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• , both the Canadian law at our borders, both the Canadian and<00:19:15.840> the and the and the
• Yeah, members, we've had a disaster on our southern and Canadian borders in a number of ways.
• This might be a priority for some, but right now we can control one thing, and that's our state budget
• We have no control over presidential pardons, and we shouldn't be wasting our time debating them on the
• over presidential pardons and we control over presidential pardons and we shouldn't<00:47:15.280>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The border is one of the key components of national sovereignty.
• The people of Florida and the United States have made it clear they want our borders enforced and dangerous
• the TRUMP Act commands everyone in the state to enforce federal immigration law and to protect our borders
• last week or so we have very clearly seen a heightened effort at the federal level to secure our borders
• All hands are on deck to get this crisis under control, but it will be at the discretion of the Chief

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• And lastly, the 83rd True Command, a command and control headquarters located here in Tallahassee.
• We're also currently deployed in the Florida Keys, supporting border security operations and providing
• However, if you cross the border unlawfully and then you check in with Border Patrol, then you have lawful
• Operation Lone Star on the southern border and Operation Vigilant Century.
• Operation Lone Star on the southern border and Operation Vigilant Century.

Summary: The Transportation and Economic Development Budget Subcommittee met to organize for the session, take roll, and hear introductory remarks from members and agency heads. Members briefly introduced themselves and their districts, with several noting transportation, economic development, emergency response, military, and hurricane recovery issues in their areas. Chair Shove then outlined the subcommittee’s jurisdiction and current-year budget, noting a total of about $20.3 billion, with most funding coming from trust funds and only a small share from general revenue. The committee also heard that upcoming meetings would include presentations from major agencies in the subcommittee’s purview. The first agency presentation was from the Department of Military Affairs and the Florida National Guard. Major General John Haas described the Guard’s three missions—supporting national security, responding to state emergencies, and adding value to the state—and highlighted deployments for hurricanes, border security support, and ongoing support to the Department of Corrections. He emphasized that the Guard is understrength relative to Florida’s size and demand, said recruiting is strong, and identified force structure growth as the main challenge. Members asked about aircraft, funding sources, and recruiting; Haas explained the Guard’s helicopter and fixed-wing fleet, said aircraft purchases are funded through legislative appropriations, and reported strong interest in the Florida State Guard’s recruiting pipeline. Executive Director Mark Thieme then described the Florida State Guard’s expansion into air, ground, and maritime capabilities, including Black Hawks, boats, drones, canine search-and-rescue teams, and ground support units. He said the agency supported immigration enforcement and hurricane response, and asked for continued legislative support to expand aviation, maritime, and medical capabilities. Members praised the Guard’s disaster response work and asked about aircraft, funding, and staffing. Secretary Cord Byrd of the Department of State followed, focusing on election administration, election security, the SunBiz and voter registration IT systems, arts and culture, corporations, libraries, and historical resources. He said Florida’s election system remains a national model, reported two prosecutions for non-citizen voting, and discussed modernization needs for legacy IT systems. The committee also asked about voter lookup tools, password privacy for SunBiz, and arts funding vetoes. Secretary Alex Kelly of the Department of Commerce described the agency’s broad portfolio, including workforce, economic, community, and international commerce functions, plus housing recovery, broadband, small business support, rural infrastructure, defense-community grants, and law enforcement recruitment bonuses. He said access to capital is the biggest barrier for small businesses and noted ongoing work with CareerSource, the Department of Corrections, and other partners on workforce and reentry. Secretary Jared Perdue of the Department of Transportation then outlined FDOT’s record budget and five-year work program, emphasizing emergency response, preservation and maintenance, safety, and major investments in roads, ports, airports, transit, and spaceport infrastructure. He said the department has removed millions of cubic yards of storm debris, is ahead of schedule on the Moving Florida Forward initiative, and faces a large unfunded project backlog. Members asked about supply chain issues, project priorities, and workforce needs, and Perdue said FDOT is open to collaboration on recruitment and retention.

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• I had the opportunity southern border.
• Our debt crisis is out of control.
• From a more secure border to want.
• <09:18:07.918> In thenexisting borders. In thenexisting borders.
• invasions, including the long borders invasions, including the long borders that<09:22:09.200>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• With regard to the North Country, are New Hampshire cannabis patients allowed to cross the border to
• I would not have to make the decision, do I want to cross the border today?
• So it would strike a nominal amount of one or more controlled substances or controlled substance analogues
• legalizing any amount of a controlled legalizing any amount of a controlled controlled<04:49:44.200
• Also, there’s a first felony penalty under the Controlled Drug Act and under RSA 318-B:26.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• AG 47. 4714 by HOPA ruling the testing of evidence of Controlled Substances by the Department of Public
• HP 4813 by Oliver Serling is scheduling of certain controlled substances in response to certain actions
• HB 4832 by Morales and Maverick relating to deposit of federal reimbursements for the border security
• operations and the general revenue Fund and the funding and services and programs in the border region
• HG 5010 by Spit ruling the memorial designation of certain portions of the international border wall

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• <00:03:17.840> um wonderful and doing insect control um wonderful and doing insect control
• processes utilizing erosion control processes utilizing erosion control measures<01:28:34.800>
• <01:40:38.280> to<01:40:38.440> border development of the border to border development
• of the border to border Trail<01:40:39.880> uh<01:40:40.040> that<01:40:40.320> having
• it seems like it takes local control it seems like it takes local<01:40:56.520> control local

Keywords: 1183, house

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• AB 1744 by Little relating to the personal liability of controlled persons and materialators of the Texas
• relating to the study and report by the General Land Office on private landowner participation in Border
• creating of the criminal offense of child endangerment involving smuggling across an international border
• HB 2165 by Gomez relating to required motor vehicle emissions inspections in certain border counties
• HB 2183 by Mesa relating to criminal penalties for the possession offenses under the Texas Controlled

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• We can all bring home something meaningful and meaningful relief that families border to border actually
• meaningful relief that families border meaningful relief that families border to<00:21:34.440>
• > aside<00:21:36.760> from to border actually need so aside from to border actually need
• They're not worried about what's happening at the national level because they can't control that.
• They're not worried about what's happening at the national level because they can't control that.

Bills: HF2254, HF2302, HF2502, HF2315, HF2475, HF2086

Keywords: HF2254, Minnesota child credit, baby bonus, child tax credit, income tax, individual income tax, tax relief, newborn, birth credit, family tax credit, tax refund, advance payment, Department of Revenue, taxable year, parenting, families with children, child credit, state regulations, families, taxation

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• I'm also talking about—I lived in a border state. I lived in Arizona.
• We can secure the border if we want to.
• We all agree we must secure our borders.
• Nobody's talked about Biden's borders that have been overrun.
• Again, we know that they did not come to our border because they wanted to. It's not them.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for the Parkland shooting victims, the Pledge of Allegiance, and adoption of the special order report for the day. The chamber then moved into a special-order agenda focused almost entirely on immigration-related measures, beginning with Senate Memorial 6C urging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to provide guidance and training for 287(g) agreements. The memorial was adopted 85-27 after brief debate, with supporters arguing Florida should help maximize federal immigration enforcement and opponents saying Congress, not the state, should fix immigration policy. The House next took up Senate Bill 4C, an immigration bill creating new state offenses for illegal entry and reentry by adult unauthorized aliens and requiring a mandatory death sentence for an unauthorized alien convicted of a capital felony. Members debated constitutional concerns, due process, racial profiling, fiscal impacts, and whether the bill intruded on federal immigration authority. Several amendments were offered and defeated, including proposals to extend protections to Venezuelans with TPS, to remove the mandatory death penalty, to protect certain long-term immigrant workers and teachers, to expand exemptions for Haitians and humanitarian parole recipients, and to create a task force on best practices for immigration enforcement in schools and other sensitive locations. A final amendment to strip the bill as unconstitutional was also rejected. The bill then passed 85-29. The final measure discussed was Senate Bill 2C, which creates a State Board of Immigration Enforcement led by the Governor and Cabinet, establishes grants and incentive bonuses for local law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities, repeals the fee waiver for undocumented students beginning July 1, 2025, and appropriates more than $300 million for immigration enforcement. The sponsor described it as a broad enforcement package, while questions from members focused on the impact on current students who receive in-state tuition and whether the bill would remove incentives for those already enrolled. The transcript ends during that exchange, before final action on SB 2C is shown.

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• The law is currently written could be interpreted as an attempt to control how electricity is generated
• <00:25:06.600> how interpreted as an attempt to control how interpreted as an attempt to control
• I think Minnesota attempting to shut off the power line at the border with North Dakota, I don't know
• <00:36:39.119> with power line at the at the border with power line at the at the border with
• Smith whether Minnesota has the authority to regulate electricity generation within its own borders,

Keywords: 1183, house

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• These are independent business relationships that today under the regulatory scheme- We have no control
• It doesn't have direct control or authority over any of the employees, so it's a collective.
• Those include the Freight Advisory Committee and the Border Trade Advisory Committee.
• TxDOT is now more responsive than ever to the border region.
• One of the areas that was very delinquent in RTS was a complete lack of fraud control.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Speaker, as you well know, our budget controls how much funding goes to them.
• Have completely open borders? Mr.
• So it's pretty aggressive, and there's some factors that we can't always control.
• DOT can't control, and it is capacity.
• We can't always control, DOT can't control, and it is capacity and availability of contractors.

Bills: HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM21, HM25, HB9, SB2, SB19

Keywords: nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial

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• -Mexico border, is referred to the Committee on Transportation.
• -Mexico border, is referred to the Committee on Transportation.
• -Mexico border, is referred to the Committee on Transportation.
• SB5416 relates to the prohibition on carrying a firearm across the international border of this state
• HB5495 by Bojanic relates to authorizing the use of global privacy controls to protect the consumer's

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• The CCP controls everything. Choosing to invest in Communist China threatens our national security.
• The TikTok bill, for example, was crafted to require full divestiture of CCP control.
• That one individual controls the entire outcome of the board and the company.
• Along the border with China. Mr.
• It also seems to be a vehicle for party control inside private companies.

Keywords: Chinese Communist Party, retirement security, investment risks, SEC enforcement, Bipartisan action

Summary: The meeting primarily addressed concerns regarding the impact of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on American investments and the financial security of retirees. The chair discussed legislation aimed at ensuring the protection of American investors against the risks posed by Chinese companies. There was a consensus among the members regarding the necessity to enforce existing policies that require compliance from foreign companies wishing to trade on American exchanges. The discussion included testimony from various stakeholders highlighting the urgent need to limit exposure to the CCP in retirement portfolios. Additionally, there were calls for increased accountability of regulatory bodies such as the SEC to better shield American investors from potential loss.

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• That way there's more safeguards and controls for it. Okay, thank you, Mr.
• Under the operational control of the Albuquerque Police Department.
• We're also doing traffic control.
• Title 10 to secure the border.
• control, although that's less clear than it is.

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• Mandates that attempt to control how a plan designs their benefits, but do not actually change the coverage
• We want to be sure to be excluding controlled substances as part of this bill.
• Multiple studies show what matters is the therapeutic drug level needed to control the inflammation,
• Multiple studies show what matters as the therapeutic drug level needed to control the inflammation.
• . developing drugs that have the potential to research that is occurring within our borders.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The Assembly Health Committee heard several bills focused on health care access, insurance coverage, public health, and patient protections. SB 1023 by Senator Laird would require insurers that cover injectable PrEP under the medical benefit to also cover it under the pharmacy benefit, to reduce billing barriers and improve access to HIV prevention. Supporters included HIV/AIDS organizations, the Department of Insurance, medical groups, and LGBTQ advocates; health plans opposed the bill as an unnecessary benefit-design mandate. The committee later voted the bill out on a due pass motion, and it remained on call before being finalized out later in the hearing. SB 964 by Senator Smallwood-Cuevas would limit repeated prior authorization requirements when a clinician needs to adjust the dose or frequency of a covered medication for a patient with a chronic or complex condition, with safeguards for off-label use and controlled substances. Support came from physicians, hospitals, and patient advocates, especially in gastroenterology and chronic disease care, while insurers argued it weakened safety and utilization-management safeguards. The committee approved the bill on a due pass vote to Appropriations. SB 1323 by Senator Rubio, as amended in committee, would strengthen protections for patients receiving medical care while in immigration custody by requiring facilities to train staff on responding to such requests and allowing patients to notify a family member or loved one of their location. It passed the committee on a due pass as amended vote to Judiciary, with one no vote recorded. SB 1099 by Senator Reyes would clarify local governments’ authority to provide state and local public benefits to all residents under the federal PRWORA exemption, giving cities and counties more certainty when operating low-barrier services such as health care, shelter, crisis response, and homeless outreach. Local government attorneys and service providers supported the measure, and there was no opposition testimony; it passed to Human Services. SB 895 by Senator Wiener would place a $12 billion science research bond on the November ballot and create a state research funding institute to help sustain California’s research economy amid federal cuts. The bill drew broad support from universities, labor, health organizations, patients, and business groups, with one member voting no because of the bond cost; it passed to Appropriations. SB 944 by Senator Wiener would stabilize Medi-Cal coverage for acupuncture, which supporters described as a cost-effective, nonpharmacological treatment for pain and other conditions. It passed to Appropriations with strong support and no opposition testimony. At the end of the hearing, the committee also took add-on votes to confirm the bills’ passage status and adjourned.

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• Members, House Bill 5346 gives voters an affected area control over whether tolls should continue beyond
• So all we're trying to do is really control our own future, have funding available at the local level
• And Chair, as you know, the border communities face so many challenges.
• Improving wait times at the border has such an economic impact.
• So anything we can do, whether it's at the border or even up the road, can help with that.

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• And they have control of the federal government payment systems.
• -Canadian border has been hard-fought, not exploitative.
• Ansari, each will control 20 minutes. The gentleman is recognized. Mr.
• Ansari, will each control 20 minutes.
• Ansari, each will control 20 minutes. Mr.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• The road sees even more traffic as it borders the Frazee school district and is the main access road
• control costs. control costs.
• It includes a rail height restriction and has multiple stop-controlled intersections.
• <01:35:42.360> Heavy stop-controlled intersections. Heavy stop-controlled intersections.
• goes all the way to the Canadian border. goes all the way to the Canadian border.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all