Video & Transcript : 'Wind River Indian Reservation' :
Page 65 of 500
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- With that being said, I reserve the right to close and open to any questions. All right, very good.
- Thank you all so much, and I reserve the right to close. Members, any questions?
- And reserve the right to close, please. Thank you, Chair. Members, any questions?
- As we all know, God has blessed the great state of Texas with tremendous reserves of hydrocarbons.
- I yield for witness testimony and reserve my right to close. Alder, is this your first bill layout?
Committee:
House Ways & Means
Keywords:
taxing unit, bond database, local government, transparency, civil penalty, education reform, funding allocation, school infrastructure, teacher recruitment, student achievement, tax exemption, water conservation, graywater systems, rainwater harvesting, ad valorem taxation, county commissioners, HB 1587, Texas sales tax holiday, back-to-school tax holiday, clothing tax exemption
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Tribal Flag Plaza Dedication Ceremony Sep 11th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Now to begin our program, please join me in welcoming Vanessa Good Thunder from the Lower Sioux Indian
- community and Ojiway Elder Sharon Indian community and Ojiway Elder Sharon Day<00:04:58.800><c> to</
- First, we have former President Robert Larson of the Lower Sioux Indian Community. that<00:26:20.320>
- It doesn't mean we're going to sit together and we're going to talk about Indian Country in Minnesota
- Um, next up we have Chief Executive Virgil Wind of the Max Band of Ojiway. Oh man, it's a good day.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Dec 8th, 2025 at 09:45 am
Radioactive & Hazardous Materials Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- airport, right to the Lassen and Guyade community, which then has its western boundary at the Santa Fe River
- We're trying to tell that story also of what's happening with this PFAS plume as it hits the Santa Fe River
- I think it is more likely that the Oil Conservation Division will reserve that.
- In pit production, as you probably recall, we had a big effort last year to deliver on a war reserve
- I live in Cochise Lake, and there is a uranium mine along the Santa Fe River below where the PFAS plume
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- A significant amount of our fertilizer moves up the river, and the frequency of low water on the river
- </c><00:21:28.640><c> the</c> moves up uh the water on the river the moves up uh the water on the river
- </c><00:21:30.400><c> is</c> frequency of low water on the river is frequency of low water on the river
- But with the now concerns of runoff and wind erosion and infiltration, that process is really becoming
- That helps reduce wind, water runoff, and complaints from neighbors and residential areas.
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
Keywords:
HF1621, CelluComp, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, appropriation, grant, commercialization, fiber-based barrier packaging, packaging materials, PFAS, perfluoroalkyl substances, polyfluoroalkyl substances, plastic reduction, sustainable packaging, environmental health, materials innovation, bio-based packaging, food packaging, agriculture finance, one-time grant, state subsidy
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Feb 14th, 2026 at 12:23 pm
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- The chart here on the left side of your PowerPoints talks about our reserves.
- The governor's recommended budget leaves $16.75 billion in reserves, and that's a combination of unallocated
- stabilization fund, and we also have the EPRF, which is DEM's emergency response fund, as part of reserves
- Targeted water quality improvements at $408 million, specifically Indian River Lagoon at $100 million
- Kelly, does the governor's proposed budget hold any money in reserve for impacts related to a potential
Bills:
S7010
Committee:
Senate Appropriations
Keywords:
Roth contributions, deferred compensation, retirement savings, Florida Statutes, tax benefits
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Appropriations met to take up SB 7010 by Senator Mayfield, which would authorize Roth post-tax contribution options in state and local deferred compensation plans. The bill was briefly explained, received one appearance in support, had no debate, and was reported favorably by roll call vote.
The committee then heard a lengthy presentation from the Governor’s Office of Policy and Budget on the governor’s recommended $117.4 billion “Floridians’ First Budget.” The presentation highlighted major spending areas including education, health care, public safety, transportation, environmental restoration, and economic development. Key proposals included increased FEFP funding for K-12 schools, teacher salary funding, higher education support, Everglades and water quality funding, emergency preparedness reserves, corrections staffing and pay increases, law enforcement recruitment bonuses, cybersecurity, and affordable housing and infrastructure investments.
Members asked extensive questions about property tax reserve planning, litigation funding, emergency response fund balances and expenditures, the use of federal reimbursement for the Everglades detention facilities, the animal abuse hotline, Hope Florida, corrections staffing, and the proposed reduction in ADAP eligibility for HIV/AIDS medication assistance. A member of the public also testified at length about concerns that the ADAP changes would harm access to life-saving medications and alleged improper shifting of program funds. Committee members and the presenter acknowledged follow-up questions on several items, but no additional votes or formal actions were taken beyond the favorable report on SB 7010 and adjournment.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- That's the reason, as I stated a second time, judicial court will reserve full right to exclude family
- and one of their homes or roads were burned down or a tree fell because of flooding or San Anandau winds
- ...roads were burned down or a tree fell because of flooding or San Anandau winds, they can also do an
- Danny Merkley with the Gawku Group on behalf of Kings River interests and also on behalf of California
- River interests and also on behalf of California Farm Bureau in support. Thank you.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Nov 7th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- This will have profound impacts on our natural systems, such as snowpack and rivers, and our human systems
- Matthew Strigg's parents worked with my mom at the Indian Health Service Hospital in Crown Point.
- organizations on the task force, tribal representatives, and the SoSo Foundation in the ALTSD Office of Indian
- not nearly as robust as it is for non-Natives, there are estimates that over half of the American Indian
- Unfortunately, I hope we won't have to spend all of our reserves on feeding New Mexicans, and that we
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Melissa Cortez on behalf of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians in support.
- Thank you. ...and Indianas Band of Mission Indians in strong support.
- And if we said American Indian, there was nothing to fill in.
- It's getting away from the whole colonial view that Indians react, Indians look, Indians live in a certain
- Seventy percent of Native Americans live outside of Indian reservations.
Committee:
Senate Education
FL
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, June 24, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Gentlemen, I reserve. back, Mr. Speaker. Gentlemen, I reserve.
- Speaker, I reserve.
- Speaker, I reserve.
- I reserve.
- I reserve the balance of my time. I reserve the balance of my time.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 05/14/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- year That was fixated on not crying, because I believe that moments of extreme emotion should be reserved
- The only native New Yorkers here are Indians.
- Solar during the day, wind at night, battery storage for all other times, right?
- SOLAR DURING THE DAY, WIND AT NIGHT, BATH BATTERY STORAGE FOR ALL OTHER TIMES, RIGHT?
Summary:
The Senate opened with routine proceedings, approved the prior journal, and processed several messages from the Assembly, including motions to discharge and substitute identical Senate bills for Assembly bills on the calendars. The chamber also reconsidered and restored Senate Print 1788, an act amending the Real Property Tax Law, to the third reading calendar. The Rules Committee reported Senate Print 10324, the state budget appropriations bill, directly to third reading, and the Senate accepted the message of necessity and laid the bill aside before taking it up on the controversial calendar as a budget extender.
A lengthy debate followed on the budget extender, with Senator O’Mara and others criticizing the continued delay in finalizing the state budget, the lack of public details, and the absence of a schedule for joint budget committee meetings. Senator Serrano responded that the extender was necessary to keep state government operating while final budget negotiations continued, but could not provide specifics on policy items such as Tier 6 pension changes, New York City aid, local government support, or school aid. The extender was ultimately passed 56-2, with Senators Rhoads and Weik voting no.
The Senate then adopted several previously adopted resolutions, including a memorial resolution for former Congressman Eliot Engel and a resolution marking the fourth anniversary of the Tops Friendly Markets mass shooting in Buffalo. The Buffalo resolution prompted extensive remarks from multiple senators about racism, gun violence, community trauma, and the need for policy responses; it was adopted with broad support. The chamber also passed a series of bills on the third reading calendar covering highway, municipal, environmental, banking, veterans, education, public health, and public service matters, with most passing overwhelmingly and a few drawing minority opposition. Notable floor debate occurred on a study bill regarding battery energy storage systems, where senators raised concerns about fire safety and siting; the bill passed 45-13. The Senate adjourned to reconvene on Monday, May 18 at 11:00 a.m.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Transportation Infrastructure Revenue Subcommitee Nov 3rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- multiple devices talking to each other, whether it's variable speed limit signs, visibility sensors, wind
- Albuquerque—it's the old armed forces reserve facility that's been repurposed, and the basis of it was
- Mexico State Police, and we've even done it with other entities such as Santa Fe Indian Schools.
- I know there were the sandstorms and wind storms that were discussed earlier.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine insurance markets and the role of mitigation policies. May 1st, 2025 at 09:00 am
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Just two months ago, Federal Reserve Board Chair Powell told this committee that soon there will be entire
- impact of severe weather, the Los Angeles County fires were a grim reminder of what can occur when wind
- program brings together a set of mitigation actions that collectively reduce risk of insurance in the wind
- better way to install roofs and have new construction of homes to better withstand hurricanes high winds
- fuels and nuclear energy. and hydro, and then they artificially force us to use amounts of solar and wind
Keywords:
homeowners insurance, natural disasters, insurance costs, climate change, disaster preparedness, federal policies, bipartisan solutions
Summary:
The meeting reviewed critical issues surrounding the rising costs and accessibility of homeowners insurance across the United States, particularly in light of increasing natural disasters linked to climate change. Members engaged in extensive discussions regarding the implications for families and the economy, citing significant increases in premiums and decreasing availability of policies in high-risk areas. Supervisor Peysko highlighted the direct impact of federal policies on local communities, emphasizing the growing burden on homeowners as they face skyrocketing insurance costs amidst a backdrop of environmental challenges and regulatory constraints. The committee expressed a unified call to action for bipartisan solutions, focusing on improving building codes and enhancing disaster preparedness measures.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 04/10/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- He can throw a stone across the river, but the optometrist on Senator Coopek's side of the river would
- But on one side of the river you can do it, on the other side of the river you can't.
- </c> side of the river would be restricted. side of the river would be restricted.
- So it is also, um, it gets into one river you can't. That's the thing river you can't.
- </c><01:15:24.000><c> up</c> people they get services that wind up people they get services that wind
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
UT
Utah 2025 Regular Session
Economic Development and Workforce Services Interim Committee - November 19, 2025
Economic Development and Workforce Services Interim Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- If there are any questions, we do have someone from the Division of Indian Affairs here. Thank you.
- We do have someone from the Division of Indian Affairs here if you have any questions about that.
- Is that included in your portfolio, doing big wind projects?
- This is a trust fund solvency standard, so kind of an adequacy reserve.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 01/28/25
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> are first the M second the Asian Indian are first the M second the Asian Indian third<00:55:16.440
- </c><01:10:11.080><c> Affairs</c> Minnesota Indian Affairs Minnesota Indian Affairs Council<01:10:13.719
- </c> poverty pool um for our Urban Indian poverty pool um for our Urban Indian population<01:12:24.560
- Native American Indian Affairs Council in 1963.
- </c> as well within this within the um Indian as well within this within the um Indian Affairs<01:17:
Committee:
Senate State and Local Government
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Education Study Dec 19th, 2025 at 09:11 am
Transcript Highlights:
- Juanico is here from the Public Education Department as the Assistant Secretary for Indian Education,
- The Higher Education Department highlighted the potential role of the American Indian Education.
- Santa Fe Indian School is also making its way to hosting and sharing best practices.
- Navajo Preparatory School and Santa Fe Indian School as role models and leading this work.
- Specifically, I can speak to Indian Ed.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Feb 19th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 2554 is regarding treaty reserved fishing rights.
- And under the Indian Citizens Act of 1924, all Indians became citizens of the United States and subject
- And under the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, all Indians became citizens of the United States and subject
- And finally, that any special off-reservation legal rights or privileges of Indians established through
- Supreme Court held the tribes reserved in the treaties as a matter of federal law.
Committee:
Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- President, thank you, Reverend Arnold, for being here to start us off and to help us wind this up. here
- to start us off and to help us wind this up.
- President, and I'm sorry my voice is also hurting from all this wind up here, so I was, you know, still
- President, what this does is it just removes, strikes the Senate Indian Rural Affairs Committee amendment
- locally produced wood, especially wood that this bill would benefit in terms of the Mescalero Apache Reservation