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• penalty for reckless endangerment with the use of a firearm for a Class B felony, and it would be a mandatory
• penalty for reckless endangerment with the use of a firearm for a Class B felony, and it would be a mandatory
• Firearm for a Class B felony, and it would be a mandatory prison term for four years without parole.
• There's also the matter of evidence that a mandatory sentence actually has no consequence, that these
• And the corrections research done over the last few decades suggests that mandatory sentences have no

Bills: HB1603

Keywords: Native American, grave protection, repatriation, cultural heritage, tribal compliance, 908, all

Summary: The Appropriations Committee met with a quorum and announced it would begin meeting at 8 a.m. for the rest of the week to work through a growing bill list. The committee first approved House Bill 1603, a companion to the Historical Society budget dealing with NAGPRA, including a $500,000 matching grant to be divided among North Dakota’s five tribes and a committee to address repatriation of human remains and cultural items. The vote was unanimous, 15-0. The committee then considered House Bill 1225, which would increase penalties for reckless endangerment involving a firearm and create a mandatory prison term. After debate over public safety concerns versus the bill’s fiscal note and prison costs, the committee adopted a do not pass recommendation by a 9-6-1 vote. Members also discussed House Bill 1018, the State Historical Society budget, and approved an amendment that adjusted one-time funding items, including NAGPRA compliance, museum exhibits, military gallery funding, local historic grants, and line-of-credit repayment. The amended bill then received a due pass recommendation by a 14-2 vote. The committee next approved House Bill 1468, a behavioral health facility grant for St. Hayes, which supporters said would expand in-state access to acute and adolescent behavioral health care and reduce the need to send patients out of state. The bill passed 14-1. It then amended and passed House Bill 1485, increasing the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid recipients by $15 and indexing it to inflation; the amendment and the bill as amended both passed 14-2. Finally, the committee approved House Bill 1016, the Adjutant General/National Guard budget, after adopting an amendment that funded disaster relief, response equipment, IT and website costs, and staffing changes for the watch center; the amended bill passed 14-2. The committee adjourned after completing six bills and planned to resume the next morning at 8 a.m.

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• It is not mandatory.
• It is not mandatory. mandatory. mandatory.

Keywords: Agriculture - Room 210, 27 February, 2026; 11:00 A.M., 925, all

Summary: The Senate Agriculture Committee took up three House bills. House Bill 933 was briefly explained as a short bill allowing Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Livestock Theft Bureau agents to retain their sidearms upon retirement. The committee asked no substantive questions, adopted a motion that the title was sufficient, and passed the bill. House Bill 1153, a follow-up to last year’s meat labeling law, was described as clarifying enforcement language and adding cell-cultured deer products. The committee adopted an amendment to specify that a food product is not misbranded and another amendment to strike a special fund reference and replace it with the general fund. Senator McConnell then proposed and secured adoption of an amendment removing language that would have allowed the department to hire outside counsel if the attorney general declined representation. The bill, as amended, was then passed. House Bill 1647, the Grain Indemnity Act, was presented as a voluntary producer opt-in program modeled on similar laws in other states to provide funds in the event of a grain buyer bankruptcy. Senators asked about startup funding and whether insurance or bonding could serve a similar purpose; the sponsor said no funds were included in the bill and noted that insurance coverage may not be available. After discussion, the committee moved the bill as title sufficient and reported it out.

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• Most states' mandatory waiting period varies between 6 months and two years.
• from becoming lobbyists.<00:05:05.440> Most<00:05:05.680> states<00:05:06.000> mandatory
• Most states mandatory waiting lobbyists.
• Most states mandatory waiting period<00:05:07.120> varies<00:05:07.520> between<00:05:07.840

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The segment presented the results of the 2025 Minnesota House legislative opinion poll, which asked fairgoers about a range of policy issues tied to recent or possible future legislative action. Topics included school calendar flexibility before Labor Day, state funding for sports stadiums and arenas, undocumented immigrants’ access to state programs, unemployment benefits for hourly school workers in the summer, banning guns in the Capitol, budget-balancing options for a projected 2028-29 deficit, removing party labels from legislative ballots, limiting free school meals by income, free fishing licenses for residents age 65 and older, local control over cannabis businesses, a post-employment lobbying ban for legislators, and a higher income tax rate for the highest earners. For several questions, the segment noted the underlying legislative context. It referenced the 2023 law making undocumented immigrants eligible for MinnesotaCare and the 2025 law ending adult eligibility at year’s end, the school meals program’s higher-than-expected costs, and a 2025 proposal to remove party designations from legislative ballots that did not receive a committee hearing. It also mentioned the projected nearly $6 billion budget shortfall for the 2028-29 biennium, the Xcel Energy Center renovation funding request, and the recent killings of House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and the shooting of Senator John Hoffman and his wife as part of the discussion about Capitol gun restrictions. The poll itself was presented as a public opinion survey rather than a legislative vote, so no formal committee action or roll call occurred. The segment closed by thanking participants and saying the poll would return next year at the fair.

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• According to the United States Census, that's 3,999,994, which I can round to 4 million for practical
• The further you get from round, the less efficient you are.
• It requires that any legislation increasing mandatory spending or reducing revenues must be offset by
• corner, but what is happening on every corner is that essential workers and day laborers are being rounded

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• In the last few rounds of redistricting, for example, Fort Sam Houston was moved from one district to
• It also serves our community, and those communities in the last rounds of redistricting have not fared
• I said, I went through the 2003 round of redistricting, sitting where you all are sitting, and now I'm
• Strickland said if you are going to say a district is required, that a district is mandatory under Section

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• would say, probably $100,000. billion a year, give or take a couple of billion, which is a wide-rounding
• In our last round, we went from 8-15, 8-11 or something to 10-60.
• neglected HCS I think about 450 or 500 our priority We have worked over the last few months with mandatory
• We keep forcing square pegs in the round hole. And when we do that, bad things happen. Thank you.

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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• Are you in support of having that mandatory minimum, or would you be cons...
• <03:05:12.640> minimum court shall impose a mandatory minimum court shall impose a mandatory
• ' imprisonment, I don't really like minimum mandatories.
• I think that I like minimum mandatories.
• It's not limiting that the judge has to be a mandatory 25 years.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• in Portland, Maine, in Somerville, Massachusetts, out west, when we do put the sort of unfunded mandatory
• in Portland, Maine, in Somerville, Massachusetts, out west, when we do put the sort of unfunded mandatory
• ...west, when we do put the sort of unfunded mandatory inclusionary zoning pieces on, you see less overall
• people believe the system protects those from away more than those who live here and pay taxes year-round
• is not enough, why the burden continues to shift onto residents, and why those who live here year-round

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• business hours means taking an officer off patrol for a half and possibly a full day to make that round
• business hours means taking an officer off patrol for a half and possibly a full day to make that round
• This bill establishes a mandatory $500 fine for engaging in prostitution as a patron, in addition to
• In closing, I urge you to support Senate Bill 267 by holding sex buyers accountable and opposing mandatory
• accountable and opposing mandatory accountable and opposing mandatory filings.<04:14:23.760>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• And so for this meeting and the next meeting on the 12th, I think we're rounding up a very good list
• c><00:10:07.120> up<00:10:07.760> um<00:10:07.920> a we I think we're we're rounding
• up um a we I think we're we're rounding up um a very<00:10:08.800> good<00:10:09.360> list
• And I would suggest that, based on that, eliminating liability coverage, which is mandatory coverage
• And I would suggest that, based on that, eliminating liability coverage, which is mandatory coverage

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The task force met on October 22, 2025, with a quorum present and several members participating remotely. Members approved the minutes from the previous meeting. Michelle Urick of the Legislative Coordinating Commission then gave an administrative update on proxy voting and the task force’s operating procedures. She said the enabling statute only authorizes the officially appointed member to act and vote, so proxy voting is not allowed, and votes must be cast in person at the meeting where the item is considered. She also said members may submit written positions, but not vote before or after a meeting. In response to concerns about attendance for future votes, the chair said the January meetings would be rescheduled if possible using a Doodle poll so more members could be present in person. The group also agreed to treat the revised document as operating procedures rather than a formal charter, with no separate adoption action needed at that time. The task force then moved into testimony on homeowners and commercial property insurance. Paul Edgar of Minnesota Realtors said rising insurance costs are adding to housing affordability pressures, citing an increase in the monthly principal, interest, taxes, and insurance payment on a median-priced Minnesota home from $1,622 in 2021 to $2,642 in September 2025. He said higher insurance costs and limited coverage can affect buyers’ financing, especially for condominiums and townhomes, and urged continued work on liability and insurance-related laws that may discourage condo development. He also referenced prior bipartisan reforms to Minnesota’s condominium construction defects law and said his organization supports further improvements to encourage more condo production. Keenan Ravery of the Minnesota Mortgage Association focused on how insurance requirements affect mortgage lending. He explained that lenders require insurance both at origination and throughout the life of the loan, with standards aimed at protecting collateral rather than providing full homeowners coverage. He said replacement-cost coverage has long been the norm, but recent issues with roofs, deductibles, HO-6 policies, and force-placed insurance have become pain points for consumers and lenders. He said his association is working with national trade groups on reforms that could allow more flexibility in coverage types and deductibles, and he expressed hope that Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency may announce policy changes in the coming months or by early 2026. No votes or substantive policy actions were taken beyond approving the minutes and agreeing to pursue scheduling adjustments for January.

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• This amendment helps round out what I believe to be an otherwise good bill.
• This<00:20:00.080> amendment<00:20:01.039> helps<00:20:01.440> round<00:20:01.679
• > out<00:20:01.919> what<00:20:02.160> I This amendment helps round out what I This
• amendment helps round out what I believe<00:20:02.559> to<00:20:02.720> be<00:20:02.880
• He added that mandatory reporting of arrests, regardless of prosecution decisions, may discourage immigrant

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So, let's all give them a round of applause. >> [applause] Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
• So, let's all give them a round of applause. >> [applause] Congratulations, ladies, on a great season
• I go back to line 120 where you say they're going to establish mandatory minimum cybersecurity standards
• where you say they're going to line 120 where you say they're going to establish<03:02:21.680> mandatory
• <03:02:22.640> minimum establish mandatory minimum establish mandatory minimum cybersecurity

Keywords: MS House Floor - 4 March, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then heard several guest introductions, including a minister for the day, visiting school groups, forestry and farm organizations, and members of the Divine Nine. Members also recognized the East Webster Wolverines football team, the East Webster non-tumbling cheer champions, and the Simpson Academy Lady Cougars softball team for state championships. The chamber then moved to the calendar after dispensing with the journal reading. On the concurrence calendar, the House concurred in House Bill 1758 by a vote of 120-0 after members noted the Senate had made only grammatical changes. On the general calendar, the House passed Senate Bill 2126, with a strike-all amendment clarifying that sex-offender registry restrictions on name changes still allow changes for marriage or divorce with notice; the bill passed 118-0. The House also passed Senate Bill 2230, expanding authority for electronic hearings, notices, and certain electronic orders and warrants for justice, circuit, and county court judges on misdemeanors, by 116-0. Senate Bill 2631, creating a Mississippi Grain Indemnity Act to help grain producers recover losses if a buyer goes bankrupt, passed 121-0. Senate Bill 2637, giving the Northeast District livestock shows flexibility to move locations if facilities are inadequate, passed 121-0 after questions about the Verona site and possible improvements. Senate Bill 2648, allowing MSU Extension Service assistance with poultry litter plans and amended to include Alcorn State University in developing comprehensive nutrient management plans, passed 121-0. Senate Bill 2809, concerning ag theft officers’ firearm rights in the event of death or retirement, passed 116-2. Senate Bill 2638, removing a reverse repealer from a meat-labeling bill, passed 119-0. The House also began consideration of Senate Bill 2399, which would authorize DPS security personnel at certain Mississippi Department of Agriculture facilities to respond to security alarms because those facilities were omitted from the Capitol complex security arrangement. The transcript ends during the explanation of that bill, before final action is shown.

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• One is the mandatory engagement.
• One is the mandatory exemptions<00:09:34.800> that<00:09:35.040> states<00:09:35.360>
• activities as well as um mandatory activities as well as um mandatory exemptions<00:11:50.560>
• populations who are subject to mandatory populations who are subject to mandatory exemptions<00:
• :18:59.120> state mandatory um obligation of state mandatory um obligation of state Medicaid<00

Bills: HF3439, HF3763

Keywords: Medical Assistance, Medicaid, MNsure, MinnesotaCare, disability determination, expedited eligibility, state medical review team, compassionate allowance, rare disease, home and community-based services, long-term care, managed care, county-based purchasing, eligibility redetermination, periodic data matching, death master file, Social Security Administration, program integrity, income eligibility, asset test

Summary: The House Health Finance and Policy Committee met on March 4, 2026, approved the minutes from its February 25 and March 2 meetings, and then heard a presentation from Katherine Castanza of the National Conference of State Legislatures on Medicaid eligibility changes in the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act (HR1/OB3). The presentation focused on provisions affecting Medicaid expansion adults ages 19 to 64, including new work and community engagement requirements, changes to retroactive eligibility, quarterly death master file checks, address verification requirements, six-month redeterminations for expansion enrollees, and new limits on some lawful permanent residents and other immigrant groups. Castanza also discussed state implementation issues, including the need for new data-sharing systems, system modernization, outreach, and options for helping people transition to other coverage if they lose eligibility. She said the work and community engagement rules take effect January 1, 2027, with states given flexibility on look-back periods, consecutive versus nonconsecutive months, and optional hardship exemptions, and noted that CMS guidance is not expected until June 2026. She also described federal support for implementation, including $200 million in grants and a 90% federal match for eligibility system work, while warning that the fast timeline could lead to coverage losses, churn, and challenges for special populations such as caregivers, people with behavioral health conditions, incarcerated individuals, and rural residents. She further explained that an erroneous payment provision could expose states to federal recoupment later if eligibility errors increase. During member questions, Representative Beerman asked about the overall size of the Medicaid cuts and the cumulative national impact; Castanza said estimates vary by state and cited KFF analysis suggesting states could lose 4% to 19% of federal Medicaid revenue, with a newer RAND analysis recently released. Beerman also asked about the history and effectiveness of state work requirements, but that discussion was not completed in the excerpt. Representative Elkins noted the presentation was not initially posted on the committee website, and the chair said it had since been posted.

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• After being drawn in with a lower advertised price, additional mandatory fees...
• After being drawn in with a lower advertised price, additional mandatory fees and taxes are revealed
• challenge with that is government fees and taxes is already included in existing law under additional mandatory
• vehicle license recovery fee, and other government-imposed taxes or fees. ...law under additional mandatory
• These are the only things we can charge a consumer: daily rental rate, additional mandatory charges,

Summary: The Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee heard several bills on AI, social media, rental cars, and account deletion. AB 316 by Assemblymember Krell would bar defendants from avoiding liability by claiming an AI system autonomously caused harm. Supporters argued it would preserve accountability as AI grows more powerful, especially in cases involving children, while opponents said existing tort law already covers these issues and warned the bill could create uncertainty and overbroad liability. The bill passed the committee 8-1. AB 656 by Assemblymember Schiavo, sponsored by Consumer Federation of California, would make it easier for users to delete social media accounts and personal information, with amendments shifting the deletion prompt into settings rather than on every screen. Supporters said platforms use dark patterns and make deletion unnecessarily difficult; opponents raised concerns about unintended deletions and possible conflicts with existing privacy law, though the author said the bill was being aligned with CCPA. The bill passed 9-0. The committee also approved the consent calendar. AB 1197 by Assemblymember Calderon would address rental car theft and misuse by allowing limited geofencing in specific situations and revising rules around renter liability when keys are returned and a police report is filed. Rental car companies and other supporters said the bill would help recover stolen or abandoned vehicles, while an opponent warned about privacy and possible consumer harms in edge cases. The bill passed 11-0. AB 1374 by Assemblymember Berman would require more upfront disclosure of the total price of rental cars, including mandatory fees, to curb hidden charges; supporters said consumers still face surprise costs, while opponents argued current law already requires disclosure and that the bill’s new wording could invite litigation. It passed 13-0.

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• Some are mandatory reporters. another. Some are mandatory reporters.
• a mandatory requirement.
• . mandatory. mandatory.
• mandatory. And I don't know why that is. mandatory. And I don't know why that is.
• How does that mandatory a case? How does that mandatory component<03:15:22.800> work?

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• <00:52:27.440> reporters<00:52:27.960> will training that mandatory reporters will
• training that mandatory reporters will uh<00:52:29.000> receive<00:52:29.440> as<00:52:
• reporter is not required to become a mandatory reporter.
• you know we have a lot of of mandatory you know we have a lot of of mandatory reporters<01:02:44.799
• become a mandatory reporter required to become a mandatory reporter so<01:03:31.520> I<01:03:31.599

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Due to mandatory release for the murder.
• The first one is mandatory re-entry supervision reform.
• It adds it to class B felonies that there would be no mandatory re-entry supervision program for.
• mandatory re-entry supervision reform. mandatory re-entry supervision reform.
• re-entry supervision program mandatory re-entry supervision program for. for. for.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The House Judiciary Committee met to consider two major bills. First, House Bill 521, relating to stalking, was presented by Majority Leader Steven Rudy with testimony from the Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs. Supporters said Kentucky’s stalking laws need updating to address modern electronic and technology-based stalking and to better protect victims of persistent, ongoing harassment. Members asked about fiscal impact and prison costs; Rudy said the bill was mainly a statutory update and should have no new prison impact. The committee then voted 17-0 to pass HB 521 with favorable expression. The committee next took up House Bill 422, known as Logan’s Law, which was presented by Rep. Dan Fister and Rep. T.J. Roberts with emotional testimony from George Typton, father of Logan Typton. The bill responds to the 2015 murder of Logan Typton and seeks to revise Kentucky’s insanity defense, limit mandatory re-entry supervision for certain violent offenses, require consecutive sentences for multiple victims, and change life-without-parole rules so juries can impose it more directly in intentional murder cases. Typton described the crime and argued the current system failed his family; several members expressed sympathy and support. After a committee substitute was adopted, Roberts explained that the substitute preserved an insanity defense modeled on Alaska’s rule, rather than abolishing it, and clarified that a defendant must be unable to appreciate the nature of their actions due to mental illness or intellectual disability. He also said the bill would ensure consistency in insanity verdicts across multiple counts and provide treatment options for those found guilty but mentally ill. Rep. Marzian raised concerns about mental health funding, prison costs, and corrections impacts, while Scott West of the Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers warned the bill could reduce plea bargaining flexibility and slow the courts if sentencing becomes more automatic. The bill remained under consideration after testimony, with no final vote shown in the transcript.

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• As all of you know, starting January 1st, there's a required, it's mandatory, an education course that
• experts, and in a matter of two weeks they got back with me and said, yeah, we're going to make it mandatory
• experts, and in a matter of two weeks they got back with me and said, yeah, we're going to make it mandatory
• experts, and in a matter of two weeks they got back with me and said, yeah, we're going to make it mandatory
• experts and in a matter of two weeks they got back with me and said yeah we're going to make it mandatory

Keywords: 1182, all

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• That is a mandatory goal. It is not a quota. It is a mandatory goal that the contractor must hit.
• That is a mandatory goal. It is not a quota. It is a mandatory goal that the contractor must hit.
• That is a mandatory goal. It is not a quota. It is a mandatory goal that the contractor must hit.
• In addition, we created a mandatory small business...
• In addition, we created a mandatory small business program on our state-funded-only contracts.

Summary: The committee heard a work session on voting access on tribal lands, beginning with a presentation from Dr. Chelsea Jones of the Brennan Center. She described barriers affecting Native voters and voters on tribal lands, including long travel distances to polling places and drop boxes, nontraditional addresses, unreliable postal service, language access, and limited broadband. Citing research, she said turnout on tribal lands trails turnout off tribal lands by about 10 percentage points nationally and about 10% in Washington, with larger gaps in some convenience voting measures. Members asked about the meaning of “lost votes,” the role of tribal leadership and community trust, and whether outreach by election officials and candidates could help; Dr. Jones emphasized that the study measured missed voting opportunities, not missing ballots, and that partnerships with trusted community leaders are important. The University of Washington Elections Database then presented data on voter registration, turnout, signature challenges, curing, and ballot rejection for voters whose addresses fall within tribal reservation boundaries. The presenters said registration on reservations increased from about 107,000 in 2010 to 137,000 in 2024, turnout on reservations remained about 8 to 9 percentage points lower than outside reservations in recent general elections, and signature-challenge and rejection rates were generally low but somewhat higher in off-year elections. They reported that about 60% to two-thirds of signature-challenged ballots are cured, with cure rates similar inside and outside reservations, and that late return is the most common reason for primary ballot rejection while signature mismatch is the leading cause in general elections. A question was raised about USPS postmarking issues and how those might affect future data; the presenters said they plan to track return method and cure timing more closely. The committee also received an overview of the Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs. Staff reviewed the office’s history, the Centennial Accord, the Millennium Agreement, and related state-tribal frameworks, and GOIA Director Tim Rainan described the office’s role as a bridge between the state and tribal governments, including consultation, policy coordination, training, and convening work groups. He said GOIA now has six positions, is part of the governor’s executive cabinet, and is working on a statewide tribal relations training module and consultation handbook. In response to a question, he said tribal voting is not a major topic at the Centennial Accord but is discussed more extensively through ATNI. The committee then shifted to contracting equity, hearing from WSDOT, DES, OMWBE, and the Office of Equity. WSDOT described its race-neutral small business and veteran goals, mentorship and support programs, and its response to the federal suspension of the DBE program; DES discussed statewide contracting spend, the EDGE pilot for small construction firms, and efforts to improve procurement access; OMWBE reported growth in certified firms and about $371 million in state spend with certified firms in the most recent year, while noting ongoing impacts from federal DBE changes; and the Office of Equity outlined its broader work on agency consultation, dashboards, and systems change. No votes were taken.

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• First, identical to the bill we passed last month, it requires a mandatory death penalty for an unauthorized
• If your bill passes with a capital crime and had a mandatory death penalty without qualification.
• In your bill, are we requiring mandatory transport of illegal aliens to a federal facility or federal
• At the mandatory death penalty issue...
• There's no mandatory transport to federal custody. By the way, this is a selfish pleasure.

Keywords: 998, house, all