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KY
Transcript Highlights:
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  • At Morehead State University, we construct a new residence hall using bond funds.
  • We also use general fund bonds for construction of a research facility for $200 million.
  • We authorize agency bonds at WKU for construction of permanent seating at Houchens Stadium.
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.
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Senate Floor Session Jan 23rd, 2026 at 08:30 am

North Dakota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • use it for construction, but you can use it for small remodel projects or small construction projects
  • So if you want to try to prevent fraud, give the money to the people, put it in their pockets.
  • That's just more fraud. There's going to be people.
  • We don't know what the fraud is going to be, but there'll be more fraud, a lot more waste of food.
  • Let's not just give them another free lunch that's just going to be wrought with fraud and be bullied
Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, roll call, and a quorum present, then took up second reading and final passage of several House bills related to the Rural Health Transformation Program and other matters. House Bill 1621, requiring the presidential fitness test in school physical education with exceptions and a delayed effective date, passed 43-3. House Bill 1623, appropriating federal rural health transformation grant funds and creating a related loan program and reporting structure, passed 46-0 after extensive debate about using the federal money for community health, infrastructure, and sustainability. House Bill 1622, joining the physician assistant licensure compact, also passed unanimously 46-0. House Bill 1625, authorizing the Ray Richards Golf Course land sale to support a Grand Forks transportation project and golf course improvements, passed 46-0. House Bill 1626, clarifying that the primary residence credit is applied after the early payment discount so taxpayers receive the full $1,600 benefit, passed 40-6.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Mar 20th, 2025

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, I'm not understanding this statutory construction.
  • Those are constructive, Madam Chair, and I think you're right.
  • There's not a fraud on the government by those actions.
  • I'm sure it's, I would describe it as constructive, but marginally so.
  • . fraud.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 03/17/26

Housing and Homelessness Prevention

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, so we're adding emergency shelter construction.
  • Um, so we're adding emergency shelter construction.
  • Um, so we're adding emergency shelter construction.
  • Um so we're adding construction piece.
  • We're emergency shelter construction.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

December 11, 2025 - 12:30 PM

Commerce Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • AGRICULTURE IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND TOURISM.
  • I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN HAVE RAMPANT FRAUD 110 PERCENT GET APPROVED ANYWAY.
  • OUR OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL THE GRANDEST AND NOBODY SUPPORTS FRAUD.
  • IF THERE IS FRAUD, HOW MUCH COULD IT BE IF NINE PERCENT QUALIFY FOR BENEFITS.
  • IT IS ALSO OUR JOB IN THE STATE TO DETECT THE FRAUD AND ELIMINATE THE FRAUD SO THAT THEY ARE NOT SUCKING
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • battalion, and we need construction done in a certain village or wherever we're deployed, that person
  • And people are dying because of fraud.
  • Taxpayer monies are being wasted because of fraud, and people are dying in the United States because,
  • And people are dying because of fraud.
  • Taxpayer monies be wasting because of fraud, and people are dying in the United States because, I mean
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The committee held a hybrid public hearing on seven House bills and seven Senate bills related to the Massachusetts National Guard and U.S. Armed Forces Reserves. Opening remarks covered hearing procedures, livestreaming, testimony limits, and expected reporting dates, and chairs noted the committee’s focus on Guard and Reserve issues. Testimony then moved through several bills, including S. 2465 to expand the National Guard welcome-home veterans bonus to all deployed Guard members regardless of residency, H. 3876/S. 2462 to authorize military-style headstones for long-serving or deceased Guard members, and S. 2482/H. 3833 to establish a Massachusetts National Guard Museum in Salem. Supporters of the bonus and headstone bills argued they would correct inequities and better honor service; Senator Lovely described the museum proposal as a way to preserve the Guard’s history in Salem and potentially support federal funding for the project. A major portion of the hearing focused on H. 3829/S. 2471, the “Defend the Guard” proposal that would bar Massachusetts National Guard deployments into active combat absent a formal congressional declaration of war. Supporters argued the bill would restore constitutional war powers, reduce repeated undeclared deployments, and protect Guard members’ mental health and state readiness. Opponents, including retired Guard leaders and current service members, warned it could conflict with federal law and Title 10 authority, undermine federal funding and training, and harm readiness, force structure, and unique Guard capabilities. Committee members repeatedly questioned the bill’s legal authority, constitutional basis, and practical effects under the Supremacy Clause and Title 10, and several witnesses were asked to submit additional written legal support. The committee also heard testimony on H. 3831, which would extend Chapter 115 benefits to currently serving Guard and Reserve members who do not meet federal veteran-status thresholds, and on related proposals to clarify Guard command structure and the duties of the Adjutant General. Supporters said these changes would improve access to benefits, reduce confusion in the chain of command, and strengthen discipline and responsiveness. Separately, the National Guard Association of Massachusetts backed H. 3860/S. 2458, the Guard Enlistment Enhancement Program, as a recruiting tool, while opposing the Defend the Guard bills. No votes were taken during the hearing.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Health and Human Services - 02/26/26

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • And then about fraud, waste, and abuse.
  • <00:58:04.960> We're fraud or or some attack on us. We're fraud or or some attack on us.
  • Um obviously fraud before it gets to me.
  • , to credible allegations of fraud, to credible allegations of fraud, investigating,<01:21:43.600
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Keywords: 1187, senate, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, February 27, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:29:58.880> and<00:29:59.080> Abuse rooting out out waste Fraud and Abuse rooting
  • Go look at fraud, waste, and abuse of the Pentagon.
  • projects He also State construction projects He also chairs<02:17:40.200> the<02:17:40.319>
  • <02:17:47.599> workers next generation of construction workers next generation of construction
  • I think most people will agree that we all want to do away with waste, fraud, and abuse.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 04-28-2026 12:00pm

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • from the Department of Hawaiian Homelands and the executive director of the Hawaii Building and Construction
  • from the Department of Hawaiian Homelands and the executive director of the Hawaii Building and Construction
  • the executive director's designee, to the working group. ...director of the Hawaii Building and Construction