Video & Transcript Research : 'state pride'

Page 70 of 500
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • And through them, blessed the great state of Oklahoma, our home in Jesus' name. Amen.
  • And there are 14 of those in our state.
  • cylinders coming into the state.
  • LP gas seemed to not be manned to do all the inspections across the state.
  • There are thousands of them across the state of Oklahoma.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Committee, February 23, 2026 PM 1

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • This study within the state of Wyoming.
  • But to your point, specifically not for infrastructure, state part of my other role as the CTO state
  • state of Wyoming. state of Wyoming. >> Thank<00:33:58.640> you.
  • And so even across multiple states.
  • > pay<01:03:16.079> forensic state hospital, we do pay forensic state hospital, we do pay
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Committee, February 23, 2026 PM 2

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Moving on to agency 3, the state Moving on to agency 3, the state auditor's<00:04:30.800> office
  • <00:06:24.960> fair Williams that restored the state fair Williams that restored the state
  • Next, in agency 27, State agency 24.
  • reading 213 were identical for the state reading 213 were identical for the state shooting<00:30
  • state lands. state lands.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations Committee, February 23, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • 45.120> cultural third, state parks and cultural third, state parks and cultural resources.<00
  • uh could be used for the state uh could be used for the state archaeology<00:16:07.279> work<
  • This restores the Wyoming state aid.
  • state park. state park.
  • at the Riverton State Office building. at the Riverton State Office building.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Kentucky is a great basketball state. Florida at its heart is a football state.
  • Uh, we have the power to do it in our states. Many states have stepped up.
  • They got to 32 states at that point by 1983. A number of those states dropped off.
  • the United States. the United States.
  • How many states does it take to state.
Summary: The joint meeting of the House Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee and the House State Government Committee was called to consider House Concurrent Resolution 45, sponsored by Representative Jason Petri. The resolution would support calling for a federal balanced budget amendment through the Article V process. Petri argued that Kentucky’s own constitutional balanced-budget requirement shows the value of fiscal restraint, and he said decades of federal deficit spending and rising debt make a constitutional amendment necessary. Governor Ron DeSantis and Lauren Ends of the National Campaign for a Balanced Budget Amendment also testified in support, emphasizing the growth of federal debt, the risk of a future debt crisis, and the view that Congress is unlikely to solve the problem on its own. Members asked about the mechanics and risks of an Article V convention, including whether the convention’s “sole purpose” language would be enforceable and whether a convention could become a “runaway” process. DeSantis and Ends said states can impose guardrails on delegates, including criminal penalties and delegate-limitation laws, and noted that any proposed amendment would still require ratification by 38 states. They also said that if Congress chose to draft the amendment itself in response to state pressure, that would be acceptable. One witness said 18 states have passed faithful-delegate or delegate-limitation laws. Representative Callaway asked what would happen if the debt issue is not addressed. Witnesses responded that continued borrowing could lead to economic dislocation, higher interest costs, and a debt crisis that would crowd out other federal spending. They said the current debt burden is already more than $100,000 per U.S. citizen and roughly $300,000 per taxpayer, and that a balanced budget amendment would be a first step toward stopping the growth of debt before any long-term paydown could occur. The transcript provided does not show a final vote or other committee action on the resolution.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Feb 10th, 2026 at 10:06 am

Senate Indian, Rural & Cultural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • until the federal government steps up and takes responsibility for cleaning up these sites, unless the state
  • The state faces increased legal exposure, fiscal risk, and threats to federal funding under ICWA, the
  • So I serve for ECECD as Assistant Cabinet Secretary, and prior to my work with the state of New Mexico
  • This funding helps move the state away from reactive response and toward prevention, accountability,
  • When the state invests in this task force, it sends a clear message that Indigenous lives matter and
Bills: SB201, SB226, SB242, SB249
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband May 2nd, 2025

S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband

Transcript Highlights:
  • I don't want to rehash what was stated this morning—great testimony from the three gentlemen, including
  • who testified this morning that there was no fiscal impact, and I suppose that with respect to the state
  • I don't think that there's any one group, certainly not at the state level, to blame for that.
  • to other small communities across the state.
  • Change the way eligibility is considered under state law. Chair Holland, any questions?
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband May 2nd, 2025

S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband

Transcript Highlights:
  • How important is that to the State of Texas citizens? Great question.
  • that will be able to offer these services to a state government like Texas?
  • So, if there's no change to state law, why would you need lines 18 through...
  • As a state, we retained our public lands when other states ceded them to the federal government.
  • of Texas like you would in Colorado or other western states.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • It amends state law to prohibit individuals from serving on a school board if they're related to another
  • So all students that would be affected have already been affected, those 400 students in the state.
  • It just changes whether they can qualify for in-state tuition or out-of-state tuition rates.
  • Whether they can qualify for in-state tuition or out-of-state tuition rates.
  • Senate Bill 1614 is a request from the State Department of Education.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 2nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So this team deploys on a lot of in-state missions.
  • However, a lot of times we get requested to go out of state.
  • that we represent the state of Oklahoma.
  • We have several others that are state predators and state soil conservation insects, things like that
  • This is about state sovereignty.
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • We are now the only state where there are two states that have no accredited team, which leaves patients
  • trying to lift in the state.
  • trying to lift in the state.
  • Two weeks before State of the State, I had spoken at a luncheon event and thought I was having heartburn
  • I went in for emergency surgery, and I was able to be here for the State of the State a week and a half
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 26th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Official Journal of the Senate of the State of Louisiana.
  • And treatment and correctional facilities across the state.
  • respect to jurisdictional persons provided in state law.
  • Other states around the South are doing it.
  • Our state courts.
Bills: SR146, SCR12, HB221, HCR115, HCR116, HCR58, HB1, HB312, HB313, HB314, HB383, HB983, HB1126, HCR3, HB2, HB3, SCR3, SB56, SCR9, SCR58, SB35, SB65, SB215, SB246, SB249, SB269, SB282, SB296, SB323, SB363, SB369, SB474, SB490, SB492, SB500, SB514, HCR27, HCR28, HCR66, HCR67, HCR72, HCR5, HCR32, HCR49, HCR50, HCR53, HCR60, HCR62, HCR64, HCR68, HCR78, HCR81, HCR86, HCR97, HCR102, HCR31, HCR47, HB476, HB481, HB487, HB492, HB549, HB579, HB608, HB621, HB624, HB626, HB632, HB637, HB656, HB722, HB745, HB804, HB818, HB821, HB833, HB864, HB867, HB874, HB893, HB909, HB951, HB968, HB969, HB978, HB979, HB988, HB989, HB1001, HB1005, HB1007, HB1024, HB1032, HB1050, HB1051, HB1056, HB1059, HB1077, HB1080, HB1081, HB1086, HB1108, HB1112, HB1153, HB1172, HB1173, HB1175, HB1192, HB1193, HB1204, HB1218, HB1242, HB1244, HB1249, HB1252, HB1254, HB42, HB45, HB71, HB79, HB158, HB160, HB169, HB227, HB251, HB289, HB330, HB394, HB410, HB429, HB769, HB971, HB1017, HB1234, HB1235, HB9, HB177, HB181, HB202, HB223, HB225, HB387, HB398, HB457, HB459, HB540, HB591, HB616, HB766, HB775, HB783, HB895, HB906, HB950, HB975, HB1052, HB1057, HB1076, HB1100, HB1139, HB1155, HB1160, HB1182, HB1186, HB1220, HB1223, HB1224, HB1228, HB1231, HB1245, HB1256, HB17, HB27, HB36, HB41, HB47, HB73, HB126, HB133, HB140, HB159, HB166, HB205, HB211, HB226, HB259, HB271, HB308, HB310, HB324, HB337, HB351, HB399, HB403, HB571, HB712, HB723, HB726, HB740, HB750, HB759, HB812, HB844, HB966, HB1006, HB1009, HB1018, HB1036, HB1038, HB1107, SB29, SB42, SB78, SB208, SB217, SB274, SB300, SB341, SB379, SB382, SB387, SB401, SB441, SB449, SB487, HB74, HB134, HB258, HB359, HB468, HB956, HB1117, SB43, SB149
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 26th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Lord, we acknowledge that you've been so good to us, so good to our state.
  • Official Journal of the Senate of the State of Louisiana. Senator Edmunds, Ms.
  • respect to jurisdictional persons provided in state law.
  • Other states around the South are doing it.
  • Which is dilapidated or in a state of condemnation.
Bills: SR146, SCR12, HB221, HCR115, HCR116, HCR58, HB1, HB312, HB313, HB314, HB383, HB983, HB1126, HCR3, HB2, HB3, SCR3, SB56, SCR9, SCR58, SB35, SB65, SB215, SB246, SB249, SB269, SB282, SB296, SB323, SB363, SB369, SB474, SB490, SB492, SB500, SB514, HCR27, HCR28, HCR66, HCR67, HCR72, HCR5, HCR32, HCR49, HCR50, HCR53, HCR60, HCR62, HCR64, HCR68, HCR78, HCR81, HCR86, HCR97, HCR102, HCR31, HCR47, HB476, HB481, HB487, HB492, HB549, HB579, HB608, HB621, HB624, HB626, HB632, HB637, HB656, HB722, HB745, HB804, HB818, HB821, HB833, HB864, HB867, HB874, HB893, HB909, HB951, HB968, HB969, HB978, HB979, HB988, HB989, HB1001, HB1005, HB1007, HB1024, HB1032, HB1050, HB1051, HB1056, HB1059, HB1077, HB1080, HB1081, HB1086, HB1108, HB1112, HB1153, HB1172, HB1173, HB1175, HB1192, HB1193, HB1204, HB1218, HB1242, HB1244, HB1249, HB1252, HB1254, HB42, HB45, HB71, HB79, HB158, HB160, HB169, HB227, HB251, HB289, HB330, HB394, HB410, HB429, HB769, HB971, HB1017, HB1234, HB1235, HB9, HB177, HB181, HB202, HB223, HB225, HB387, HB398, HB457, HB459, HB540, HB591, HB616, HB766, HB775, HB783, HB895, HB906, HB950, HB975, HB1052, HB1057, HB1076, HB1100, HB1139, HB1155, HB1160, HB1182, HB1186, HB1220, HB1223, HB1224, HB1228, HB1231, HB1245, HB1256, HB17, HB27, HB36, HB41, HB47, HB73, HB126, HB133, HB140, HB159, HB166, HB205, HB211, HB226, HB259, HB271, HB308, HB310, HB324, HB337, HB351, HB399, HB403, HB571, HB712, HB723, HB726, HB740, HB750, HB759, HB812, HB844, HB966, HB1006, HB1009, HB1018, HB1036, HB1038, HB1107, SB29, SB42, SB78, SB208, SB217, SB274, SB300, SB341, SB379, SB382, SB387, SB401, SB441, SB449, SB487, HB74, HB134, HB258, HB359, HB468, HB956, HB1117, SB43, SB149
Summary: The Senate opened with roll call, a prayer by campus pastor Anthony Brown, and the Pledge of Allegiance. After the journal was read, the chamber took up a series of resolutions and bills, beginning with measures directing studies on mineral servitudes, student non-enrollment determinations, autism services, school nurse orientation, declining school enrollment, behavioral health and homelessness, floodplain map updates, opioid treatment in correctional facilities, oversized vehicle permits, rural economic development, hunting education in schools, and fraud prevention for seniors. Several local and commemorative resolutions were also adopted, including Tangipahoa Parish Fair Day, recognition of Lane Frenchy Boudreau’s military service, and a memorial resolution honoring Bob Bowman. Personal privilege remarks also recognized festival royalty, the Westlake High School baseball team, Dr. E. Joseph Savoy, and 101-year-old Thelma Smith Williams. The Senate concurred in or adopted numerous House concurrent resolutions, often after brief explanations and, in some cases, amendments. These included measures on criminal history background checks for ambulance personnel, autism support services, school nurse orientation, acute care access for individuals with developmental disabilities, child abuse reporting training, physical therapy student loan eligibility, migratory waterfowl research, and a task force on senior fraud prevention. The chamber also adopted resolutions related to seafood competitiveness, bridge backup motors, I-12 improvements, and a Louisiana Energy Protection Act-style climate litigation measure, along with a resolution supporting Preeclampsia Day and a new Woman’s Hospital initiative. The Senate then moved through a long calendar of House bills on third reading and final passage. Bills passed included measures on Safe Haven Law postings in schools, official journal pricing, the Governor’s Task Force on Impaired Driving, the Bayou Growth Opportunity Workforce Program, sexual assault survivor rights, intercollegiate athletics revenue-sharing records, renewable energy recycling, school emergency operations plans, the Louisiana FIRST data system, oilfield site restoration fees, inmate programming, automatic reinstatement of suspended driver’s licenses, special vehicle permits, climate-change damages, the Louisiana Center for State Schools, the Sexual Assault Survivor Empowerment Task Force, fire limits, police chief appointment in Folsom, digitized credentials, Sewage and Water Board procurement, behavioral health crisis insurance coverage, the Louisiana Talent Accelerator Office, indigent defender fee thresholds, prestige license plates, public license tag agent fees, highway naming, public defender terminology cleanup, an improvement district in Orleans Parish, a Democratic Party license plate, DWI-related substance definitions, commercial driver’s license rules, and a Shreveport demolition/local property bill. Several measures drew debate, especially HB 608 on athletics revenue-sharing transparency, which passed 32-13 after concerns about public records and taxpayer transparency. The final bill mentioned, HB 1059 on TOPS math requirements, was introduced at the end of the transcript but its disposition was not shown.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 21st, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • , a great state.
  • , a great state.
  • of this state.
  • to do here in the state?
  • So the state retaining?
Summary: The House opened with a prayer, pledge, quorum call, and several personal privileges recognizing visiting groups and guests, including Junior League members, a Louisiana Renewable Energy Day proclamation, Wholesalers Day, the Louisiana Home Builders Association, and other visitors. Members also adopted or laid over a number of resolutions honoring local events, organizations, and individuals, including condolences resolutions and commemorations such as ALS Awareness Month and Junior League Day. The most extended debate centered on House Bill 385 by Rep. Bamberg, which would require certain TOPS scholarship recipients to repay one semester of aid if they lose eligibility, subject to several exemptions and a possible move into career and technical education. Members raised concerns about whether the bill would turn a merit scholarship into a loan, its effect on student decision-making and brain drain, constitutional notice issues, administrative costs, collection methods, and whether the Board of Regents had been consulted. After debate, a motion to recommit the bill to Appropriations failed by a 34-16 vote, and the bill was later returned to the calendar. The House then passed House Bill 55, prohibiting disclosure of juror information with exceptions for juror interviews, by a 94-2 vote; House Bill 394, extending the conditional parole period from nine to 24 months; House Bill 396, making autopsy photographs admissible in criminal proceedings; and House Bill 406, directing the Department of Education to study whether it should oversee interscholastic high school athletics, by a 97-1 vote. The chamber also passed House Bill 622 aligning criminal history record handling with federal requirements and House Bill 676 creating the crime of fraudulent patient referrals, or body brokering. Several other bills were introduced, referred, or returned to the calendar, including measures on criminal history confidentiality, parole, autopsy evidence, athletics oversight, and non-emergency medical transportation for mental health care.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 21st, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • , a great state.
  • of this state.
  • And I think that they're, ...state and the gracious taxpayer of this state.
  • Everything that’s on the state line goes into two states.
  • So the state retaining?
Summary: The House opened with a prayer, pledge, quorum call, and several personal privileges recognizing guests and special observances, including Junior League Day, Renewable Energy Day, Wholesalers Day, and Sin Law Day. Members also introduced and adopted a number of commemorative resolutions, including condolences, recognitions of schools and community figures, and resolutions related to LSU, ALS Awareness Month, and local festivals. Several Senate and House measures were referred or laid over, and the chamber announced upcoming scheduling changes for House and Senate bills. The most extensive debate centered on House Bill 385, which would require certain TOPS scholarship recipients to repay one semester of aid if they fail to meet academic requirements, subject to listed exemptions and an option to avoid repayment by entering certain high-demand career and technical programs. Opponents questioned the bill’s impact on students, its possible constitutional issues, administrative costs, lack of a fiscal note and implementation details, and whether it would worsen brain drain or convert a merit scholarship into a loan. The motion to recommit the bill to Appropriations failed 34-16, but after continued questioning and criticism, the author later moved to return the bill to the calendar, and that was agreed to. The House then passed House Bill 55, which restricts public disclosure of juror information, after adopting an amendment clarifying that juror interviews are still allowed if jurors choose to participate. The chamber also passed House Bill 394 extending the conditional parole programming period from nine months to 24 months, House Bill 396 making autopsy photographs admissible in criminal proceedings, House Bill 406 directing the Department of Education to study whether it should supervise interscholastic high school athletics, House Bill 622 aligning state criminal history record handling with federal requirements, and House Bill 676 creating the crime of fraudulent patient referrals, or body brokering, with amendments clarifying lawful marketing arrangements. House Bill 1030, concerning reimbursement for non-emergency medical transportation for certain mental health-related services, was taken up with amendments and then temporarily returned to the calendar.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Bless each and through them, bless the great state of Oklahoma, our home. In Jesus' name. Amen.
  • I would like to introduce to the floor today again and again the state championship fast pitch softball
  • This is back to back wins, a state runner up three years ago, and champions the year before that.
  • They have played in the state tournament or the state championship game for six consecutive years.
  • This year, they did not allow one run in the state tournament against them.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education 3RD REVISED Feb 24th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Already exist if the state department and state regents.
  • There at the state... Level because this would be state-coordinated training.
  • And I have not yet engaged the state department.
  • initial tool, paid for by the state.
  • You go look at our state standards.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Jan 14th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • It says that you secretary of states.
  • The use of NDAs and the state of Texas.
  • He said Alabama would not be the first state to pass this law.
  • He also said that 18 states in the U.S.
  • the only state the only state I<00:49:25.920> was<00:49:26.160> thinking<00:49:26.480