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• This team provides information to Congress on emerging technologies and their application in government
• As this is the first JEC hearing this Congress, I also want to say how much I look forward to working
• As you know, GAO is the nonpartisan watchdog for Congress.
• Is it that Congress isn't calling these people in enough?
• We identify opportunities there as well, sometimes as matters for Congress, sometimes as...

Keywords: artificial intelligence, waste reduction, fraud prevention, government efficiency, improper payments, data reliability, oversight

Summary: The meeting was chaired by Chairman Schweikert and involved a comprehensive discussion on how to utilize artificial intelligence (AI) for reducing waste, fraud, and improper payments within federal programs. Key witnesses, including Mr. Andrew Canarsa from the Council of the Inspectors General, provided insights on the potential of AI in enhancing government efficiency. The committee emphasized the importance of reliable data and thorough examination of AI application to avoid unintended consequences while addressing the estimated $162 billion in improper payments reported by the federal government. Concerns were raised regarding the recent firing of inspectors general and the impacts that could have on oversight and accountability processes.

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• the rule then to say that it just applied to large manufacturers, or could have later, after the Congress
• I also know that the FMCSA will need resources and direction from Congress to do this, and I hope that
• Again, the IACP stands ready to work with this committee and the United States Congress to develop and
• But there are a few common there are a few common-sense steps we believe Congress can take to counter
• Congress must also support regulatory efforts that are currently underway, such as ensuring insurance

Keywords: Committee, Transportation, aviation safety, confirmation, Lieutenant Commander, Deputy Secretary, Bradbury, Hafensteiner, aircraft incidents

Summary: The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation convened to consider the promotion of Coast Guard Lieutenant Samuel Hafensteiner to Lieutenant Commander and the nomination of Stephen Bradbury as Deputy Secretary of Transportation. The meeting highlighted ongoing concerns regarding aviation safety, especially in light of recent aircraft incidents. Members discussed the critical need for knowledgeable leadership within the Department of Transportation to address these safety challenges effectively. Mr. Bradbury's background as a former General Counsel of the Department was presented as a strong asset for the role he seeks.

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• And we should be members of Congress.
• Congress has the power to clear.
• better than this Congress is delivering. better than this Congress is delivering.
• In 1973, Congress passed the D.C.
• This is a flag that was presented to me upon my arrival in Congress by a member of Congress.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• This Congress.
• for the Constitution, but Congress must. for the Constitution, but Congress must.
• what is this Congress doing about it? what is this Congress doing about it?
• And this Republican Congress Congress Congress shrugs.<01:11:32.159> The<01:11:32.400> majority
• such as heird solutions in Congress. such as heird solutions in Congress.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, May 8, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Naomi also day in Congress in 2019.
• As we approach floor of Congress.
• <03:57:53.439> Uh, Congress. Thank you for your input. Uh, Congress.
• decade for Congress to act. decade for Congress to act.
• Now, Congress must answer their call. Now, Congress must answer their call.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, May 21, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Congress.
• Congress.
• Congress.
• Congress.
• Congress.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, May 5, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• regard to election registration or documentation, but Congress has not done that.
• . to run the process with oversight from Congress.
• Congress found was needed for other public health-related tasks and issues.
• That money is continuing to flow into Washington, as Congress intended.
• states as directed by Congress.

Keywords: 904, all

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• Department of State. by Congress.
• You said only Congress can do that.
• I hope to be a collaborative partner with Congress on that.
• That really is the mandate from Congress.
• So you said Congress has the authority but then you're gonna look to the states.

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• When I came to Congress, I life.
• And no, the passed in Congress.
• Congress and only Congress has the authority to pass laws and to appropriate funds.
• Congress and only Congress has the authority to pass laws and to appropriate funds.
• Congress and only Congress has the authority to pass laws and to appropriate funds.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• to control Congress?
• to control Congress?
• to control Congress.
• The new member of Congress, Ms.
• The question is: will the Congress act? What will the Congress do?

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, February 13, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Congress already appropriated this Congress already appropriated this funding.<00:36:49.280>
• Congress needs to fight.
• resides in the United States Congress." resides in the United States Congress."
• Throughout this Congress, broken.
• ,<04:23:27.600> firing already approved by Congress, firing already approved by Congress,

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, June 12, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Congress hasn't voted.
• increase from the United States Congress increase from the United States Congress since 1971<00:
• Reserve now as we all know Congress Reserve now as we all know Congress changes<02:23:57.120>
• was not considered when Congress was not considered when Congress established<02:24:20.200> the
• I was elected to Congress, Mr.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• When Congress passed the Revised Electoral Count Act, it interacted with Arizona law in ways that Congress
• When Congress passed the Revised Electoral Count Act, it interacted with Arizona law in ways that Congress
• When Congress passed the Revised Electoral Count Act, it interacted with Arizona law in ways that Congress
• When Congress passed the Revised Electoral Count Act, it interacted with Arizona law in ways that Congress
• There is a bill in Congress to support that and make it federal law.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The meeting covered a long list of House bills, mostly on third-read consent calendars, spanning appropriations, elections, education, public safety, water, taxation, and criminal law. Early discussion focused on HB 2148, which would give the legislature authority to appropriate non-custodial federal funds, described by the sponsor as a transparency measure. Other measures discussed included HB 2091 on insurance-related assessment limits, HB 2122 on reciprocity for BTR-related professions, HB 2138 clarifying firefighter workers’ compensation coverage, and HB 2008 barring public school libraries from using public money to pay library professional associations. HB 2110, removed from consent, would allow school governing body members to pray at meetings, with members noting Supreme Court precedent supporting such prayer. Several bills addressed school safety and parental rights. HB 2142 would create a School Safety Center at the Arizona Department of Education and allow up to 10% of school safety program funds for administration, with supporters citing an audit and lack of oversight. HB 2249 would expand the Parents’ Bill of Rights to require notice if a school employee facilitates social transitioning of a minor and to provide broader access to educational records, with penalties discussed for violations. HB 2074 would add mandatory reporting for anyone in a medical facility who knows a partial-birth abortion is occurring, and HB 2144 would allow child support calculations to begin during pregnancy based on a confirmed pregnancy test and related DNA testing provisions. The committee also took up election-related measures. HB 2022 would make permanent changes tied to the federal Electoral Count Act, including moving Arizona’s primary earlier to preserve military and overseas voting access, while keeping petition dates valid and preserving existing deadlines for candidates. HCM 2001 urged federal designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization, and HCM 2002 supported a separate congressional effort involving CARE and related federal review and designation processes; members debated the distinction between direct designation and a request for federal investigation. HCR 2001 proposed a constitutional amendment to limit voting to U.S. citizens, require government ID to register, prohibit foreign contributions, and end early voting by the Friday before an election. Water, land use, and tax bills were also reviewed. Measures included HB 2024 on snowpack augmentation as a water supply development project, HB 2029 and HB 2030 tightening how Water Conservation Grant Fund money is used, HB 2053 appropriating $100,000 for updated stormwater recharge mapping, HB 2096 expanding revolving fund uses to address cesspools, HB 2097 capping groundwater withdrawal in irrigation non-expansion areas, and HB 2116 funding potential Colorado River litigation. On the tax side, HB 2016 would remove late-filing penalties when no tax is due, HB 2104 and HB 2105 would protect agricultural property owners from repeated reclassification and require notice of inspections, and HB 2289 would update truth-in-taxation examples to reflect higher home values. The committee also heard bills on criminal penalties and other matters, including HB 2043 on felony murder involving an unborn child, HB 2045 on discharging a weapon near a vehicle, HB 2131 and HB 2132 on weapons trafficking and fentanyl penalties, and HB 2062 authorizing a Buffalo Soldiers memorial in Wesley Bolin Plaza.

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• air, land, and water. and water while doing so within the boundaries of the legal authority that Congress
• I'm currently, and if confirmed, inbound by the laws that Congress has established. and cannot.
• Senator, Congress sets EPA's budget.
• I think this whole Congress is under the influence of the oil, coal, and gas industry.
• Legislation has to be passed by Congress to be able to make E15 all-year-round permanent.

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• represent Texas's 7th Congressional District in Houston and to chair the Texas Democratic delegation in Congress
• in the 119th Congress.
• And to chair the Texas Democratic Delegation in Congress in the 119th Congress.
• And so this feels like déjà vu for me, now being in Congress and witnessing again.
• They get to choose the candidates that go to Congress. So we have the inverse here.

Keywords: redistricting, gerrymandering, Texas Democrats, voter suppression, Hakeem Jeffries, equitable representation, minority communities, legislative session, political motivations

Summary: Texas Democratic leaders and members of Congress held a press event in Austin with House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries to denounce the Republican-led special session and proposed congressional redistricting map. Speakers, including Lizzie Fletcher, Lloyd Doggett, Al Green, Joaquin Castro, Sylvia Garcia, and Greg Casar, argued that the session should instead focus on flood recovery after the Hill Country Independence Day floods, affordability, health care, the energy grid, and other state priorities. They said the new map was a partisan and racially discriminatory gerrymander designed to help Donald Trump and Texas Republicans gain seats, weaken minority voting power, and undermine free and fair elections. Several speakers said the current Texas map is already under legal challenge and claimed the proposed changes would further reduce the ability of Black and Latino communities to elect candidates of choice. They also tied the redistricting fight to broader national issues such as Medicaid, Social Security, tariffs, housing costs, and corruption. Jeffries said Texas Democrats would not “bend the knee” and pledged support for their efforts, while emphasizing that the fight would continue politically, in court, and through public organizing. In the question-and-answer portion, Jeffries said all options should be on the table to protect Texans, but that Texas Democrats would decide their own strategy. Fletcher said the immediate priority was informing the public about the rushed process, noting that many Texans testified before seeing a map and that the hearings were moving quickly. No formal vote or legislative action occurred at the event itself.

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• This happened yet again after Congress This happened yet again after Congress passed<00:18:56.320
• gone because Republicans in Congress gone because Republicans in Congress want<00:26:06.000>
• Congress funding that enables cruelty. Congress must<00:55:52.160> act<00:55:52.400> now.
• Congress in history and I reserve. Congress in history and I reserve.
• , and reclaim it for Congress.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• seen for this bill both here in Congress seen for this bill both here in Congress and<02:18:50.960
• lands limit local tax revenue, Congress lands limit local tax revenue, Congress will<02:19:02.399
• and it's time for Congress to listen. and it's time for Congress to listen.
• <03:56:21.600> This legislation in past congresses. This legislation in past congresses.
• :37:42.240> to information will allow Congress to information will allow Congress to identify<

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• The Constitution does give Congress the power to override our rules as to federal.
• The Constitution does give Congress the power to override our rules as to federal.
• Congress found was needed for other public health-related tasks and issues.
• That money is continuing to flow into Washington, as Congress intended.
• states as directed by Congress.

Summary: The House State Government & Tribal Relations Committee held a virtual work session focused first on federal actions affecting elections. A representative from NCSL reviewed recent U.S. Supreme Court and pending cases, including a redistricting/Voting Rights Act case and a case on whether mailed ballots received after Election Day can be counted. She also discussed a Trump executive order directing USPS to draft mail-ballot rules, the federal SAVE system’s expanded use for voter list maintenance, DOJ requests for unredacted voter rolls, and reduced federal election-security support. Committee members asked about proof of citizenship requirements, whether DOJ requests are compulsory, and how federal election funding and grants may be changing. The Attorney General’s Office then described Washington’s litigation challenging two election-related executive orders and DOJ’s lawsuit seeking unredacted voter registration lists. State lawyers said courts have already enjoined parts of the executive orders, including documentary proof-of-citizenship requirements and voting-system changes, and have upheld Washington’s ballot-receipt deadlines so far. They said DOJ’s voter-roll demands have been rejected by multiple courts and that Washington’s position is that state law limits disclosure of sensitive voter data. Members asked about the legal basis for DOJ’s requests, the risk of immigration-enforcement use, and whether attestation on registration forms counts as proof of citizenship; the office said it does under state law and that no evidence of mass voter-fraud problems in Washington has been shown. Deputy Attorney General Todd Bowers then gave a broader overview of the Attorney General’s federal litigation, saying Washington has filed 61 cases since January 2025, often with other states, and has had notable success obtaining preliminary injunctions and favorable summary judgments. He highlighted cases involving election rules, environmental and energy disputes, public health funding, student loans, housing, and data privacy, and said many challenges involve executive-branch conditions added to congressionally appropriated funds. He also described a growing number of federal audits and inquiries directed at state agencies. Finally, Office of Equity Director Megan Matthews discussed how federal actions are affecting state and local equity work, community organizations, and public confidence. She said the office is coordinating more closely with the Attorney General, governor’s office, other agencies, and local governments through the immigration subcabinet, while also working on data privacy, Keep Washington Working compliance, and community outreach. Committee members asked about the office’s human-trafficking work and how it is encouraging agency compliance; Matthews said the focus is on clearer guidance, technical support, and consistent expectations across agencies. The committee adjourned after the presentations and questions.

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• Now we had this conversation in 1974 here in Congress.
• Agreements cannot happen and Congress cannot function without that level of trust.
• Congress seems to not care about a budget.
• And potentially escape the process that Congress has intended?
• I've recently reintroduced a bill in this Congress that I introduced last year.

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• and disability protections that Congress and disability protections that Congress enacted<00:27:
• <00:39:49.160> I've Security in the last Congress I've Security in the last Congress I've
• hr26 my constituent set me to Congress hr26 my constituent set me to Congress to<00:49:21.720>
• <00:49:37.880> it's unless authorized by Congress it's unless authorized by Congress it's
• I've got this Congress, and there's another Congress now.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, February 7, 2025, 1012, house, all