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• Fundamentally, the mission of the commission is to create and maintain a regulatory environment that
• The next 6 years will pose significant challenges to this mission.
• > the Fundamentally, the mission of the Fundamentally, the mission of the commission<00:03:56.920
• challenges to this mission. challenges to this mission.
• and this mission. and this mission.

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• as much control as they need, as they feel necessary.
• as much control as they need as they feel necessary. and giving that local control as much control as
• They have the ultimate control over this. Senator Braunberger. Thank you, Madam Chair.
• And so that's supporting our mission. They support our mission as well.
• Our mission is to eliminate fees in the justice system.

Keywords: 908, all

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• as much control as they need, as they feel necessary.
• as much control as they need as they feel necessary. and giving that local control as much control as
• They have the ultimate control over this. Thank you, Madam Chair.
• And so that's supporting our mission. They support our mission as well.
• Our mission is to eliminate fees in the justice system.

Summary: The Judiciary Interim Committee met to begin its study of charitable gaming and the ownership of alcoholic beverage establishments by licensed charitable gaming organizations, a study directed by Senate Bill 2334. Legislative Council gave an overview of the constitutional and statutory framework for charitable gaming, site authorizations, rent limits, proceeds, and recent legislative changes. The Attorney General’s Gaming Division then clarified the financial flow of gaming, explaining that in fiscal year 2025 North Dakota had about $2.5 billion in gross gaming proceeds, with roughly 88-90% paid back in prizes and about $256 million available to organizations after taxes; most of that activity came from electronic pull tabs. Members asked for more detail on winnings, replays, rent, and the breakdown of manufacturer/distributor revenues, and the AG’s office agreed to provide supplemental information. The committee also heard from the League of Cities and the Association of Counties about local site authorization. Cities said they have a limited role in approving gaming sites, can adopt policies after public hearing, may charge up to $100, and can set certain conditions, including local nexus requirements, but cannot require donations or force a specific charity or site. The League said it had worked with stakeholders on a model policy to provide more consistency, though members raised concerns that local requirements could become too restrictive for charities serving broader areas. Counties said the issue is mostly a city matter, with little county involvement beyond minimal site fees and general site approval. The North Dakota Gaming Alliance testified in support of the study and provided IRS-related material suggesting charities may use asset diversification, while emphasizing it had not taken a position on whether charities should own bars. Members questioned whether bar ownership is being used for site stability or to channel charitable gaming dollars, and whether city policies might disadvantage charities with broader missions. The committee also discussed the relationship between gaming organizations, manufacturers, and distributors, including restrictions on incentives and interference, and asked for more information on those entities and their ownership. Later in the meeting, the Racing Commission gave its regular update on live racing, pari-mutuel wagering, ADW providers, purse and promotion funds, a new TRPB contract, and concerns about cease-and-desist actions from other states. Finally, the State Hospital superintendent briefly reported on the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s support services, including the SORT team, training, and security assistance for the hospital campus.

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• Our caucus is steadfast in our mission to create...
• Democrats do not control the White House or the Congress, thank God.
• But they do control this state government.
• They have supermajority control of this state government.
• His mission carries forward in the leaders and advocates he has inspired.

Summary: The Assembly met after a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through a long Daily File with several guest introductions and floor speeches. Members recognized visiting student leaders, championship football teams from Tuolumne County, Alpha Kappa Alpha members at their Capitol day, and later a descendant of Wong Kim Ark. The chamber also adopted a procedural motion allowing certain members to host guests in the rear of the chamber. Among the major policy items, AB 578 on food delivery platform refund practices passed 47-2, AB 344 on successor beer manufacturer definitions passed 61-0, AB 454 to make California’s migratory bird protections permanent passed 55-12 on the urgency clause, AB 482 updating the Table Grape Commission passed 64-1, AB 1237 to support transit access for 2026 FIFA World Cup ticket holders passed 56-15 on the urgency clause, AB 738 on wildfire rebuild solar exemptions passed 42-2, AB 1460 on 340B pharmacy access for clinics passed 41-5, AB 750 on homeless shelter oversight passed 49-1, AB 1061 on housing in historic districts passed 41-13, AB 1523 on expanding mandatory mediation thresholds passed 65-0, and AB 316 on AI-related civil liability passed 56-0. AB 761 authorizing the Monterey-Salinas Transit District to seek a sales tax ballot measure passed 47-12. The chamber also adopted several resolutions. AJR 3 urging protection of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid passed 53-2 after extensive debate that included criticism of federal cuts and counterarguments focused on state Medi-Cal policy and budget decisions. ACR 65 proclaiming California Tourism Month was adopted by voice vote after coauthors were added, and ACR 62 recognizing California Nonprofits Day was also adopted by voice vote with 65 coauthors. AJR 5 affirming birthright citizenship and opposing efforts to end it passed 58-1 after a lengthy, highly partisan debate centered on the 14th Amendment and the Wong Kim Ark precedent. The session also included passage of AB 571, a CEQA exemption for the Southern California Veterans Cemetery at Gypsum Canyon, which was presented as a long-running bipartisan effort to create a final resting place for Orange County veterans.

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• We're looking at bringing AI potentially into the control room to be a guide for the control room operator
• So at Black Mountain, I guess kind of starting with the original mission, as I...
• Kurt Phelan, Overwatch Mission Critical.
• I'm the founder and CEO of Overwatch Mission Critical.
• That mindset matters here because data centers are mission critical infrastructure.

Summary: The Committee on State Affairs convened to discuss data centers and their impact on Texas's energy infrastructure. The meeting featured testimony from key representatives of the Public Utility Commission (PUC) and ERCOT, who outlined the evolving landscape of energy generation and the challenges posed by the rapid growth of data centers. Notably, ERCOT reported over 450,000 MW of generation resources planned for connection, with a significant portion attributed to data centers, which now represent around 87% of new large load interconnection requests. The committee explored proposed changes to the interconnection process, including a new 'batch study' approach aimed at streamlining the approval of multiple projects simultaneously. This change is intended to address the challenges of managing numerous simultaneous requests and to provide more certainty for developers regarding their energy needs. Testimonies emphasized the importance of ensuring that the costs of infrastructure upgrades are borne by the data centers rather than residential ratepayers, with discussions around the financial commitments required from developers. Several data center developers also provided testimony, highlighting the economic benefits of their projects, including job creation and increased local revenues. They expressed concerns about the potential for a moratorium on future growth due to the new interconnection rules and emphasized the need for a collaborative approach to address water usage and environmental impacts. The committee plans to continue discussions on these topics in future hearings, with a focus on balancing economic growth with energy reliability and resource management.

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• We're looking at bringing AI potentially into the control room to be a guide for the control room operator
• Kirk Phelan, Overwatch Mission Critical.
• I'm the founder and CEO of Overwatch Mission Critical.
• That mindset matters here because data centers are mission critical infrastructure.
• With this approach, we advanced our mission to be the digital foundation for a thriving world.

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• Morurell, each will control 20 minutes.
• Tano, each will control 20 minutes.
• <04:34:47.039> extending further that mission by extending further that mission by extending
• Waters, will each control 20 minutes.
• Waters, will each control 20 minutes.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• over to an agency that has, you know, the same sort of mission as that entity does.
• <01:09:54.640> as um you know, the same sort of mission as um you know, the same sort of mission
• control of the judicial branch. control of the judicial branch.
• And so we're freezing all external hiring subject to exception for critical mission needs.
• critical mission critical needs. critical mission critical needs.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• the State Fire Marshall uh their mission the State Fire Marshall uh their mission is<00:17:23.480
• <00:31:40.679> uh traffic enforcement missions uh traffic enforcement missions uh resulting
• They flew another 102 missions with a helicopter, typically for search-and-rescue type missions.
• Thank you. fully control the situation on fully control the situation on particularly<00:40:28.280>
• sheet is our mission and purpose so<01:26:34.400> our<01:26:34.600> mission<01:26:35.040

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Transportation Committee met for an opening/orientation session in which members introduced themselves and explained their interest in the committee. Several members noted backgrounds in trucking, piloting, boating, motorcycles, road safety, or constituent concerns about transportation issues. The chair also noted several absent members and said the committee would first hear agency presentations before covering committee procedures. The Department of Safety gave the main presentation, outlining its seven divisions and how they relate to transportation policy and the Highway Fund. The assistant commissioner emphasized that Highway Fund revenue supports both the Department of Transportation and the Department of Safety, with collections coming largely from the road toll/gas tax, DMV fees, and the new electric vehicle surcharge. He also noted that 12% of Highway Fund revenues go to local road repair through the DOT Betterment Fund, and warned that the fund has had a structural deficit for several biennia, requiring General Fund transfers that may be uncertain this session. He said the department aims to provide data and fiscal context on legislation and fiscal notes. State Police then provided a detailed overview of its structure and operations, including the Operations Bureau, Investigative Services Bureau, and Justice Information Bureau. Testimony highlighted Troop G’s role in vehicle inspections, commercial motor vehicle enforcement, fraud investigations, and consumer complaint handling, as well as statewide staffing shortages. The division reported rising calls for service, motor vehicle stops, DWI arrests, and other arrests despite a vacancy rate of about 17%. It also described aviation, K-9, bomb squad, special events response, SWAT, narcotics, major crime, forensic laboratory, and other specialized units, with statistics on drug seizures, investigations, and lab workload. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during this portion of the meeting.

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• HB 332 is the ultimate expression of local control.
• <00:09:39.200> vote they want this control maybe they vote they want this control maybe they
• ones not the state who can take control ones not the state who can take control to<00:09:58.240>
• This is not a control bill.
• don't have to do it it's a local control don't have to do it it's a local control that<00:40:51.280

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 332, a bill to add protection and remediation of surface waters as a new authorized purpose for New Hampshire village districts. Prime sponsor Rep. Rosemary Rung said the bill is intended to give local voters in lake communities a voluntary tool to address cyanobacteria blooms and other water-quality problems through village districts, including the ability to raise revenue, adopt ordinances, and pursue treatments or watershed management measures. She emphasized that the proposal is meant to complement, not replace, state law and that any district action would still need to comply with existing permitting and environmental requirements. Supporters, including Andrea Laro of New Hampshire Lakes and Elizabeth Harper of the Lake Sunapee Protective Association, said the bill would help municipalities collaborate on lake protection when state resources are limited. They argued that local districts could bring subject-matter expertise, access grants and technical assistance, and respond more quickly to problems such as septic impacts, runoff, culvert repairs, and in-lake treatments. They also suggested clarifying the bill’s wording around “protection and remediation” to better define the scope of authorized activities. Opponents, including Steve Wolf and Chris Norwood of the New Hampshire Association of Realtors, argued that village districts can already be overly broad and sometimes expand beyond their original purposes. Wolf said existing town and state agencies already handle shoreline protection and warned that village districts can impose ongoing taxes and create governance problems. Norwood urged a study bill instead, citing concerns about the scope of village districts and examples where some districts have taken on planning and zoning powers beyond their original mission. No vote or final action on HB 332 was taken in the excerpt.

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• > their Through Artemis 2 mission, their Through Artemis 2 mission, their courageous<00:19:56.400
• That mission continues today. McElroy. That mission continues today.
• <00:27:04.159> by hour equally divided and controlled by hour equally divided and controlled
• He he is out of control. He he is out of control.
• bond market control of the government. bond market control of the government.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, April 23, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• kept falling back into from 2012 that consistently was ruled on in court, saying that the gambling control
• kept falling back into from 2012 that consistently was ruled on in court, saying that the gambling control
• Clubs all use the same motto, which is, “We serve,” and all we are asking is to continue with our missions
• Clubs all use the same motto, which is, “We serve,” and all we are asking is to continue with our missions
• We are asking is to continue with our missions and serve others, serve those in need, serve those who

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: State Representative Bjorn Olson opened by discussing House File 733, which he said would roll back restrictions placed on electronic pull tabs and charitable gambling two years earlier. He argued the 2023 changes hurt charities, veterans groups, and local communities by reducing revenue for donations to fire departments, youth activities, and veterans services. Olson said the bill had just been heard in the Veterans Committee and had been sent on to Commerce, and he expressed optimism about advancing it further. Several charity and gambling representatives testified in support of the bill. Amanda Jackson of the Spring Lake Park Lions Club said the new rules stripped entertaining features from electronic pull tabs and reduced revenue, citing a drop in January EAB sales from $947,000 in 2024 to $816,000 in 2025. She described how Lions Club gambling funds local equipment, eyeglasses, clothing, school programs, food shelves, and shelters. Rachel Keller of the Bloomington Kennedy Activities Foundation and Tim Angstrom of the Bloomington American Legion said reduced gambling revenue would hurt school support, student needs, and community programs; Angstrom said the Legion had funded a $3,000 English program and other local services. Rachel Jenner of Allied Charities said the group was also working on sports betting legislation, but that any sports betting revenue would not make up for the losses from the electronic pull tab changes. She said the 2023 law took effect January 1 and that no current game on the market fully matches the features now required, forcing manufacturers and charities to adapt. In response to questions, Olson said the bill’s path would depend on further House and Senate action, and he suggested a possible compromise could involve restoring some playability features while continuing to seek tax relief for charities.

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• Quickly turning to page two, a review of our mission, vision, and goals.
• There are lots of opportunities to continue serving the mission.
• We welcome partners who can activate the mission as well as earn revenue.
• Thank you for your attention and our mission.
• However, we can't control just bad people doing bad things.

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• We have a housing shortage across the board. we can control development timelines.
• The Department of Cannabis Control, which in less than five years, has consolidated from three entities
• , the Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board, the Department of Cannabis Control, the Cannabis Control
• Now we have the Department of Cannabis Control and the Cannabis Control Appeals Panel to regulate that
• a department with a broader mission move into an agency, potentially. with a narrower mission.

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• Start helping educators, not controlling them.
• I want to ask you about local control here real quickly.
• local control, local control, and we've got a lot of folks that are suggesting that now the school curriculum
• But, Senator, I must say, we have failed in our mission.
• But the Department of Education does not control that from Washington.

Keywords: educational reform, federal grants, bureaucracy, wealth disparity, public testimony

Summary: The committee meeting engaged in discussions focused primarily on educational reform, the influence of federal grants on local education systems, and the growing disparities in wealth and access to quality education. Members expressed concerns about the bureaucracy surrounding federal funding that hampers schools' ability to obtain necessary resources for improvement. Several members highlighted personal anecdotes from constituents, emphasizing the urgent need for reform to help students succeed in both K-12 and higher education environments. The meeting included public testimonies that provided insights into various community perspectives on these pressing issues.

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• their supportive work about how their work together makes them more human, and even how they asked mission
• control if they could name one of the craters after Reed Wiseman's late wife, Carol, made me weep.
• c><00:06:37.680> how<00:06:37.919> they<00:06:38.160> asked<00:06:38.560> mission
• human, and even how they asked mission human, and even how they asked mission control<00:06:39.440
• if they could name one of the control if they could name one of the craters<00:06:41.280> after

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• I heard others shared, but in the mission since 2022 and working more closely with the My Body Movement
• with Carol Taniguchi's help, had dispensers placed in all of the bathrooms here in the Capitol controlled
• I heard others shared, but in the mission<00:21:17.640> since mission since mission since 2022
• <00:21:43.560> in<00:21:43.680> the<00:21:43.800> capital<00:21:44.280> controlled
• bathrooms here in the capital controlled bathrooms here in the capital controlled by<00:21:44.960

Bills: SB1432, SB2024, SB2043, SB2060, SB2069, SB2153, SB2259, SB2319, SB2321, SB2338, SB2360, SB2396, SB2405, SB2407, SB2544, SB2550, SB2552, SB2578, SB2580, SB2607, SB2614, SB2671, SB2800, SB2805, SB2816, SB2835, SB2877, SB2892, SB2928, SB2934, SB3063, SB3199, SB3233, SB3325, HCR8, HCR10, HCR11, HCR13, HCR14, HCR18, HCR19, HCR22, HCR24, HCR31, HCR32, HCR33, HCR35, HCR54, HCR62, HCR63, HCR66, HCR67, HCR82, HCR83, HCR85, HCR91, HCR93, HCR94, HCR96, HCR98, HCR102, HCR104, HCR105, HCR106, HCR110, HCR111, HCR116, HCR117, HCR118, HCR121, HCR122, HCR123, HCR124, HCR125, HCR127, HCR128, HCR137, HCR139, HCR140, HCR141, HCR144, HCR146, HCR162, HCR165, HCR166, HCR173, HCR178, HCR179, HCR180, HCR181, HCR182, HCR185, HCR189, HCR191, HCR192, HCR193, HCR194, HCR200, HCR202, HCR6, HCR36, HCR42, HCR43, HCR44, HCR53, HCR57, HCR61, HCR64, HCR69, HCR84, HCR101, HCR103, HCR107, HCR112, HCR126, HCR136, HCR154, HCR161, HCR175, HCR186, HCR187, HCR188, HCR197, HCR203, HCR204, HCR206, HB1870, HB1588, HB2429, HB2386, HB2583, HB2361, HB2270, HB2137, HB1643, HB1682, HB1692, HB2078, HB1553, HB1667, HB1700, HB1728, HB2293, HB2096, HB1959, HB1511, HB1961, HB1858, HB1897, HB2088, HB2093, HB2279, HB2314, HB2505, HB2433, HB963, HB1705, HB1550, HB469, HB1334, HB1710, HB1737, HB1753, HB1881, HB2309, HB1713, HB1741, HB2062, HB463, HB1839, HB1664, HB2455, HB2417, HB1898, HB1573, HB1768, HB1962, HB2101, HB1782, HB2033, HB1518, HB1642, HB1752, HB2097, HB2282, HB1696, HB1823, HB1886, HB2152, HB2413, HB2503, HB1875, HB1519, HB1509, HB1628, HB1810, HB1990, HB2023, HB2540, HB1679, HB1888, HB2576, HB2592

Keywords: Kalaupapa, Kalawao, Molokai, Maui County, county consolidation, Hansen's disease, leprosy, Department of Health, DOH, patient residents, former patients, public health, transition planning, jurisdiction transfer, county governance, historical preservation, cultural preservation, environmental remediation, community input, Kalaupapa Settlement

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• . control, levees, pump stations, and flood control or mitigation infrastructure.
• That would be a new mission. Thank you.
• Definitely, on-channel reservoirs are helpful in flood control.
• They provide no flood control. ...whatsoever.
• As a control systems guy, we always had to ...

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Slide 3 contains the agency's mission, vision, and vision statements. So if you'll move to slide 4.
• HHSC mission is to serve Texas, and this is not something we take lightly.
• That is paramount to our agency and to our mission, and so that will be our focus here.
• our mission in life is to protect the $50 billion in annual spend on health and human services.
• On the next slide, you can see why that's an important mission.

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• Slide 3 contains the agency's mission, vision, and vision statements.
• So if you'll move to slide 4. mission is to serve Texas and this is not something we take lightly.
• In carrying out the mission you have entrusted to us.
• That is paramount to our agency and to our mission. That will be our focus here.
• And then our mission, but quite simply, our mission in life is to protect the $50 billion an annual spend

Keywords: 1184, house, all