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• Senator Patton and I and others stood within 20 feet of nuclear fuel rods safely.
• Senator Patton and I and others stood within 20 feet of nuclear fuel rods safely.
• So basically it would be less diesel and then cleaner gas fuel.
• better fuels and also then some secondary uses.
• Natural gas is really a kind of just-in-time fuel source.

Committee: Joint Energy Development and Transmission Committee

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• issues that really addresses this issue, but again, is of neither the size or the capacity to really fuel
• So, again, what I would raise is an opportunity to invest in research and education as a way of fueling
• In research and education as a way of fueling this industry and helping it move forward.
• And it's really been the industry that's fueled it and not state and federal monies that have done it
• I've spent more time being an educator.

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• So, again, what I would raise is an opportunity to invest in research and education as a way of fueling
• In research and education as a way of fueling this industry and helping it move forward.
• And it's really been the industry that's fueled it and not state and federal monies that have done it
• I've spent more time being an educator.
• leave behind several important revenue streams from a tax and an assessment standpoint that really fuel

Summary: The Senate Select Committee on California’s Wine Industry held its first meeting at Napa Valley College, with Chair Christopher Cabaldon and Assembly Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry opening the hearing by stressing the wine industry’s importance to California’s economy, communities, and tourism. They said the purpose of the hearing was informational rather than legislative, with no votes or bill actions taken, and framed the day as a fact-finding session to inform future legislation, budget work, and oversight. The first panel focused on research and trends, with Dr. Damien Wilson of Sonoma State, UC Davis professor Ben Mumpeteet, and wine economist Chris Bitter describing the industry as facing structural change rather than a temporary downturn. The research panel highlighted falling wine production and sales, rising costs, and changing consumer behavior. Wilson argued the industry has relied too heavily on premiumization and technical elitism, pricing out younger consumers and needing to focus more on new customer acquisition, accessible brands, and evidence-based business decisions. Mumpeteet emphasized external threats such as grapevine diseases, extreme weather, water shortages, and wildfire smoke, and called for more public investment in viticulture and enology research, especially through California’s university system. Bitter said growers are dealing with depressed grape demand, a grape glut, vineyard removals, and sharply higher production costs driven largely by regulation and labor, and he urged review of regulatory costs, trade conditions, vineyard removal support, and barriers to replanting. Committee members then asked about how the industry can adapt, whether change will come through existing producers or market turnover, and how California might use its research capacity to improve regulation and compliance. Witnesses said the industry needs cultural change, better marketing to younger consumers, more data on health and consumption trends, and more efficient, science-based regulation. The second panel, with representatives from growers and the Wine Institute, described severe market stress: unharvested grapes, vineyard removals, and closures in some regions. Michael Miller said growers are seeing fruit left on the vine and called for relief on regulatory and trade pressures, while Honor Comfort described Wine Institute’s Share Wine Co-Lab, an open-access marketing platform aimed at helping wineries reach younger consumers through digital and data-driven strategies. A final panel addressed tourism, farmworkers, and water regulation. Visit Napa Valley’s Lindsay Gallagher said Napa remains relatively strong but is broadening its message beyond wine to cuisine, wellness, and outdoor experiences, while noting international visitation, especially from Canada, has fallen sharply. Sonia DeLuca of the Napa Valley Farmworker Foundation said declining sales and rising costs reduce hours and income for farmworkers and called for targeted relief, wage-loss support, and continued workforce training. Annalisa Kiara of the State Water Board provided an update on the Winery General Order, explaining that it was created to streamline and standardize wastewater permitting while protecting water quality; she said 56 wineries have enrolled and 122 more are under review, and noted ongoing coordination with industry sustainability programs. Throughout the hearing, members and witnesses repeatedly returned to the need for updated regulations, better data, and collaborative solutions, but no formal action was taken.

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• issues that really addresses this issue, but again, is of neither the size nor the capacity to really fuel
• So, again, what I would raise is an opportunity to invest in research and education as a way of fueling
• In research and education as a way of fueling this industry and helping it move forward.
• And it's really been the industry that's fueled it and not state and federal monies that have done it
• I've spent more time being an educator, and when I see the new group coming through, we try to get them

Summary: The Senate Select Committee on California’s Wine Industry held its first meeting at Napa Valley College, with opening remarks from Chair Senator Christopher Cabaldon and Assembly Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry emphasizing the industry’s importance to California’s economy and communities. The chair said the hearing was intended to gather information and ideas, not to vote on legislation, and to inform future policy, budget, and oversight work. The first panel focused on research and trends, with speakers from Sonoma State, UC Davis, and Terrain describing the industry as facing structural change rather than a temporary downturn. Panelists said California wine is confronting falling consumption, rising costs, labor shortages, housing pressures, tariffs, and competition from imports. Dr. Damien Wilson argued the industry has relied too heavily on premiumization and must focus on attracting new consumers, especially younger generations, through more accessible products, better marketing, and evidence-based decision-making. UC Davis’s Ben Mumpeteet said grapevine disease, extreme weather, and water shortages require long-term research investment and stronger university-industry-state partnerships. Chris Bitter, a wine economist, reported that California wine sales are down about 25% since 2019, that large amounts of grapes have gone unpicked, and that vineyard removals and falling vineyard values reflect a severe supply-demand imbalance; he urged regulatory review, trade competitiveness analysis, and transition support for growers. The committee then heard from industry representatives. Michael Miller of the California Association of Wine Grape Growers described a crisis in which growers can produce high-quality fruit but have no buyers, leading to abandoned or removed vineyards, lost farm revenue, and pressure to restore market balance. Honor Comfort of the Wine Institute presented the Share Wine Co-Lab, an open-access marketing platform designed to help wineries better reach younger consumers through data-driven, collaborative outreach. Jane Lisa Tamayo of Family Winemakers of California discussed the burden on smaller wineries and growers, including regulatory and market challenges. Members and witnesses also discussed changing consumer preferences, the need to adapt to younger drinkers, and concerns about tariffs and trade policy, with the chair warning that broad tariff calls had harmed export markets such as Canada. A final panel addressed tourism, farmworker impacts, and water regulation. Visit Napa Valley’s Lindsay Gallagher said tourism remains strong in Napa but is increasingly dependent on broader destination marketing beyond wine, while international visitation has declined. Sonia DeLuca of the Napa Valley Farmworker Foundation said declining sales and rising costs reduce hours and income for farmworkers and urged targeted relief, wage-loss support, and continued bilingual training. State Water Board official Annalisa Kihar outlined the 2021 Winery General Order for winery process water, saying it was designed to streamline permitting, improve consistency, and reduce burdens on small wineries while protecting water quality; she reported 56 wineries enrolled and 122 under review, and said the board is working with industry partners on technical support and sustainability-based compliance pathways.

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• We have a chance in Idaho to be the premier location for nuclear facilities for spent fuel, and we have
• And the spent fuel that is structured there, we want everyone to know that Idaho is open for business
• And the spent fuel that is structured there, we want everyone to know that Idaho is open for business

Summary: The joint Senate Finance and House Appropriations committee heard a series of budget presentations and acted on several FY 2026 and FY 2027 items. Noah Peterson reviewed the General Fund Daily Update, noting large FY 2026 supplemental actions for Medicaid and Corrections that reduced the estimated ending balance, and a FY 2027 outlook that still had room for remaining work. He also flagged several policy bills with fiscal impacts, including county jail per diem changes, a state police bill, and a health and welfare board/position bill. Janet Jessup then walked the committee through Department of Environmental Quality and Soil and Water Conservation actions. The committee approved adding four FTP for DEQ’s solid waste regulatory program and adopted related language transferring $400,000 from the hazardous waste emergency fund to support the new solid waste regulatory fund. It also approved a CREP supplemental for the Soil and Water Conservation Commission and then voted to move the commission from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Water Resources, including a corresponding reduction in Agriculture and an addition in Water Resources. The committee adopted language to align the new budget structure and approved a one-time $390,000 restoration in the Department of Water Resources to avoid reducing stream-gauging and water-monitoring services. The committee next considered the consolidation of the Office of Species Conservation and the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources into a new Office of Species, Mineral, and Energy Coordination. It approved reductions to the two existing offices and then debated competing motions for the new office. The substitute motion to cut four FTP and reduce spending more deeply failed, while the original motion to reduce two FTP and preserve more staffing for nuclear and mining coordination passed. Members and the agency administrator argued that Idaho needs a stronger “one-stop shop” for nuclear and mining projects, while others emphasized following the policy bill moving through the legislature and capturing consolidation savings. The committee also approved a DOPL budget item for replacement vehicles and IT hardware. Most motions passed with do-pass recommendations, and the committee announced it would meet again the next day; Senate Finance was noted as on hold, while House Appropriations would continue after adjournment.

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• experience working all over New Mexico, and I've seen the devastation that heavy reliance on fossil fuels
• Just reducing air pollution from fires and fossil fuels will lower rates of lung disease, heart attacks
• Um, we've spent about $10 million already and that center, focuses on low-income commercial and residential
• Emerging clean transportation fuel program, as well as certainty for the agency's Climate Change Bureau
• I will be absolutely not happy if these dollars are spent on the notification that went out October 8th

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

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• :11:42.959><c> talking</c> I spent yesterday afternoon talking I spent yesterday afternoon talking across
• The previous law, local dollars spent.
• Um, they would be out their fuel budget. Um, they would be out of<01:11:18.719><c> appropriation.
• Do you see any conflict with your House Bill 1495, which limits how resources can be spent?
• House Bill 1495 limits how resources can be spent?

Committee: Senate Education Finance

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• So that hundred million dollars is meant to be better spent on schools, or even potentially the state
• </c> that that's that could be better spent that that's that could be better spent on<00:44:42.480><c
• Could be better spent on on schools.
• And I've spent all that time on appropriations and revenue.
• And my demographic, with the high utility prices, high fuel prices, where transportation's our number

Committee: Senate Families & Children

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• ><00:47:40.079><c> shaping</c><00:47:40.640><c> national</c> spent nearly 30 years shaping national spent
• </c> next 15 years, eliminating these fuel next 15 years, eliminating these fuel standards<05:08:07.680
• </c> trucks less fuel trucks less fuel efficient.<05:08:29.798><c> Indeed,</c><05:08:30.798><c> it</c
• It saves fuel costs.
• :13:32.240><c> matter,</c> fuel contributes particulate matter, fuel contributes particulate matter,

Bills: HJR89 , HJR87 , HJR88

Keywords: EPA, pollution control, California emissions standards, NOX regulation, congressional disapproval, HJR87, H.J.Res. 87, Congressional Review Act, CRA, EPA waiver, California waiver, preemption, vehicle emissions, heavy-duty trucks, engine emissions, Advanced Clean Trucks, zero-emission vehicles, ZEV, zero-emission airport shuttle, powertrain certification

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• Substitute Senate Bill 5932 modifies tax incentives for alternative jet fuel.
• By way of background, alternative jet fuel is fuel that can be blended and used with conventional petroleum
• By way of background, alternative jet fuel is fuel that can be blended and used with conventional petroleum
• It also includes B&O and PUT tax credits for the sale and purchase of such fuel.
• than conventional jet fuel.

Bills: HB2521 , HB2249 , HB1796

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: firearms, background check, gun control, public safety, legislation, HB 2249, Washington Technology Solutions, WaTech, civil service, classified service, exempt employees, state employment, state personnel, network security, cybersecurity, information technology, IT contracting, data center, systems integration, network engineering

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• was working as a legislative assistant to the Chair of the Senate Natural Resources Committee and spent
• My way of background, this is my first year, and I've spent a lot of time really listening and learning
• years prior, we had used these dollars to do that forest health work around White Salmon and created fuels
• And essentially, as we start that early year, just think of it that the light fuels are the first ones
• All I know is I spent more hours on the phone with various groups around the state who have concerns

Committee: Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources

Summary: The Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee held a December 4 work session focused first on a Department of Natural Resources update. Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthe Grove outlined the agency’s size and responsibilities, previewed several agency-request bills, and emphasized budget-related priorities: authority to sell ecosystem service credits, greater flexibility to use underutilized water rights for drought relief and rural/agricultural support, adding a tribal representative to the Board of Natural Resources, timber-sale efficiency changes, and inclusion of wildland firefighters in the LEOFF pension system. He also strongly urged restoration of wildfire prevention and preparedness funding, warning that cuts would reduce firefighters, forest health work, and support for rural fire districts. He said the agency supports funding the negotiated Washington Public Employees Association contract. State Forester George Geisler then reviewed the wildfire season, describing year-round fire response, mutual aid to other states, 31 aircraft used, 691 seasonal firefighters, and more than 180 corrections-based crew members. He said DNR’s success rate for keeping fires under 10 acres improved to 94.1 percent, and highlighted early detection and rapid response on the Crescent Road Fire, which was contained to 182 acres with no structures lost. He also noted 53 confirmed arson fires, mostly around Spokane, and said the department’s use of bulldozers and other ground resources is increasingly important alongside aircraft. Assistant Deputy Supervisor Dwayne Emmons presented on the trust land transfer program, explaining that it was codified in statute in 2023 after decades of being funded through the capital budget. He said the program moves non-performing or underperforming trust lands to other public entities while keeping the trust whole through replacement land purchases. He described recent funded projects, including Bechler 6, Okanogan G, South Lake Ozette, and portions of Yakama Nation’s Tract C, and said DNR is requesting funding for remaining parcels such as Tract C, Babcock Bench, and Middle Fork Snoqualmie. The committee then shifted to a historical overview of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife by staffer Jeff Olson, who traced the agency’s evolution from early fish and game commissions to the current Fish and Wildlife Commission structure established in 1995. He summarized the commission’s statutory duties and appointment structure, and noted that in other states the director may be appointed either by the governor or by a commission. In discussion, the chair said he was not proposing immediate legislation to change the commission, but wanted to explore accountability and possible reforms, including whether the department should again become a cabinet-level agency. No votes were taken, and the meeting adjourned with no objection.

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• was working as a legislative assistant to the chair of the Senate Natural Resources Committee and spent
• By way of background, this is my first year, and I've spent a lot of time really listening and learning
• years prior, we had used these dollars to do that forest health work around White Salmon and created fuels
• And essentially, as we start that early year, just think of it that the light fuels are the first ones
• All I know is I spent more hours on the phone with various groups around the state who have concerns

Summary: The Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee held a work session with an update from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Commissioner Dave Upthe Grove outlined DNR’s size and scope, previewed agency-request legislation, and emphasized budget priorities. He said DNR will seek authority to sell ecosystem service credits, better use underutilized water rights with tribal consultation, add a tribal representative to the State Board of Natural Resources, make minor timber-sales efficiencies, and include wildland firefighters in the LEOFF pension system. He also urged restoration of wildfire prevention and preparedness funding, warning that reduced funding would mean fewer firefighters, less forest health work, and less support for rural fire districts. He noted DNR’s wildfire suppression costs are rising and argued prevention spending can reduce larger, more expensive fires. State Forester George Geisler followed with a detailed wildfire season review. He said Washington now responds to fires year-round and also assists other states, including Texas. He described DNR’s use of 31 aircraft, 691 firefighters, and corrections-based crews, and said the agency’s success rate for keeping fires under 10 acres improved slightly from 93.7% to 94.1%. He highlighted increased arson activity, especially around Spokane, and described the Crescent Road Fire as an example of early detection, rapid response, and the use of bulldozers, aircraft, and hand crews to contain a fire to 182 acres with no structure losses. Senator Saldan praised the emphasis on prevention and the use of bulldozers as cost-effective tools. Assistant deputy supervisor Dwayne Emmons then reviewed the trust land transfer program, which was codified in statute in 2023 after being funded through the capital budget for decades. He said more than 130,000 acres of underperforming trust land have been transferred since the 1990s to other public or tribal entities for more appropriate use, while DNR acquires replacement lands to keep the trust whole. He described the current application and ranking process, including tribal input, and said DNR is requesting funding for remaining parcels from the last round, including portions of Tract C, Babcock Bench, and Middle Fork Snoqualmie. In questions, Senator Wagoner raised concerns about DNR’s decision to remove some acres from timber harvest rotation and its impact on local revenue and mills; the commissioner responded that current five-year harvest plans provide short-term stability and that any changes would be explored through the Board of Natural Resources process, not through immediate reductions in supply. The committee then received a history briefing from staff member Jeff Olson on the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission and agency structure. He traced the evolution from early fish and game commissioners to the current commission-appointed director model adopted by voter-approved Referendum 45 in 1995. Olson explained the commission’s statutory duties, membership requirements, and how Washington compares with other states. Chair Chapman said he had no plans to hear a bill this session changing the commission’s makeup, but he expressed personal interest in exploring reforms, accountability, and possibly a future broader coalition or referendum process. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational only, and the chair adjourned the session with holiday and New Year’s wishes.

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• It's called the Fossil Fuel Coffee Company. Has anybody been there? Yeah.
• It's called the Fossil Fuel Coffee It's called the Fossil Fuel Coffee Company.<01:01:17.200><c> Has</
• So, I was in the fossil fuel um Yeah.
• The state spent over $8 million on out-of-state fire crews.
• The state spent state and private fires.

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• </c> we exempt fuel tax from sales tax. we exempt fuel tax from sales tax.
• So, this aligns it with for fuel tax. So, this aligns it with fuel<00:05:04.320><c> tax.
• </c> um fuel tax paid by a F-150. um fuel tax paid by a F-150. Good. Good. Good.
• </c> Fuel tax administration. Yes. Fuel tax administration. Yes.
• </c> addition to fuel pumps. addition to fuel pumps.

Bills: SF0095 , SF0107 , SF0112

Committee: House Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs

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• massive increases in exposure is fueling massive increases in child-on-child<02:09:16.360><c> sexual
• I chose to send him to a residential treatment center where he spent 45 days, came home for about 45
• He attends an intensive outpatient program three days a week. he spent 45 days came home for about 45
• he spent 45 days came home for about 45 days<02:22:54.640><c> got</c><02:22:54.840><c> on</c><02:22:
• and where it went so I am spent and where it went so I am intimately<03:13:05.399><c> familiar</c><03

Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 232 from prime sponsor Representative Mark Pearson, who said the bill is intended to protect conscience rights for health care professionals and students, especially in relation to abortion and sterilization-related procedures. He argued that protecting ethical objections would help retain and recruit medical workers in New Hampshire, reduce moral injury, and preserve patient access to care. Pearson said the bill is not meant to allow discrimination based on protected characteristics and emphasized that it is limited to objections to specific procedures, with an amendment added to address concerns raised by Chairman Lynn. Members questioned Pearson closely about the scope of the bill and amendment, including whether it could apply to non-physician staff such as schedulers or receptionists, whether a provider could refuse emergency care, and who would determine when an emergency exists. Pearson said the bill does not apply to emergency situations or to treatment after an abortion has already occurred, and he stated that emergency triage would control in obvious emergencies. He also said the intent was not to allow a person to take a job and then unexpectedly refuse duties, and he suggested the amendment could be tweaked to clarify its application to facilities and staff. Additional questions focused on whether the bill should be broader than the procedures listed, how it would interact with federal conscience protections, and whether it could affect contraception-related services, including pharmacies. Pearson responded that the bill addresses the specific issues raised by people he and his wife had spoken with, and he was open to revising the amendment to reduce ambiguity. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion provided.

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• Finally, you can stockpile a lot of fuel at a nuclear plant, and I don't have to have rail cars of coal
• The fuel can just be ready to go. I don't have to have huge tanks of oil there.
• The fuel can just be ready to go. You can get 18 to 24 months ready to go stockpiled up.
• fabricating facilities, because some of the new designs that are coming out don't have the fuel that
• Texas, I'm not real clear on what the $350 million has been spent on so far in Texas.

Committee: All ENERGY - JOINT

Summary: The Joint Committee on Energy received a presentation on the final report of the nuclear energy feasibility study authorized by Act 707 of 2025. The study, prepared by Brian Meadors of Excel Services with input from Paul Murphy and Natalie Rogers, concluded that new nuclear generation is feasible and advisable in Arkansas because of rising electricity demand, available sites, favorable federal policy, and the state’s lack of a nuclear moratorium. The presenters emphasized nuclear’s high capacity factor, small land footprint, fuel security, safety record, and potential economic benefits, including jobs, tax base growth, supply-chain development, and industrial competitiveness. They also discussed candidate siting areas in south, west, and northeast Arkansas, noting transmission limits at some sites, water constraints at others, and seismic concerns in the Mississippi County/New Madrid area. A major focus of the discussion was financing and what state policy changes might help early projects. The witnesses said nuclear projects are difficult to finance in development and construction, especially before a construction permit is issued, and suggested targeted public support rather than a large subsidy fund. Ideas discussed included bridge loans for early development, possible cost-overrun backstops, tax incentives, assistance finding long-term power buyers, and continued use of construction work in progress (CWIP) under existing law. Meadors also recommended defining nuclear as clean energy, expanding the atomic coordinator role, considering a nuclear development fund, and removing a low-level radioactive waste restriction on non-government land. Several members raised concerns about taxpayer exposure, cost overruns, and whether the state should take on too much risk. Members also asked about workforce and supply-chain readiness, and the witnesses said Arkansas could help local firms obtain nuclear certifications such as NQA1 or an N stamp, and could support university and technical training programs. They noted that other states, including Texas and Tennessee, are already funding nuclear-related development and that Arkansas risks losing investment if it does nothing. The committee did not take substantive action on the report; it accepted the Department of Energy and Environment’s letter report to satisfy the statutory reporting requirement, and the meeting adjourned after the presentation and questions.

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• The critical programs and services like Head Start, fuel assistance, and food security, detrimental cuts
• After having spent the last three months meeting with members regarding their budget priorities, it didn't
• support local farms and grant families access to healthy food options, coupled with $55.2 million spent
• in this GAA, as proposed, differ from what we saw in fiscal year 2025 and what is projected to be spent
• You will see that they are all being spent on public education and public transportation items like the

Summary: The Senate first adopted two resolutions commending the Plimpton Historical Society for Deborah Sampson Day and Megan’s Light for recognizing May 2026 as Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month. It also suspended Joint Rule 12 on several House petitions, referred those matters to committees, and later took up final passage of two local bills: one authorizing Dartmouth to grant an additional off-premises liquor license and another relative to the charter of Westwood. Both bills were passed to be enacted and sent to the Governor. The main business of the session was the opening debate on the Senate Ways and Means FY27 budget, which was described as a balanced $63.3 billion proposal. The chair and supporters highlighted major investments in unrestricted local aid, Chapter 70 education funding, regional school transportation, rural aid, community college affordability, food security, housing, and health and human services. They also emphasized that the budget was built on the consensus revenue estimate, included no new taxes or tax cuts, did not use the rainy day fund, and relied in part on federal funds and Fair Share revenue. In extended questioning, the minority leader pressed for details on the budget’s assumptions and cost drivers, including federal participation, Fair Share revenue, debt service, MassHealth caseload and spending, pension and OPEB liabilities, settlement reserves, collective bargaining funding, and controls against waste, fraud, and abuse. The chair responded that federal funds account for about 22% of budgeted revenues, Fair Share revenue is estimated at about $2.7 billion, debt service is about $2.67 billion, MassHealth and related health and human services total about $36.4 billion, pension funding is $5.1 billion, and OPEB receives a $150 million payment. Members also discussed the C-3 child care program, DTA program integrity, and housing permitting reforms, with several senators speaking in support of the budget’s priorities and urging further debate and amendments before final passage.

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• assistance, and... ...the critical programs and services like Head Start, fuel assistance, and food
• After having spent the last three months meeting with members regarding their budget priorities, it didn't
• Coupled with $55.2 million spent on emergency food assistance, $180 million to sustain the universal
• in this GAA, as proposed, differ from what we saw in fiscal year 2025 and what is projected to be spent
• You will see that they are all being spent on public education and public transportation items, like

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• I taught at a school for maybe 10 or 12 years that we actually, at the end of each year, spent about
• you compared the two states, Texas and Oklahoma, with that per-pupil average, did you consider the fuel
• I mean, in Texas, they have, Electricity and fuel and all those sorts of things.
• So this past year, the state of Oklahoma spent a little over $20 million on concurrent enrollment.
• Wouldn't that be an easier way of doing and keeping track of how the money is being spent?

Committee: House A&B Education Subcommittee

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• For the final decade of work on the Panama Canal, the United States spent nearly $400 million, which
• Along those lines, let me just talk about dollars from China spent.
• We spent millions of dollars on consultants with...
• I spent time preparing for this hearing.
• A fair amount of time was spent reviewing the ratification hearings in the Senate in 1978.

Committee: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee