its main requirements to models trained above 10^26 FLOPs, includes broader whistleblower protections, sets different disclosure obligations based on company revenue, removes Attorney General rulemaking authority in favor of an annual Department of Technology report, and keeps a $1 million-per-violation penalty. He also highlighted CalCompute, a proposed public cloud intended to expand access to compute and support innovation.
Supporters, including Encode AI and Economic Security California Action, argued the bill would hold AI developers accountable to their public safety commitments, improve transparency, protect whistleblowers, and help democratize access to AI infrastructure. They said the measure reflects extensive negotiation with the administration and stakeholders and aligns with recommendations from the governor’s frontier-model working group. Opponents, including CalChamber, TechNet, CCIA, and Chamber of Progress, remained opposed unless amended, saying they appreciated the author’s work but still had concerns outlined in their letters.
Committee members questioned whether the bill could stifle innovation, how it would address worst-case AI harms, and whether it could reach actors outside California. The author responded that the bill is intended as a light-touch transparency measure, that it applies to entities doing business in California, and that California can still lead in the absence of federal action. Members also emphasized the importance of whistleblower protections and CalCompute. The committee voted 12-1 to pass the bill, with DeMaio voting no and Patterson not voting, and the bill was sent back to the floor.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Education Policy and Administration (03/10/2025)
Education Policy and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:20:07.960><c> speaking</c><00:20:08.280><c> of</c><00:20:08.360><c> nuclear</c><00:20:08.720><c>
- missiles</c><00:20:09.039><c> I</c><00:20:09.159><c> know</c> now speaking of nuclear missiles I know
- now speaking of nuclear missiles I know that<00:20:09.400><c> there</c><00:20:09.520><c> are</c><00:
- Ukraine gave up its own nuclear missiles for its independence.
- </c><00:33:37.120><c> missiles</c> Ukraine gave up its own nuclear missiles Ukraine gave up its own nuclear
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on House Bill 749, which would require high schools to provide at least one hour of instruction on the nature and history of communism. The prime sponsor said the bill was prompted by concerns that students lack basic historical knowledge about communism and its effects, and argued that a short, flexible requirement could be embedded in an existing course without creating a new full class. He described communism as a totalitarian ideology and cited historical examples including the Soviet Union, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Cold War, and current events involving Russia, Ukraine, and Taiwan as reasons students should understand the topic.
Members asked whether the subject is already covered in current social studies standards, whether one hour is enough, and whether the bill would apply to public, private, parochial, and charter schools. The sponsor said he did not believe communism is specifically required in current standards, that he would prefer a full course but was proposing a minimal requirement, and that he intended the bill to apply broadly to schools under the Department of Education’s umbrella, though he acknowledged the wording may need clarification for charter schools. He also said the proposal was both reactive and proactive, based on anecdotal concerns and his teaching experience.
A second supporter testified that he was born in the Soviet Union and favored the bill, but suggested the instruction should emphasize critical thinking and explain both why communism can appeal to some people and why it can have harmful consequences. No vote or final committee action was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- energy and nuclear opportunity, including we're excited about the opportunity for there to be small
- site nuclear as we move forward, and the Trump administration is actually making a lot of changes on
- </c><01:35:46.800><c> power</c> the political divide that nuclear power the political divide that nuclear
- </c> nuclear energy and nuclear opportunity nuclear energy and nuclear opportunity uh<01:35:56.960><c
- </c> relative to trying to stimulate nuclear relative to trying to stimulate nuclear energy<01:36:10.719
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, May 8, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:20:54.880><c> safety</c> From food assistance to nuclear safety From food assistance to nuclear
- Instead, MAGA Republicans waste system.
- The majority is wasting time on shrugs.
- The majority is wasting time on an an an egodriven<01:11:36.199><c> rebrand.
- </c> quote cutting waste, fraud, and abuse. quote cutting waste, fraud, and abuse.