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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And this means the current landscape in which two foreign proxy advisory firms have an outsized influence
- Both of these proxy advisors are foreign-controlled and claim that there are Both of these proxy advisors
- are foreign-controlled and claim that they are making recommendations to their clients based on shareholder
- Both of these proxy advisors are foreign-controlled and claim that there are Both of these proxy advisors
- Now, the House Committee on the Judiciary has alleged that ISS and Glass Lewis are a foreign-owned duopoly
Keywords:
public school funding, education, budget allocation, financial transparency, state law, local control, fiduciary responsibility, public retirement systems, investment management, proxy voting, financial factors, insurance, political shareholder proposals, fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, environmental regulation, discrimination, credit extension, social credit, value-based standards
Summary:
The committee heard Senate Bill 945, 946, 2044, 2819, 2403, 2337, and 312, with all bills left pending after testimony. SB 945 would restrict insurance companies from denying or limiting coverage based on oil and gas activity or ESG-related goals, and supporters argued it would protect Texas energy producers from politically motivated shareholder activism and insurance discrimination. SB 946 would bar creditors from using social credit, ESG, DEI, or religious/political affiliation as a basis for denying or limiting credit; witnesses said it would prevent viewpoint-based financial discrimination and protect access to capital for Texas businesses. SB 2337 would require proxy advisory firms to disclose when recommendations are based on non-financial factors or when they give conflicting advice to different clients; supporters said the measure would increase transparency and curb ESG-driven influence over shareholder voting. SB 312 would direct public retirement systems to focus on financial returns rather than social or political objectives, with the author saying the bill responds to activist pressure on pensions and would reinforce fiduciary duty.
The committee also took up election and ethics measures. SB 2044 would strengthen electioneering restrictions for publicly funded education institutions and personnel, prohibiting use of official resources to promote political agendas; testimony focused on alleged school district electioneering in bond and tax elections. SB 2819 would prohibit county elections administrators from holding certain officer positions appointed by elected officials, addressing potential conflicts of interest. SB 2403, the Texas Ethics Commission sunset bill, would restructure complaint handling with a three-tier violation system, risk-based complaint prioritization, longer response times, bipartisan preliminary review panels, and expanded hearing options; members discussed amendments aimed at dismissing minor complaints, clarifying categories, and adjusting lobbying and penalty provisions, but the amendments were withdrawn during committee consideration.
Across the ESG and finance bills, invited witnesses from the American Energy Institute, Heartland Impact, Consumers Research, ADF Action, Texas Civil Justice League, and related groups generally supported the measures, arguing that banks, insurers, proxy advisors, and asset managers have used ESG or reputational-risk standards to discriminate against energy, agriculture, firearms, and religious organizations. No opposition testimony was presented in the excerpt, and the committee closed public testimony on each bill and left them pending.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
ECD Public Hearing - Fri Mar 21, 2025 @ 10:00 AM HST
Economic Development & Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- We already reduced petroleum in 2019; we spent about $3.7 billion importing from foreign countries.
- 2024 is about 7% is imported<00:31:34.000>
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Summary:
The committee heard several resolutions focused on economic development, tourism, technology, and related policy issues. Testimony generally came from state agencies and industry groups, with DBED, HTDC, and others mostly supporting measures that would create working groups, promote advanced manufacturing and cybersecurity, encourage a Michelin Guide for Hawaii restaurants, support Taiwan’s international participation, and explore import substitution. One measure on a tourism and gaming working group drew strong opposition from the prosecutor’s office, which argued it would signal support for gambling and could worsen social harms, while other witnesses supported it as a way to gather data before any policy decisions. The committee also heard support for relocating the Pearl City Post Office to improve traffic and safety, and for a resolution to focus HTDC on advanced manufacturing and cybersecurity.
Several items were amended before action. The committee agreed to amend the tourism and gaming working group resolution to narrow and clarify its purpose, and to amend the Taiwan resolution to add the president of the Republic of China as a recipient. The import-substitution resolution was also amended to add a definition, include language about avoiding new import dependencies such as LNG, and direct state and utility purchasing power toward substituting imports. A resolution on HCR 211/HR 203 was rewritten to address lowering fire insurance rates and mitigating fire risk in Puna lava zones, but decision-making on that item was deferred to a later hearing so the new language could be posted publicly.
The committee voted to adopt several measures, including HCR 57/HCR 152, HCR 156/HR 151, HCR 19/HR 115, and HCR 33/HR 32, with some passed as amended and others passed as is. HCR 192 was adopted with amendments despite reservations from some members, and HCR 209/HR 2011 was adopted with amendments. The committee also recessed for decision-making during the hearing and later adjourned after completing action on the agenda.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Friday, May 15, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- billion dollars used for foreign billion dollars used for foreign military-based<00:33:16.159>
- This is not for foreign allies. This is for our troops.
- countries and foreign import seafood.
- to unfair competition from foreign to unfair competition from foreign countries<02:10:28.719>
- An countries and foreign import seafood.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (03/18/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- I think it says repeal to RSA 309-B:7 regarding substantial equivalent foreign... that one. Yeah.
- I think it says repeal to RSA 309-B:7 regarding substantial equivalent foreign... that one. Yeah.
- I think it says repeal to RSA 309-B:7 regarding substantial equivalent foreign... that one. Yeah.
- I think it says repeal to RSA 309-B:7 regarding substantial equivalent foreign... that one. Yeah.
- I think it says repeal to RSA 309-B:7 regarding substantial equivalent foreign... that one. Yeah.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Appropriations Feb 12th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- They're foreign-born, so we're unsure if they're illegal or just undocumented. You recognize.
- So $720,000 a day to supervise those foreign-born, potentially unauthorized?
- They're foreign-born, so we're unsure if they're illegal or just undocumented. You recognize.
- So $720,000 a day to supervise those foreign-born, potentially unauthorized?
- as interim policy, foreign policy advisor to the four-star Marine Corps general who became chair of
Summary:
The Senate Appropriations Committee met to hear SB 2-C, a major immigration enforcement bill sponsored by Senator Gruters and co-introduced by Senator Fine. The sponsor described the bill as a response to federal immigration priorities and said it replaces a single immigration officer with a State Board of Immigration Enforcement, expands local-federal cooperation, increases penalties for crimes committed by unauthorized immigrants, requires detention in certain cases, broadens information sharing, funds detention-bed expansion and law-enforcement training, and ends in-state tuition waivers for undocumented students. The bill also includes provisions related to sanctuary policies, voter fraud, transport of unauthorized aliens, and driver’s license-related offenses. The sponsor said the bill appropriates roughly $300 million overall, including $250 million for grants and $48 million for the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for interdiction and border-related enforcement work.
Committee members questioned the bill’s scope, costs, and implementation. Senators focused heavily on the tuition-waiver repeal, asking how many students would be affected and whether the bill would harm students who have long lived in Florida. They also pressed on whether the bill should include stronger E-Verify provisions, how sanctuary-policy enforcement would work, whether local officials could be penalized for policy choices, and how immigration status would be verified in court and jail settings. The sponsor and Senator Fine said the tuition waiver would be removed for undocumented students, that the bill does not address E-Verify, and that the measure is intended to make immigration status a factor in detention and sentencing. Questions also addressed detention-bed capacity, reimbursement rates, and whether corrections staff would receive bonuses or salary increases; sponsors said bonuses are included for participating law enforcement, while broader salary issues would be handled in the regular budget process.
Public testimony was sharply divided. Supporters and information-only witnesses, including Sheriff Bob Gualtieri and former officials, said the bill would help Florida coordinate with federal authorities, expand bed space, and close loopholes in existing immigration enforcement. Opponents from the Southern Poverty Law Center, ACLU of Florida, Florida Policy Institute, labor groups, and immigrant advocates argued the bill is unconstitutional, likely to trigger litigation, and harmful to families, schools, and the economy. They warned that the pretrial detention provisions could lead to wrongful detentions and that the tuition changes would reduce access to higher education and cost the state tuition revenue. No final vote is reflected in the transcript excerpt, but the committee continued through public comment and extended the meeting to complete the agenda.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (03/12/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- So limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, corporations, LLCs, and now also DOWs would
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Summary:
The subcommittee first took up several bills and repeatedly chose to retain or table them rather than advance them. House 167, dealing with past wax, was voted ought to pass; House 312 was retained because members said NCAA-related advertising and uniform policy issues were still unresolved; House 434, requiring insurers to provide rental cars for at least seven days, was voted inexpedient to legislate; and House 454, on biodegradable packaging claims, was also voted inexpedient to legislate after members said the proposal lacked a workable enforcement mechanism and would likely be only a symbolic state-by-state measure. House 721, making gold legal tender, was retained, with members saying the bill needed more work and that the issue was less compelling in New Hampshire because the state has no sales tax.
The committee then discussed House 310, which was amended to create a study commission on blockchain and related regulatory issues. The amendment expanded the commission’s charge to include legal, regulatory, financial, technological, and environmental considerations, added review of federal developments, included blockchain-based trust and stable token issues, broadened membership, and extended the repeal and report dates by a year. Members said the commission would help New Hampshire develop expertise and a report for future legislation, while also noting that federal action could affect the state’s role. The amendment was adopted 8-1, and the bill itself was then retained.
Finally, the subcommittee heard a revised amendment to House 406 on business filings and registered agents. The Secretary of State’s office explained that the amendment, drafted with input from the Business and Industry Association, narrows the bill to address fraudulent or unauthorized entity filings after a written complaint and sworn statement, sets minimum requirements for registered agents, bars use of commercial mail-drop addresses as registered offices, and allows removal or cancellation of fraudulent filings with penalties for false filings. Members asked about which entities must maintain registered offices and how the rules would affect home-based businesses; the sponsor said most New Hampshire business entities must have a registered office, with some exceptions such as domestic nonprofits and trade names. The discussion emphasized concerns about synthetic entities, identity misuse, and the need for a physical in-state registered agent address.
IN
Transcript Highlights:
- And so the private universities, they would just have to report how many foreign students they had.
- The private universities would just have to report how many foreign students they had. Correct.
- we have a duty to be more diligent in this, and every state should be more diligent in the area of foreign
- There's, it's, it's, it's... ...in the area of foreign policy, because, I mean, it's quite frankly, it's
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Energy and Telecommunications - 01/27/2026
Energy And Telecommunications
Transcript Highlights:
- physical doorsteps by these solar corporations, which it is worth noting the majority of them are foreign
- These solar corporations, which it is worth noting the majority of them are foreign.
- These companies are foreign, right? So, yes, I've looked through the ORES docket.
- You could use that example to talk about how that's wrong, and the people doing it are foreign corporations
Summary:
The Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee, chaired by Senator Kevin Parker, considered several Public Service Law bills and advanced each one to the Rules Committee after brief discussion and recorded no votes or without-recommendation votes on some measures. The bills included proposals to prohibit utilities from using ratepayer funds for certain activities (1012A), establish minimum standards for payment plans for eligible customers (1327), adjust residential fixed charges (1329), require the Public Service Commission to consider economic impacts when setting rates (1847), require utilities to adopt PSC-authorized equity ratios and returns on equity (1896), create the Rate-Hike Notice Act (5553C), suspend certain utility rate changes while allowing retroactive revenue recovery (5593), allow consideration of non-economic losses in penalty determinations (7165A), change the composition of the Public Service Commission (7328A), and let utilities retain revenues above authorized returns on equity (7693). Members asked questions about who would be affected by the bills, including whether fixed-charge reductions would apply to vacant units or vacation homes and whether economic-impact considerations could affect customers differently depending on where they live; the chair and sponsors generally explained the measures as territory-wide or applicable to all residential customers, with no occupancy or income-based circuit breaker in the text.
The committee then heard testimony from Alexandra Fasulo, introduced as an entrepreneur and farmer in Schuylerville, about her concerns regarding the Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES) and utility-scale solar development on farmland and grasslands. She argued that solar developers were pressuring landowners, including older and lower-income property owners, into long-term leases, that ORES approves most projects despite local opposition, and that the process lacks transparency, with redacted documents and limited public access to information. She also criticized the siting of solar projects on productive farmland and said decommissioning rules could leave equipment buried in the soil.
Committee members responded that the Legislature has already taken steps to protect high-quality soils, that ORES was created by statute and operates within the Public Service Department, and that DEC and ORES are supposed to work together rather than ORES superseding DEC. Several senators said they were sympathetic to concerns about farmland and community engagement, but also emphasized the need to expand renewable energy and balance that with land preservation. Members suggested that specific complaints about ORES transparency or solar siting could be addressed through future legislation or by inviting ORES and PSC officials back for further discussion.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House passes omnibus health policy bill, HF2464 5/15/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Ethics and Elections Mar 31st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- AND REPRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF COUNTRIES OF CONCERN AND A SECOND FUNDING OF POLITICAL ACTIVITY BY FOREIGN
- COUNTRIES AS CHINA, RUSSIA, IRAN, NORTH KOREA TO BIND VENEZUELA THE STRIKE ALL CHANGES THE TERM FROM A FOREIGN
- TO GET AT AND WE'RE LOOKING TO ALIGN, WE'RE NOT SHOOTING AT THE DARK, WE'RE LOOKING TO ALIGN WITH FOREIGN
- NEED TO REGISTER IF YOU'RE GOING TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES AND YOU ARE AN AGENT RELATED TO A FOREIGN
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Business and Commerce (Part I) May 1st, 2025
Business & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- The Texas Communications Network is vulnerable to foreign interference.
- And today, companies are directly connected to foreign adversary governments, like Huawei.
- ZTE are some of the largest producers of this equipment, cell towers with equipment produced by our foreign
- This bill would further strengthen our network and secure it against attacks from foreign adversaries
- it is time to replace the equipment, it must be replaced with equipment that is not from a hostile foreign
Bills:
HB12, HB149, SB229, SB1361, SB1749, SB1897, SB2113, SB2566, SB2677, SB1652, SB2327, SB2344, SB2696, HB12, HB149
Keywords:
artificial intelligence, regulation, biometric data, ethical AI, consumer protection, AI governance, automobile sales, finance, retail seller, motor vehicle purchase, motor vehicle sales, pricing restrictions, third-party financing, education, funding, student assessment, accountability, standards, motor vehicle, financing
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, numerous vulnerabilities, uh, Potentially allowing for entry of foreign animal diseases.
- Shrimp, we have a, uh, uh, huge disadvantage of, of foreign-raised shrimp.
- Right now, USDA inspects all foreign shrimp. They only inspect 2% of the, uh, uh, shipments.
- To foreign ownership of land. Right to Farm was great.
- And finally, uh, foreign ownership of agland, uh, is a priority for us this session.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session: 2025 First Special Session - part 1 Jun 9th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We are desperate to be a magnet for people from foreign countries."
- "For you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt."
- King Solomon, when he's dedicating the temple, implores God himself, saying, "As for the foreigner who
- In their lives, incredible women of history are foreigners, immigrants in a land that is not their own
- The teaching is clear: foreigners are to be respected, to be loved, to be cared for.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- Again, on page 9, lines 12 through 16, it makes it very clear that felons, foreign nationals, and non-residents
- Again, on page 9, lines 12 through 16, it makes it very clear that felons, foreign nationals, and non-residents
- Again, on page 9, lines 12 through 16, it makes it very clear that felons, foreign nationals, and non-residents
- Again, on page 9, lines 12 through 16, it makes it very clear that felons, foreign nationals, and non-residents
- Again, on page 9, lines 12 through 16, it makes it very clear that felons, foreign nationals, and non-residents
Bills:
SF0101
Keywords:
Second Amendment, firearm regulation, state legislation, public safety, civil penalties, 916, all
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, June 10, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Is he sleeping in classified briefings, on calls with foreign leaders?
- briefings, on calls with foreign briefings, on calls with foreign leaders?
- The $400 million jet gift of a foreign government.
- uncertain um this will impact foreign uncertain um this will impact foreign intelligence<08:00:30.160
- Eight of the 11 foreign liberal judges.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- The affidavit would state that the person is not a foreign principal or an agent of a foreign principal
- He said the foreign countries of concern listed in paragraph two of the bill are the foreign countries
- He said that the foreign countries of concern listed in paragraph two of the bill are the foreign countries
- He said the foreign countries of concern listed in paragraph two of the bill are foreign countries of
- He said the foreign countries of concern listed in paragraph two of this bill are the foreign countries
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Economic Development & Workforce Investment. (6-18-26)
Economic Development & Workforce Investment
Transcript Highlights:
- Office of Homeland Security to review Office of Homeland Security to review any<00:31:19.240>
foreign - investment from adversary any foreign investment from adversary countries<00:31:22.640>
into < - Investments in their facilities, but often there is foreign investment and we encourage that as well.
- doing and there are often uh foreign doing and there are often uh foreign owned<00:55:27.360>
- facilities, but often there is foreign facilities, but often there is foreign investment<00:56:21.160
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Natural Resources and Environment May 19th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Johnson made a statement that foreign governments demand this CCS operation.
- Foreign governments demand this CCS operation?
- Johnson made a statement that foreign governments demand this CCS operation.
- So I also heard it mentioned that we're doing what foreign governments want us to do.
- It's not foreign governments.
Summary:
The committee took up public comment on a package of similar local-option bills related to carbon capture and sequestration, including House Bills 5, 6, 497, 498, 501, and 504. The bills would let parishes, or in some cases specific parishes such as Rapides and Livingston, decide by local vote whether Class VI wells, CO2 sequestration, and related pipeline infrastructure could be permitted. The chair grouped the bills together for testimony, adopted a three-minute public comment rule, and noted that the bills were not yet under consideration for a vote during the public-comment portion.
Supporters, including Speaker Pro Tem Mike Johnson, parish officials, local activists, and residents, argued that communities affected by carbon capture projects should have a direct voice through local option elections. They said the bills were about self-determination, local control, and allowing residents to decide whether the risks are worth the benefits. Several speakers said their parishes had passed resolutions opposing carbon capture or asking for local choice, while others emphasized concerns about eminent domain, aquifer protection, lack of public understanding, and the need for more information about project impacts and financial benefits. Some supporters also said a local vote would force industry to engage more directly with communities and could improve transparency.
Opponents, including representatives of the Department of Conservation and Energy, the Louisiana Chemistry Association, the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, and the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, warned that the bills would create uncertainty, undermine Louisiana’s primacy over Class VI permitting, and invite litigation under federal preemption and the Supremacy Clause. They said the state already has a strict permitting process with public input and technical review, and that allowing parish-by-parish approval could delay or block billions of dollars in investment, jobs, and export-related projects. The department testified that if the state adopted a local-option referendum system, EPA could determine Louisiana was not implementing the program consistently and could move to remove primacy. No committee vote was taken in the portion provided.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, June 24, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They want their foreign policy back. Republicans want to keep everyone divided and distracted.
- They want their foreign policy back. Republicans want to keep everyone divided and distracted.
- I do a lot of work on the Foreign Affairs Committee over the years on food security.
- <06:09:40.480>
affairs We serve together on the foreign affairs We serve together on the foreign - Uh, the floor is yours, and thank you. serve with you on the foreign affairs serve with you on the foreign