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• including, as I said, a letter that went out to Smart & Safe Florida just within the last couple of weeks
• are proud father and grandmother to Alec Gonzalez, one of our outstanding pages serving with us this week
• There are those who seek to distort or erase the history of the Holocaust, which would not only diminish
• There are those. is that the Holocaust is an atrocity that cannot be minimized or forgotten.
• There are those who seek to distort or erase the history of the Holocaust, which would not only diminish

Summary: The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for Deputy Will May of the Walton County Sheriff’s Department, the Pledge of Allegiance, and quorum established. The Rules and Ethics Committee report setting the special order calendar was adopted, and CS for HB 947 was recommitted to the Judiciary Committee. The chamber then took up several special-order bills, mostly reviser and technical measures, including SB 36, SB 42, SB 40, and SB 38, all of which passed unanimously or near-unanimously after brief explanations that they updated or cleaned up Florida statutes. Members also passed HB 513 on electronic transmittal of court orders, requiring clerks to send certain petitions, notices, summonses, and orders within six hours, including Baker Act, Marchman Act, and risk protection orders. HB 615, on electronic delivery of landlord-tenant notices by email when both parties agree in writing, passed after adoption of a tenant-protection amendment offered by Rep. Gottlieb. HB 655 establishing a regulatory framework for pet insurance and wellness programs passed unanimously. HB 1145 on workforce education passed 100-4, expanding CAP grant eligibility to public charter schools for CTE startup/expansion and increasing minimum program offerings tied to a money-back guarantee program. HB 299 on elevator accessibility requirements passed unanimously, and HB 649 on autonomous practice by certified registered nurse anesthetists passed 77-30 after structured debate. The most extensive debate centered on CS for HB 1205, which would significantly revise Florida’s citizen initiative process. The bill would require a $1 million bond after 25% of required signatures are collected, require petition handlers and circulators to be Florida residents and U.S. citizens, impose background checks and training for paid circulators, shorten petition turn-in deadlines to 10 days, increase penalties, add signature revocation notices, require more identifying information on petition forms, and create felony penalties for certain misconduct. Supporters argued the changes were needed to combat fraud and protect petition integrity; opponents said the bill would burden First Amendment activity and make ballot initiatives harder for ordinary Floridians to pursue. Multiple amendments sought to roll back or soften the bill’s requirements, protect personal information, restore longer deadlines, lower validation thresholds, and bar public funds from being used to advocate for or against amendments. Some amendments were adopted, but several key ones failed as debate continued.

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• I rise today ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day to honor the memory of those who were murdered
• Remembrance Day.
• ahead of International Holocaust ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance<02:09:53.599> Day
• <02:10:08.119> Remembrance<02:10:08.880> Day international Holocaust Remembrance Day
• international Holocaust Remembrance Day the<02:10:10.400> systematic<02:10:11.400> government

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Well, I just will say, on a serious note, today is Holocaust Remembrance Day here in Maryland, which

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate held a brief pro forma session with a quorum present. The presiding officer noted Holocaust Remembrance Day in Maryland and emphasized the importance of anti-hate efforts, and also welcomed representatives from the Council of State Governments who were visiting despite the snow. The chamber processed one bill introduction, Senate Bill 368 by Senator Bailey concerning living shorelines and non-structural shoreline stabilization measures, and referred it to the Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee. One bond initiative, sponsored by Senators Hettleman, Ishivas, Torres, and Simcha, was also read and sent to the Capital Budget Subcommittee. During announcements, the Majority Leader invited members to a Council of State Governments reception at Harry Brown’s at 6 p.m. The Senate then completed a quorum call and adjourned, with notice that another pro forma session would be held the next day.

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• anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp and International Holocaust
• Remembrance Day.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House convened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several Committee on Rules reports and related procedural orders. Members adopted a resolution recognizing the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The House also adopted multiple orders extending committee reporting deadlines, including for the Election Laws, Environment and Natural Resources, and Revenue committees, and concurred in Senate petitions after suspending Joint Rule 12 for several matters. The chamber then advanced a series of local and House bills. After suspending Rule 7A, the House ordered several bills to a third reading, including measures on electronic scanning of identifications, police age-limit waivers or civil service eligibility for named individuals in Boston and Haverhill, and a bill on the contracting of digital replicas. Later, the House passed to be engrossed bills including a Department of Conservation and Recreation Title IX compliance bill and additional police-related local bills, and passed to be enacted a land conveyance bill for Wellesley and other enacted measures such as Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day, a Fall River police chief appointment bill, a Seekonk charter amendment, and a Billerica police age-limit bill. The House also adopted an order for a joint convention with the Senate to receive the Governor’s communication on January 22, 2026. At the end of the session, members adopted an order to meet again Thursday at 11 a.m. and a special adjournment in memory of Arthur H. Tobin, former Quincy legislator, mayor, and clerk magistrate. The House then adjourned to meet Thursday next at 11 a.m. in an informal session.

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• In addition to the rabbi being here, today is the commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance
• Assembly concurrent resolution 11 by Assemblymember Aarons relative to anesthesiologist week.
• I'm today I'm proud to present ACR 11 which designates this week as anesthesiologist week.
• As his family and co-workers reflected upon at his memorial service last week, Deputy Curlew or Tim as

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We respect the Holocaust. We have a Holocaust remembrance.
• remembrance. We respect the Holocaust. remembrance. We respect the Holocaust.
• We<03:11:36.000> have<03:11:36.080> a<03:11:36.319> Holocaust<03:11:36.880> remembrance
• <03:11:38.160> We<03:11:38.640> need We have a Holocaust remembrance.
• We need We have a Holocaust remembrance.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, May 1, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• It passed the Assembly a few weeks ago.
• We have a special day named after it just a few weeks ago, of course.
• Back in high school, I took one year of Holocaust classes with Holocaust survivor Mrs.
• HOLOCAUST CENTER IN A NEW YORK CITY CERTAINLY PUBLIC SCHOOL.
• , and 40% waited seven or more weeks.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened, approved the prior day’s journal, and then processed a large number of motions to discharge bills from committees and substitute identical Senate or Assembly versions for third reading. The chamber also adopted the resolution calendar with exceptions and took up several resolutions and ceremonial recognitions, including a resolution mourning Hudson Talbott, a Dairy Month resolution highlighting New York’s dairy industry, and introductions honoring Niskayuna academic teams, Gabriella Scheer for receiving the Liberty Medal, the Hartstein family’s civic engagement, and Diana Cochran’s advocacy for safe firearm storage. The Senate then moved through the calendar and passed many bills on topics including insurance, public health, education, labor, social services, banking, local government, veterans, public service, consumer protection, criminal procedure, cannabis, parks, taxation, election law, and highway matters. Several members explained votes on notable measures: support for acupuncture insurance coverage, consumer protections for doorbell-camera data sharing, expanded protections in debt collection cases, trauma-informed procedures for sexual assault survivors, a Legionnaires’ disease awareness program, changes to mandatory minimum sentencing, and universal safe storage of firearms. A number of home rule and local authorization bills were also approved, including parkland alienation measures and local tax exemption authorizations. Most measures passed with broad bipartisan support, though some drew recorded opposition. Notable roll calls included the consumer debt uniformity bill, the mandatory minimum sentencing bill, the safe storage/firearms bill, and the public housing and public health measures, each with more divided votes. The chamber also accepted a lengthy Rules Committee report sending many additional bills directly to third reading, and then began the supplemental calendar, passing at least the first items before the transcript ended.

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• This week House Republicans will vote on the Protecting American Energy Production Act, to ensure that
• It's evident to me that two weeks into the new administration, we no longer have a Congress that we no
• As the legend goes, if Phil sees his shadow, we're in for six more weeks of winter.
• Americans have paused to honor the 67 souls who perished last week.
• Speaker, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance defines anti-Semitism in part as using symbols

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• But the universe heard him loud and clear, and a few weeks later, after an ice cream social here at the
• California Farm Week. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. This is a law caucus priority.
• Members, as you probably recall, I spoke here only weeks ago during Holocaust Remembrance Day and gave
• It will guarantee up to 14 weeks of fully paid pregnancy disability for public school educators.
• Week session, we will continue until we're finished. Please come to work on time.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• <00:19:15.120> I Rose Madam speaker last week I Rose Madam speaker last week I introduced<
• they were among the rarest of Holocaust they were among the rarest of Holocaust Survivors<00:50:
• <00:51:12.000> Survivors pass the voices of Holocaust Survivors pass the voices of Holocaust
• Commission David Wright this week.
• after after day week after week month after after day week after week month after month<07:48:37.760

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, February 6, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• You know, colleagues, last week during the Holocaust Remembrance Day resolution, this body made it clear
• That was your word, sir, just the other week. However, at every turn, this body.
• Northside has a Cass Tech High School, who just visited my office this week, to tell us about their dedication

Bills: SB2, SJR36, SB2, SB2, SR29, SB2

Keywords: Maverick County, recognition, economic development, Texas Senate, community celebration, 1185, senate, all

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• It's fixed at 26 weeks or 6 months.
• So we look at that delta, right, the difference between the 14 weeks and the 26 weeks, and we look at
• The average number of weeks for unemployment is about 14 weeks right now.
• to 14 weeks.
• . ...weeks to get a job.

Bills: HB 112, HB199, HB621, HB1349, HB2214, HB3466, HB3698, HB3699, HCR9, HB112, HB199, HCR9

Keywords: science park district, economic development, technology innovation, higher education collaboration, infrastructure development, Texas Economic Development Office, workforce development, unemployment benefits, state average unemployment rate, benefit year, economic support, Texas Workforce Commission, property owners' association, free speech, assembly rights, government officials, political candidates, floodplain, landlord, tenant

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• we will provide the committee with an opportunity to consider two bills that passed the Senate last week
• We expect to vote on these items on the floor later this week.
• And lastly, I wanted to just share that last week in our budget committee hearing, we had an opportunity
• Today is the remembrance of the Holocaust. We've seen a story before, and yet what have we seen?
• Literally weeks ago, every single one of us took an oath. We didn't take an oath to a person.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• ACR 75 is back on concurrence, California Farm Week. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
• Members, as you probably recall, I spoke here only weeks ago during Holocaust Remembrance Day and gave
• As you've heard me talk about before, I was raised by Holocaust survivors.
• That's 109 football fields of burning trash 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
• It'll guarantee up to 14 weeks of full will change that.

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through a long daily file with numerous guest introductions and recognitions, including tributes to outgoing University of California President Michael Drake, student and community advocates, and visitors connected to foster care, military appreciation, and college savings. The chamber also took up several procedural items, including concurrence in Senate amendments to ACR 75 on California Farm Week, which passed 59-0. Members then adopted AJR 7 on protecting federal special education funding and services for students with disabilities, with broad bipartisan support and a 65-0 vote after 63 co-authors were added. The Assembly also adopted ACR 82 recognizing Foster Care Month and ACR 85 recognizing 529 College Savings Day by voice vote after adding co-authors, and ACR 89 recognizing Military Appreciation Month, also adopted by voice vote after co-authors were added. These resolutions featured testimony and remarks emphasizing support for vulnerable children, foster youth, military families, and access to higher education. On policy bills, the Assembly passed AB 929 on groundwater and managed wetlands (41-14), AB 1026 on utility connection timelines for housing projects (52-0), AB 1332 on direct shipment of medicinal cannabis under specified conditions (55-0), AB 1356 on follow-up reporting in DHCS death investigations at treatment facilities (54-0), and AB 671 on streamlining restaurant openings through self-certification of certain plans (62-0). The chamber also approved AB 715 on anti-Semitism and school climate after extensive debate and cross-caucus support, 64-0, and AB 33 on autonomous vehicle deliveries requiring a human safety operator, 52-6. Later, AB 5 on election ballot-counting timelines passed 66-0, AB 27 and AB 28 addressing the Chiquita Canyon landfill disaster passed 61-0 and 44-6 respectively, and the Assembly began consideration of AB 43 to extend state authority over wild and scenic rivers.

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• Those 12 weeks can be taken for a reason such as birth, care of a newborn, placement for adoption, a
• And so during those times of the week, now we want to reserve the weekend peak.
• It allows that streamlined process for the city to effectively reschedule as needed during the week,
• Senate Bill 2726 by Cook and Menendez, relating to Holocaust Remembrance Week in public schools, to Education
• Senate Bill 2726 by Cook and Menendez, relating to Holocaust Remembrance Week in public schools, to Education

Bills: SJR12, SCR39, SB27, SB29, SB241, SB406, SB414, SB464, SB568, SB578, SB609, SB660, SB689, SB693, SB785, SB857, SB879, SB921, SB922, SB955, SB985, SB993, SB996, SB1008, SB1035, SB1036, SB1059, SB1098, SB1120, SB1122, SB1147, SB1188, SB1197, SB1209, SB1227, SB1245, SB1267, SB1307, SB1321, SB1332, SB1386, SB1396, SB1453, SB1484, SB1494, SB1536, SB1537, SB1596, SB1610, SB1664, SB1741, SB1814, SB1822, SB1841, SB1948, SB2065, SB2155, SB2188, SB2230, SB2406, SB2407

Keywords: parental rights, education, constitutional amendment, school choice, child education, border security, southern border, federal immigration policy, illegal immigration, cartels, transnational cartels, fentanyl, drug trafficking, human trafficking, Operation Lone Star, Texas border, National Guard, state guard, border wall, border barriers

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, heard an invocation, and approved the previous day’s journal. The chamber then adopted Senate Resolution 358 honoring the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on its 10th anniversary, with senators highlighting the university’s growth, medical school, research expansion, and role in serving South Texas. The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 368 honoring outgoing Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp, with numerous senators praising his long public career, leadership in higher education, and statewide impact. Senate Resolution 361 recognizing Texas HBCU Day and Senate Resolution 362 recognizing Denton County Days at the Capitol were also adopted, along with other routine recognitions and gubernatorial appointments being read into the record. The Senate then took up several bills. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 27, relating to rights and support for public school educators, was debated and amended to shorten vacancy posting requirements, allow bilingual certification candidates to retake only failed test sections, give teachers more flexibility with paid leave, clarify classroom removal procedures, and ensure parents are informed of appeal rights. The bill passed to engrossment, the three-day rule was suspended, and it was finally passed unanimously. Senate Joint Resolution 12, proposing a constitutional amendment to establish a parent’s right to direct a child’s education, was also brought up and passed to engrossment after a contested suspension vote. The Senate next passed Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1741, which would require reporting of foreign funding at public universities, bar gifts from adversarial governments, and require training and reporting systems to prevent foreign influence and intellectual property theft in higher education. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 29, the so-called “Dexit” bill, was debated at length for its corporate governance changes, including codifying the business judgment rule and altering internal corporate litigation and records rules; it passed to engrossment, the three-day rule was suspended, and it was finally passed by a 30-1 vote. Senate Bill 857, allowing law enforcement discretion to tow vehicles driven by unlicensed or uninsured drivers, passed after discussion of towing abuses during flooding and disaster conditions. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1536, requiring dementia and Alzheimer’s training for certain guardians, passed with broad support, and Senate Bill 922, addressing delayed electronic disclosure of sensitive medical test results so physicians can discuss them first, was taken up and passed to engrossment as the chamber continued through its calendar.

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• The one I think I would recommend would be Night by Elie Wiesel, which is related to the Holocaust.
• <00:02:21.599> excellent<00:02:21.959> book related to the Holocaust excellent book
• said on Monday it was Holocaust said on Monday it was Holocaust Remembrance<00:04:02.640> Day
• <00:09:15.160> hearing and so we started last week hearing and so we started last week hearing
• This is not limited to just four weeks.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• our full calendar for next week, too.
• So she had three weeks of vacation.
• <04:42:18.440> of vacation so she had three weeks of vacation so she had three weeks of vacation
• > lost vacation two weeks in advance she lost vacation two weeks in advance she lost all<04:42
• high electricity prices just last week high electricity prices just last week where<05:34:20.280

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• with the city manager of Benicia, the small city on the bay that is the host of Valero earlier last week
• This resolution also honors Holocaust survivors who rebuilt their lives.
• This resolution also honors Holocaust survivors who rebuilt their lives in California after unimaginable
• So just last week I had the chance to go down and be present at the opening of the Jewish Film Festival
• You also see the tzedakah box every week at services. The tzedakah goes to a different cause.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Thank you, ma'am. holocaust Survivor and activist in our holocaust Survivor and activist in our community
• During our district work week this past week, I had the opportunity to visit with Hoosiers across Indiana
• During our district work week this past week, I had the opportunity to visit with Hoosiers across Indiana
• During our district work week this past week, I had the opportunity to visit with Hoosiers across Indiana
• During our district work week this past week, I had the opportunity to visit with Hoosiers across Indiana

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, February 27, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Those 12 weeks can be taken for a reason such as birth, care of a newborn, placement for adoption, a
• I had an amendment to deal with a special issue that we encountered down in the Rio Valley last week.
• And so during those times of the week, now we want to reserve the weekend peak.
• Senate Bill 2726 by Cook and Menendez, relating to Holocaust Remembrance Week in public schools, to Education
• Senate Bill 2726 by Cook and Menendez, relating to Holocaust Remembrance Week in public schools, to Education

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation, and adopted the previous day’s journal. Members then adopted Senate Resolution 358 honoring the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on its 10th anniversary, with remarks highlighting UTRGV’s growth, degree production, research expansion, medical school, and role in serving the Rio Grande Valley and South Texas. The chamber also recognized the doctor of the day and adopted additional resolutions, including one for Denton County Days at the Capitol and another recognizing Texas HBCU Day. The Senate gave extensive recognition to outgoing Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp through Senate Resolution 368. Senators from both parties praised his long public career, leadership of the A&M System, support for regional universities, and bipartisan approach. The resolution was adopted after multiple members added their names. The chamber also heard from advocates with the Texas Streets Coalition, and received gubernatorial nominations for the State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors and the Texas Commission on Fire Protection. On legislation, the Senate passed several major bills. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 27, relating to rights and support for public school educators, was debated and amended to address teacher vacancies, bilingual certification testing, paid leave options, classroom removals, and appeal rights, then passed unanimously. Senate Joint Resolution 12, proposing a constitutional amendment on parents’ right to direct a child’s education, advanced on a 22-9 vote. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1741, aimed at preventing foreign influence and intellectual property theft at public institutions of higher education, passed unanimously. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 29, the business entities bill, also passed after debate over corporate governance and shareholder protections. Senate Bill 857, authorizing law enforcement to tow certain vehicles driven by unlicensed or uninsured drivers, passed despite some concern about towing abuses during disasters. The Senate also took up Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1536 on dementia and Alzheimer’s training for certain guardians, but the transcript ends as that bill is being laid out.