Video & Transcript Research : 'directed trust'

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NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Children and Family Law (05/06/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, you know, asking trusted adults.
  • They need to go somewhere, and very often it is a trusted adult at school.
  • You kill the One Trusted Adult program.
  • You kill the One Trusted Adult program.
  • that's the direction we want to go in. that's the direction we want to go in.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee met in executive session on Senate Bill 72, a parental rights in education measure, and considered an amendment offered by Representative Raymond. Raymond explained that his changes were intended to narrow the bill so it would not force schools to act as “surveillance operatives” for parents, especially regarding older students, and to avoid requiring teachers to disclose private family matters such as a student’s sexual orientation or pronouns. He also struck the bill’s “clear and convincing” standard and replaced it with a lower “evidence” standard, arguing teachers should have some basis for concern but not a burden equivalent to terminating parental rights. He said the amendment was meant to preserve due process, avoid weaponizing the bill in civil disputes, and reduce the risk of lawsuits. Members then debated the scope of the bill and amendment. Supporters said schools should not withhold information about a child’s health, school environment, behavior, bullying, self-harm, or criminal conduct, and argued that parents have a right to know about serious issues such as mental health concerns, sexual assault, drug use, or other misconduct. Several members emphasized that teachers do not diagnose mental illness, but should report observable concerns and involve school administrators or counselors when necessary. Opponents argued the bill would chill communication between students and trusted adults at school, especially for children from dysfunctional or unsafe homes, and said it could force outing of gay or trans students and increase the risk of harm or self-harm. One member cited the Department of Education’s trusted-adult approach and said teachers are not covered by formal confidentiality rules in the same way as lawyers or doctors. The discussion included examples and hypotheticals about bullying, sexual assault, drug use, self-harm, gender dysphoria, and whether a teacher would have to tell parents if a student used different pronouns or a nickname. Raymond and supporters said the bill would require disclosure of serious safety concerns but not compel teachers to diagnose or pry into private matters. Opponents argued the bill’s language still sweeps too broadly and could force disclosure in situations where a student fears abuse or being kicked out at home. The transcript does not show a final vote on the amendment or bill in the excerpt provided.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 3rd, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Aid became General Washington's trusted Aid became General Washington's trusted Aid and and and Protegé
  • the director of the directing the director of the directing the director of the legislative Services
  • attack as a result this is not a direct attack as a result this is not a direct attack as a result of
  • Fund is our children's uh First Trust Fund is our children's uh First Trust Fund and um we're going
  • fund Debt Service Senior Services trust fund Debt Service Senior Services trust fund Alabama Alabama
Bills: HB 9, HB 22, HB 908, HB 1392
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Finance and Tax Feb 5th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • ALMOST 40 BILLION OF TRANSFERS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND OVER 32 BILLION CAME INTO THE STATE TRUST
  • BUT IT'S NOT THE SOURCE OF DECLINE IT IS JUST THAT THE MONEY SHOWS UP ELSEWHERE IN STATE TRUST AND NOT
  • SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WHEN THE BALANCE IN THE TRUST FUNDS INCREASE, DFS DID A GREAT JOB IN LOOKING
  • THERE ARE OTHER TAXES AND FEES WHICH ARE SMALL FEES THAT COME THROUGH DIFFERENT TRUST FUNDS.
  • THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS HARD FOR ME TO DEDUCE A DIRECT CONNECTION.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses

Transcript Highlights:
  • It will direct the problem. And this bill will help dictate that.
  • It will direct the money where it's needed the most.
  • It's vital to build trust by establishing power... ...realities.
  • Local ownership is essential for trust, sustainability, and legitimacy.
  • My role was created in direct response to this need.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business held its final hearing of the session on H. 5187 and S. 3022, the Enough Act, with Chair Andy Vargas and Senator Adam Gomez opening by thanking committee members and stakeholders for their work during the session. The bills were described as a grant-based, place-based anti-poverty initiative intended to support cradle-to-career services by funding local nonprofits, schools, community organizations, and backbone entities that can coordinate housing, education, health, workforce, and family supports in high-poverty neighborhoods. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support of the bills. Speakers including Strategies for Children, Chelsea Public Schools, Bunker Hill Community College, Senator Sal DiDomenico, Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian, Rep. Antonio Cabral, the Harlem Children’s Zone’s Kwame Owusu Kesse and Jeffrey Canada, former Education Secretary Paul Reville, AFT Massachusetts, United Way, the Boston Foundation, Give Black Alliance, Eastern Bank Foundation, and others argued that poverty is a systems issue that schools alone cannot solve. They emphasized the need for local control, community voice, coordinated services, and long-term public-private investment, often citing examples from Chelsea, New Bedford, Springfield, Lowell, Boston, and other communities, as well as the Harlem Children’s Zone and Maryland’s similar model. Committee members asked several questions about how the bill would function in practice, including what organizations would do on day one, how it would interact with existing efforts like community schools, McKinney-Vento, and the Student Opportunity Act, and how it would be sustained over time. Witnesses said the act would help create or strengthen backbone organizations, reduce duplication, align existing resources, and leverage philanthropy and future revenue sources for long-term sustainability. No vote was taken during the hearing, but multiple speakers urged the committee to report the bill favorably and quickly.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • LGBT Tech is not asking this committee to trust platforms more.
  • And so it was, like, you know, a direct interaction there.
  • solution to, I think, the direct harm that we're talking about.
  • solution to, I think, the direct harm that we're talking about.
  • solution to, I think, the direct harm that we're talking about.
Summary: The Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee held an informational hearing on the impact of social media on LGBTQ+ youth, focusing on benefits, risks, and possible safeguards. Chair members framed the discussion around the tension between protecting young people from addictive design, harassment, hate speech, exploitation, and mental health harms while preserving access to affirming resources, community, and crisis support that many LGBTQ+ youth rely on online. Members emphasized that the hearing was meant to inform future policy rather than relitigate prior bills, and several members of the LGBTQ+ Caucus attended or participated. The first panel featured lived experience and advocacy testimony from Madi Roby of Alliance for Trans Youth Rights, Shea Gardner of LGBT Tech, and Casey Pick of the Trevor Project. Roby described social media as essential to exploring identity, finding trans language and safety information, and connecting to Trevor Project resources during a family crisis, while also acknowledging online hate and bullying. Gardner argued that lawmakers should regulate harms more precisely rather than impose broad age-based exclusions, warning that account bans and age-gating could cut off access to community, privacy-protective pseudonymity, and crisis resources. Pick testified that LGBTQ+ youth are more likely than peers to attempt suicide, that social media can be both a lifeline and a risk, and that Trevor Space and other moderated online spaces can improve mental health and reduce isolation; she also cautioned against policies that would push youth into less visible, less moderated spaces. Committee members questioned the witnesses about algorithmic feeds, addictive design, age verification, and whether platforms should be required to do more to protect youth. Several lawmakers distinguished between personalized feeds and addictive features such as infinite scroll and autoplay, and asked for more targeted prescriptions. Witnesses generally supported stronger privacy protections, limits on data collection and use, better reporting and moderation tools, digital literacy, and design changes that reduce harmful engagement patterns without eliminating access to community. The discussion also touched on the loss of LGBTQ-specific 988 services at the national level and the importance of maintaining alternative support pathways. The second panel presented research from Common Sense Media, UC Irvine, Hope Lab, and LGBTQ+ Health Australia. Researchers reported that LGBTQ+ youth often arrive online with higher depressive symptoms and limited in-person support, encounter homophobic and transphobic content at high rates, and may self-censor because of fear of harassment. At the same time, many said social media helps them feel less alone and find affirmation. Dr. Sean Young emphasized a harm-reduction approach, noting that online environments can be designed to support health and that policymakers should measure whether restrictions actually reduce harm or simply displace it. Dr. Amy Green echoed that social media is both harmful and supportive for LGBTQ+ youth, underscoring that the policy goal should be to make youth safer rather than less visible online.
ND
Transcript Highlights:
  • Morissette can contradict what I'm saying, but if this is a legislative directive, we want information
  • In our budget guidelines and directives to agencies, we have said, if you are requesting any money for
  • And you would be able to get that information from us in a way that you wouldn't—and I fully trust Mr
  • So again, I'm not trying to—Joe, I trust you 100% in the information you provide.
  • Again, I'm not trying to, Joe, I trust you 100% in the information you provide.
Summary: The task force approved the March 25, 2026 minutes as amended, striking language about contracting with a security vendor. Members then reviewed a draft bill on concessions procurement (LC 27.0161), which would raise the competitive solicitation threshold from $25,000 to $50,000, allow requests for proposals in addition to bids, update language for vending and merchandising machines, and clarify where concession proceeds are deposited. OMB explained the bill and said it was open to further changes, including language to address artificial fragmentation, clarify which government entities are covered, and possibly set contract-length limits. Members raised questions about whether the bill would apply to school districts, park districts, airports, and other political subdivisions, and about whether concession agreements could direct proceeds to nonprofits or other secondary recipients; OMB said the statute is intended to require proceeds to go to the government entity’s operating fund or general fund. OMB also reported on other survey suggestions. It said a proposed general authority for agencies to create pre-qualified architect/engineering vendor pools would not move forward, because the existing authority is best limited to high-volume agencies. On legal notices, OMB said it had made progress with the North Dakota Newspaper Association on modernizing online notices, improving ADA compliance, and discussing rate and definition changes. On click-through agreements, OMB and the Attorney General’s office concluded no statutory change was needed after revising internal guidance; the $20,000 threshold was described as a practical cutoff for adhesive, nonnegotiable software terms. OMB also said issues raised by the Center for Distance Education on alternate procurements and food/beverage expenditures had been resolved through policy clarification. The University System gave a brief update on its collaboration with OMB and said it was continuing to review concessions, surplus property, and capital project statutes with all institutions involved. The task force then discussed a draft bill on requirements for new or expanded spending, intended to require agencies to identify program purpose, needs, alternatives, success measures, and budget details, and to report on outcomes over time. Members and staff debated whether OMB or Legislative Council should collect and report the information, how much should be real-time versus periodic, and whether the bill should include full implementation costs for pilot programs. Legislative Council staff said the new program evaluation division is still being built out, that staffing remains limited, and that the office plans to continue working with OMB and the executive branch to refine the proposal before the next meeting. No final action was taken on the draft bills beyond directing further work and follow-up for the next meeting.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, December 4, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • ,<02:40:55.920> teaching<02:40:56.319> math that direction, teaching math that direction
  • He can never be trusted with power again.
  • We should never have trusted<03:12:29.439> him. trusted him. trusted him.
  • He cannot be trusted.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

JHA Public Hearing - Thu Feb 12, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • trust relationship. trust relationship.
  • trust.
  • I'm a trust beneficiary.
  • I'm a trust beneficiary.
  • On page four, line 13, the Hawaii Cultural<02:30:17.920> Trust Cultural Trust Cultural Trust uh
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 2046, which would establish and fund an Olo Hawaii Commission to coordinate and promote initiatives supporting the use of Olo Hawaii. The Attorney General suggested adding an end date because the bill creates a temporary commission, and several supporters from the University of Hawaii, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission said the commission could improve coordination, funding decisions, and consistency across agencies. Members discussed whether the commission should include broader representation, including expertise on Niihau dialect speakers and other stakeholders, and the bill was then set aside as the committee moved to the next measure. The committee next considered House Bill 2438, creating the Hawaii Cultural Trust within DBEDT, authorizing an income tax credit for contributions to the trust and qualified cultural organizations, and creating a special license plate to support the trust. DBEDT said it would need additional resources, including staff, to administer the program. The Department of Taxation recommended changing the effective date to 2026 to allow time for implementation and adding a requirement that credits be claimed within one year. OHA supported the bill but objected to language that would require it to maintain a prequalified list of organizations, saying that could limit applicants and conflict with its grant process. The Tax Foundation said it supported cultural funding but preferred direct appropriations and grants over a trust fund and tax credit structure. The final measure discussed was House Bill 2584, which would temporarily increase public land trust revenues transferred to OHA while reaffirming the state’s obligation to the 20% pro rata share, with a repeal date of June 30, 2028. The Attorney General recommended deleting the bill’s requirement that OHA receive a minimum amount equal to the 20% share, arguing the constitution and Admission Act do not specify a precise dollar amount and that the legislature must determine allocation. OHA strongly supported the bill, arguing the state currently pays only about 5% and that historical records show much higher amounts are owed; OHA also pointed to a carry-forward account it said held about $55 million. DLNR opposed the bill because the fiscal impact was unspecified and could affect land management and special fund budgets. Several OHA trustees and supporters urged the committee to pass the bill, and one testifier criticized the state for underfunding Native Hawaiian obligations. No votes were taken in the portion provided, and the committee continued hearing testimony on HB 2584.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Higher Education May 6th, 2025

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • And if Joe Biden were appointing boards of regents as directed in the Texas Constitution, they would
  • The oversight provisions in SB 37 aim directly at that trust.
  • Be like Blanche, trust in others.
  • The bill should foster trust by adhering to established standards and refraining from a crude exercise
  • Well, I think we got to trust our institutions to make those right decisions.
Bills: SB 37
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Higher Education May 6th, 2025

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Most importantly, it is responsible governance that honors the public trust, supports student success
  • Our universities grow because teens, families, and veterans put their trust and faith in us.
  • The oversight provisions in SB 37 aim directly at that trust.
  • Trust in others. Make Texas higher education thrive.
  • Well, I think we've got to trust our institutions to make those right decisions.
Bills: SB 37
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

February 5, 2025 - 12:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • She is responsible for providing appropriate support, supervision, and direction to over 18,000 staff
  • My question has to deal with inmate welfare trust funds.
  • Is a portion of that $3.10 what goes back into the inmate trust fund?
  • A standard condition can be reporting as directed to the probation office.
  • So even though it's not radios, it is a step in the right direction.
Summary: The Criminal Justice Subcommittee heard an informational presentation from the Florida Department of Corrections on how the prison and community supervision systems operate after sentencing. Assistant Deputy Secretary Hope Gartman described the reception process for new inmates, including intake, medical and mental health screening, classification, custody and housing levels, gain time, and the department’s academic, vocational, substance abuse, chaplaincy, visitation, and communication programs. She emphasized that reentry begins on day one and that program placement is driven by risk and needs assessments, with facilities matched to inmates’ medical, mental health, and security requirements. Members also asked about family contact, visitor applications, inmate welfare trust funds, tablet access, private prison placement, staffing shortages, overtime, contraband interdiction, and waiting lists for programs; several follow-up materials were requested for distribution to all members. Mr. Winkler then outlined community corrections, explaining the different supervision types under Florida law, including probation, drug offender probation, community control, sex offender supervision, conditional release, and addiction recovery supervision. He described the department’s monitoring tools, such as office and field visits, warrantless searches, alternative sanctioning for technical violations, telephone reporting for low-risk offenders, employment assistance, and mobile probation and reentry units. He said the department’s supervision success rate is about 62%, with more than 91% of successful completers not returning to custody within three years. Members questioned officer workloads, the use of radios and GPS check-ins, the rollout of uniforms and firearms, how violations are handled, and whether all circuits participate in alternative sanctioning; Winkler said the program is statewide and that the department is seeking funding for radios. During public comment, Florida Cares Charity urged the committee to consider evidence on deterrence, parole, and recidivism, arguing that community supervision is less costly than incarceration and can be effective. James Beardy of the Florida PBA emphasized the dangers faced by correctional and probation officers, including long shifts, field searches, and working alone, and argued for higher pay and better support comparable to other law enforcement. The meeting concluded with the chair thanking the presenters and public speakers, and the subcommittee adjourned without taking any legislative votes or formal actions.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Housing Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • All right, next up we have Philippe Jordi, Island Housing Trust.
  • trust funds, and municipal funding sources.
  • Certainly that could be directed to year-round housing trust funds, and municipal funding sources can
  • Certainly that could be directed to year-round housing trust funds, and municipal funding sources can
  • I am now the executive director of the Nantucket Land Trust.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Housing heard testimony on several housing bills, with much of the discussion focused on seasonal communities and funding for year-round housing in places like Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, Cape Cod, and the Berkshires. Speakers supported bills including H. 4410/S. 966 and related seasonal communities legislation, which would allow local option real estate transfer fees and expand tools for towns to preserve and create affordable housing. Testimony emphasized severe housing shortages, high home prices, workforce displacement, and impacts on public safety, schools, health care, and local businesses. Many witnesses said the transfer fee would provide a sustainable local revenue stream, citing prior land bank models on Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard as proof the approach can work. The committee also heard testimony on H. 3989 regarding seasonal community designation, with supporters arguing that towns should be included automatically or through a simpler opt-in process, and on H. 4568 to expand the Family Self-Sufficiency Program, which would broaden access to a federal voucher-based savings and self-sufficiency model. Senator Edwards testified in support of a bill to create training for municipal board members, describing it as a toolkit to improve informed local decision-making. Senator O’Connor testified for a bed bug bill, saying it would create clearer landlord and tenant notification and treatment requirements and provide needed legal guidance after his family’s experience with an infestation. Senator Lovely also testified for the Homeworks program, which provides transportation so homeless children in motels and shelters can attend after-school activities. The committee further heard testimony on a bill to fund housing in seasonal communities through a transfer fee and on a companion measure to expand the seasonal communities toolkit, with repeated calls for favorable reports. Witnesses from public safety, health care, housing nonprofits, schools, and local government described staffing shortages and housing insecurity as urgent problems. Later, the committee took testimony on H. 1559/S. 102 to maintain stable housing for families with pets, with animal welfare groups supporting protections against eviction, breed discrimination, and excessive pet rent. They said housing-related pet surrenders are a major driver of shelter intake. The hearing also included testimony on H. 1498 to limit criminalization of homelessness, which would restrict citations, fines, and related consequences for outdoor camping tied solely to homelessness.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on State and Local Government - 03/26/26

State and Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, taking out I trust them to do that.
  • Trust if they choose to do so. Trust if they choose to do so.
  • I've been investing for Minnesota Trust.
  • Senator Bahr. housing across Minnesota without direct housing across Minnesota without direct city<00
  • <00:36:26.200> it's Senator, currently in the trust it's Senator, currently in the trust it's
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Apr 7th, 2025

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • The intent was clear to ensure that Texans could trust the digital assets they held in custody would
  • Such transparency is essential for fostering trust and enabling consumers to make informed financial
  • There's strict requirements they have to meet under Chapter 712 regarding the perpetual care trust fund
  • If there's an officer that has improper control over IT functions, backroom IT functions of the trust
  • That is the commissioner thinks it is threatening and the trust company thinks it is not.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (01/29/2026)

Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • interested in making sure that our trust interested in making sure that our trust company<00:16:
  • :16:10.000> company company and our family trust company company and our family trust company
  • So, our charter trust Hampshire.
  • <00:33:45.919> law<00:33:46.320> that trust law that trust law that trust<00:33:48.399>
  • We trust our citizens. We message. We trust our citizens.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Banks - 05/12/2026

Banks

Transcript Highlights:
  • You know, you could have DFS, and I trust DFS certainly to be responsible.
  • I think the way that the law is written clearly gives DFS that direction that if someone is intentionally
  • I trust that they will be taken at the next level and things of that nature.
  • I trust that they will take. put it on the record, these concerns, these are worthy concerns.
  • I trust that they will to be taken at the next level and things of that nature.
Keywords: 993, senate, all
Summary: The Senate Banking Committee met with Chair James Sanders Jr. and reviewed a full agenda of banking-related bills. Early action included approval of a bill requiring licensed check cashers to file suspicious activity reports, and a bill on civil penalties for fraud or misrepresentation in financial products or services, though several members objected to removing the intentionality standard and warned it could broaden enforcement too far and discourage lending in New York. The committee also advanced a bill prohibiting fees for periodic paper statements, a bill on asset-based lending transactions, and a bill requiring reporting of suspected financial exploitation. Members spent substantial time on a bill regulating automated lending decision tools. The sponsor and chair said the measure would allow AI use but require a human review or appeal if a borrower is denied, while some senators raised concerns about competitiveness for state-chartered banks and possible overlap with existing human oversight. The bill was reported out and referred to the Internet and Technology Committee for further review. The committee also approved a DFS study bill on the financial stability and licensing of the check-cashing industry, with a suggestion that the study also examine risks of expanding the industry. A major discussion centered on the “Deep Protection Act,” aimed at preventing foreclosures tied to deed theft. The sponsor described cases involving elderly homeowners and fraudulent transfers, while opponents argued the bill was vague, could create unintended consequences or private litigation, and might affect only a small share of mortgages because it applies to state-chartered institutions. The sponsor said the bill would be amended and noted interest in related county clerk reforms. The committee ultimately sent the bill to Judiciary. The final bills addressed mortgage payment schedule fees and unsolicited mail loan checks; both were approved. The meeting ended after the chair emphasized open debate and committee review as part of improving legislation.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 27th, 2026 at 04:11 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • You have direct general fund appropriations. You have lottery ticket revenues.
  • I would mostly just point out the LFC budget guidelines gave direction that increases were to be directed
  • I'd like to direct your attention to one bit of language.
  • And one last question that I'd like to direct your attention to.
  • And one last question that I'd like to direct your attention to.
Bills: SB37, SB29
AR
Transcript Highlights:
  • The trust is built, and they normally are using cryptocurrency in pig butchering scams.
  • The cost to them may not always be direct.
  • So every direct deposit that they have set up, every direct ACH payment that they have set up for their
  • The cost to them may not always be direct.
  • So every direct deposit that they have set up, every direct ACH payment that they have set up for their
Summary: A joint House-Senate Insurance and Commerce meeting focused on the growing threat of financial fraud in Arkansas, with members and witnesses describing scams targeting seniors, small businesses, and working families. The committee first approved the November 3, 2025 minutes, then heard from the Arkansas Bankers Association, the American Bankers Association, banks, the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division, the Arkansas Mortgage Bankers Association, the State Bank and Securities Department, the Insurance Department, and AARP. Witnesses described common schemes including spoofed bank calls and texts, government imposter scams, romance and investment scams, business email compromise, fake job postings, gift card scams, check fraud, wire fraud, reverse mortgage scams, identity theft, and insurance fraud. Several witnesses emphasized that cryptocurrency kiosks and crypto transfers make recovery difficult or impossible, and that artificial intelligence is making scams more convincing and scalable. Witnesses repeatedly stressed education, verification, and coordination among banks, law enforcement, regulators, and consumers. Bank and mortgage representatives urged consumers to slow down, independently verify wire instructions, avoid clicking unexpected links, use tap-to-pay rather than chip or swipe when possible, and never share account credentials or one-time codes. The Attorney General’s office said it investigates consumer complaints, mediates disputes, works with social media platforms to remove scam ads, and recently created a Financial Fraud Task Force with bankers and other stakeholders. The State Bank and Securities Commissioner highlighted the Safe AR Act, the state’s crypto kiosk framework, and fraud education efforts such as “fraud bingo,” while the Insurance Department described its law-enforcement role and a range of insurance-related fraud schemes it prosecutes. AARP said fraud is widespread and underreported, especially among older adults. Members asked about reporting scams, how losses are handled, whether tap is safer than chip, how crypto fraud works, whether Arkansas has model legislation to address telecom and social media impersonation, and how local law enforcement and state agencies coordinate investigations. Witnesses said banks generally absorb much of the financial loss under federal rules, while consumers bear the inconvenience and account changes. Several witnesses said Arkansas should consider additional legislation to hold telecom companies and social media platforms accountable for spoofed caller IDs and impersonation ads, and one witness said a federal Scam Act is moving in Congress. No additional votes or formal actions were taken beyond approval of the minutes, but witnesses agreed to share consumer education materials and model legislation with committee staff.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • directed toward any member of the Senate.
  • Republican majority and a direct result of President Trump.
  • This statement is in direct conflict with the July 7th, 2025 letter from the U.S.
  • This isn't about district lines; it's about rebuilding trust.
  • The plan doesn't build trust; it breaks it.
Keywords: 1185, senate, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

Hearings to examine defense innovation and acquisition reform. Jan 28th, 2025 at 08:30 am

Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think it is about having the trust of Congress and a relationship to be flexible.
  • The prime examples to me are hypersonics and directed energy.
  • How do we slowly build trust?
  • us to, so that trust can be built.
  • That's going to create the trust for speed. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.