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• Uh, that happened during the UK invasion of Ukraine and it's happening right now with the Iran war.
• Uh, that happened during the UK invasion of Ukraine and it's happening right now with the Iran war.
• Uh, that happened during the UK invasion of Ukraine and it's happening right now with the Iran war.
• Uh, that happened during the UK invasion of Ukraine and it's happening right now with the Iran war.
• Uh, that happened during the UK invasion of Ukraine and it's happening right now with the Iran war.

Bills: SCR48 , SCR28 , SCR74 , SCR62 , SCR60 , SCR89 , SCR147 , SCR179 , SCR182 , SCR59 , SCR54 , SCR180

Keywords: affordable housing, housing credits, perpetual credits, development, Hawaii Housing Finance, Vietnam veterans, commemorative medal, recognition, working group, Hawaii, no-bid contracts, emergency procurement, audit, state agencies, public funds, accountability, emergency response, disability access, 911 systems, life-saving measures

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• 25.680><c> Sunday</c><00:11:26.000><c> I</c><00:11:26.120><c> had</c><00:11:26.240><c> the</c> in Ukraine
• this past Sunday I had the in Ukraine this past Sunday I had the honor<00:11:26.720><c> to</c><00:11
• 36.480><c> in</c> will not be bullied by dictators not in will not be bullied by dictators not in Ukraine
• :38.120><c> parts</c><00:11:38.360><c> of</c><00:11:38.480><c> the</c><00:11:38.600><c> world</c> Ukraine
• not in other parts of the world Ukraine not in other parts of the world and<00:11:39.160><c> not</c>

Bills: HR919 , HR579 , HR177

Keywords: HIV, AIDS, public health, World AIDS Day, bipartisan support, uterine fibroids, fibroids, leiomyoma, women's health, reproductive health, pelvic pain, abnormal uterine bleeding, infertility, miscarriage, hysterectomy, Black women, Hispanic women, health disparities, awareness month, screening

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• If you look to the far left, you can see the Ukraine conflict.
• If you look to the far left, you can see the Ukraine conflict.
• And we saw something similar happen after the Ukraine invasion.
• We've seen it with Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
• If you go back in time, that was when Russia invaded Ukraine. We were also coming out of COVID.

Committee: House Utilities and Energy

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• For partners to do educational programs, living in a feast-or-famine environment doesn’t create durability
• Our partners are basically trying to pull all that together in this feast-or-famine environment, and

Summary: The hearing focused on California wildfire resilience, with the first panel discussing statewide funding, policy, and strategic priorities, and the second panel shifting to home hardening and defensible space. The LAO outlined the state’s wildfire risk, the large increase in resilience spending in recent years, and the fact that most funding has been one-time rather than ongoing. Testimony emphasized that wildfire risk varies greatly by region, that the state must balance response spending with prevention, and that success should be measured more carefully than by acres treated alone. Witnesses also noted the importance of local, federal, utility, and Proposition 4 funding sources, as well as the need for long-term maintenance and strategic prioritization rather than scattered projects. Cal Fire leadership and other witnesses stressed that California’s wildfire problem is not uniform: forested areas, chaparral, and wildland-urban interface communities require different strategies. In Northern California and forested watersheds, speakers emphasized fuels reduction, prescribed and cultural burning, strategic fuel breaks, watershed protection, and maintaining forest health. In Southern California, testimony focused on wind-driven fires, ember intrusion, ignition prevention along roads and power lines, and the limits of large-scale vegetation clearing. Several witnesses argued that the state should invest where it can leverage local and regional partnerships, support capacity-building programs like Regional Forest and Fire Capacity, and improve data systems to track treatment effectiveness and project outcomes. Members repeatedly pressed witnesses on how to prioritize limited funds, asking what should be done more of, less of, and first. The chair argued that protecting homes and communities through hardening and defensible space should be a major priority, especially near structures, while also acknowledging the need for broader landscape work and watershed protection. There was discussion of incentives such as insurance discounts, property tax treatment, and community certification for hardened homes, along with the need for multiple payers rather than relying on the state alone. Cal Fire reported new and expanding data tools, including treatment trackers, defensible space inspection dashboards, and a fuels treatment effectiveness program that evaluates whether nearby treatments affected wildfire behavior. No votes were taken because the hearing was informational only.

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• Active in Burien city government commissions and advisory commissions, and also volunteered with the Ukraine
• Active in Burien city government commissions and advisory commissions, and also volunteered with the Ukraine

Bills: SB5223 , SB5928 , SB6071 , SB5995 , SB5966 , SB5841 , SB6061 , SB5944 , SB5520 , SB6087 , SB6076 , SB5916 , SB6016 , SB6137 , SB6009 , SB5833 , SB6161 , SB5890 , SB5973 , SJM8015 , SB5816 , SB5053 , SB5249 , SB5536 , SB5834 , SB5837 , SB5872 , SB5879 , SB5899 , SB5925 , SB6019 , SB6148 , SB6190 , SB6237 , SB6086 , SB5574 , SB5873 , SB5992 , SB5924 , SB6134 , SB6263 , SB5395 , SB6282 , SB5905 , SB6302 , SB5950 , SB6074 , SB6096 , SB5970 , SB5609 , SB5827 , SB5838 , SB5845 , SB5862 , SB5880 , SB5901 , SB5922 , SB5943 , SB5971 , SB5975 , SB5981 , SB5982 , SB5984 , SB5988 , SB5994 , SB6034 , SB6035 , SB6070 , SB6097 , SB6110 , SB6246 , SB6248 , SB6278 , SJM8016 , SB5496 , SB6054 , SB5835 , SB5907 , SB6031 , SB6155 , SB6158 , SB6227 , SB5947 , SB6247 , SB6085 , SB6234 , SB6274 , SB6194 , SB5909 , SB5868 , SB6026 , SB5974 , SB6044 , SB5906 , SB6081 , SB6239 , SB5923 , SB6323 , SB6210 , SB6045 , SB6106 , SB5346 , SB6089 , SB6170 , SB5954 , SB5968

Keywords: criminal offense, fingerprinting, law enforcement, state regulations, public safety, wildfire risk, disclosure, safety, environmental policy, risk assessment, overpayment recovery, modernization, health care, legislation, zero emission, cargo handling, port district, environmental impact, grant allocation, healthcare

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• species we found were some of the most destructive globally, such as wheat, which has contributed to famine

Summary: The Committee on Agriculture met and heard a full agenda of bills, beginning with AB 1674, which would create a Food Desert Elimination Grant Program and require grocery-store capacity to be preserved or mitigated in certain housing developments. The author and local residents from Sunnyvale testified in support, describing the loss of neighborhood grocery stores and the impact on seniors and low-income families. Business and building groups opposed or opposed unless amended, arguing the bill could add costs and create housing barriers, especially in Section 3. The committee discussed rural and urban food-access differences, and the bill passed the committee 5-0 and was re-referred to Housing and Community Development, with members noting continued work on amendments. The committee then approved several consent items and heard AB 2264, which would allow district agricultural associations to use fairgrounds property for affordable housing by extending lease terms from 55 to 99 years. Supporters said it would unlock underused public land without displacing neighborhoods, and the bill passed to Housing and Community Development. AB 269, the “Fair Act,” would provide a targeted sales and use tax exemption to spur development projects on fairgrounds; it drew broad support from members and fair association testimony and passed to Revenue and Taxation. AB 2143, which would prohibit online marketplaces from accepting payment for noxious weeds shipped into California, received strong support from academic and agricultural witnesses and passed to Privacy and Consumer Protection. The committee also heard AB 1731, creating the California Healthy Food Procurement Fund and an approved-vendor program to connect schools with California farmers. School nutrition, farm, and food-policy advocates supported the bill as a way to reduce procurement barriers and expand local food in school meals; it passed to Appropriations. Finally, AB 1848 would raise seed-law fees to fund inspection and enforcement of California’s seed regulations; the California Seed Association supported the increase, and the bill passed to Appropriations. The meeting concluded with roll calls on absent members and adjournment at 2:53 p.m.

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• we found were some of the most destructive globally, such as wheat wheat, which has contributed to famine

Committee: House Agriculture

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• And if it turns out if it's a mild winter and things go well, no one starts any wars in Ukraine, then
• We were at a fixed-price contract when the Ukraine war started.
• </c><01:30:13.400><c> war</c> price contract when the Ukraine war price contract when the Ukraine war
• We saw with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, right? Default service went up to 24 cents, right?
• </c> the Russian invasion of Ukraine, right? the Russian invasion of Ukraine, right?

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources

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• Conflicts rage in places like Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, and Venezuela, and unrest echoes across the nations
• CONFLICTS RAGE IN PLACES LIKE UKRAINE, ISRAEL, GAZA AND VENEZUELA, AND UNREST ECHOS ACROSS THE NATIONS

Summary: The Senate convened, approved the prior journal, and briefly closed out the 2025 legislative session by adopting a concurrent resolution on adjournment. The chamber then reopened for the 2026 session with a quorum present, a prayer by Bishop Mark O’Connell, and opening remarks from the Lieutenant Governor, Minority Leader Rob Ortt, and Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins. The remarks focused on the responsibilities of the new session, the need to listen to constituents, and broad priorities such as affordability, public safety, rights protections, and working across party lines. Governor Kathy Hochul’s message requesting the Senate’s presence for the 2026 State of the State address was read and filed. In their remarks, Ortt emphasized affordability, keeping more money in New Yorkers’ pockets, energy choices, and public safety, while Stewart-Cousins highlighted rising costs for housing, groceries, utilities, health care, and child care, along with defending voting rights, equal rights, and immigrant communities. Both leaders said their conferences were prepared to work with each other and with the Governor. The Senate then adopted two organizational resolutions: one appointing Senators Bynoe and Chan to inform the Governor that the Senate was organized and ready to proceed, and another appointing Senators Ryan and Wildcat to inform the Assembly that the Senate was assembled and ready to proceed. No substantive legislation was debated, and the Senate adjourned until Monday, January 12, at 3:00 p.m., with intervening days designated as legislative days.

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• In Ukraine, we are seeing how essential spectrum is every day.
• Clark. being that our opponents, like we see in Ukraine, it's a constant cat and mouse game in the electromagnetic

Committee: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

Keywords: spectrum policy, FCC auction authority, national security, innovation, technology development, 9-1-1 modernization, adaptive technologies, China competition

Summary: The meeting centered on the critical examination of spectrum policy and its implications for innovation and national security. The committee discussed the lapse of the FCC's spectrum auction authority, which has been in effect since March 2023, emphasizing the urgency of restoring this authority to maintain U.S. technological leadership against competitors like China. Witnesses provided testimony regarding the need for adaptive and reconfigurable spectrum technologies to enhance communication capabilities for both civilian and military applications. Senator Klobuchar highlighted the importance of modernizing 9-1-1 systems and ensuring robust emergency communication frameworks leveraging new spectrum innovations.

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• But by 1996, Ukraine had voluntarily given up that nuclear arsenal in exchange for written guarantees
• So when JD Vance and Donald Trump stabbed Ukraine in the back in the Oval Office last Friday by ignorantly
• But by 1996, Ukraine had voluntarily given up that nuclear arsenal in exchange for written guarantees
• But by 1996, Ukraine had voluntarily given up that nuclear arsenal in exchange for written guarantees
• But by 1996, Ukraine had voluntarily given up that nuclear arsenal in exchange for written guarantees

Bills: HR758 , HR856 , HR153 , HR872 , HB1515

Keywords: fencing, youth development, underserved communities, athletics, Peter Westbrook, scholarships, academic achievement, SNAP, nutrition assistance, contingency funds, government shutdown, hunger prevention, vulnerable populations, federal funding, condolences, aviation safety, transportation disaster, victims support, first responders, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

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• They want to talk about Ukraine.
• Putin's war in Ukraine because he launched a brutal, unprovoked invasion on the people of Ukraine.
• They want to talk about Ukraine.
• One minute. not the Democrats war in Ukraine. It is not the Democrats war in Ukraine.
• They want to talk about Ukraine.

Bills: HCR89 , HB1722 , HB7283 , HB8205 , HB7008 , HB8800

Keywords: Iran, war powers, War Powers Resolution, hostilities, military force, Congressional authorization, declaration of war, AUMF, foreign policy, national security, self-defense, U.S. Armed Forces, Middle East, executive war powers, troop withdrawal, intelligence sharing, counterintelligence, diplomatic facilities, regional security, anti-war resolution

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• Choices leading to preventable famine.
• Russia has threatened to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine and even against NATO nations.
• Nuclear-armed Russia continues its brutal war of conquest in Ukraine.
• </c><07:36:52.638><c> We</c> brutal war of conquest in Ukraine.
• We brutal war of conquest in Ukraine.

Bills: HR539 , HB4275 , HB3357 , HB1549

Keywords: LaMonica McIver, censure, House of Representatives discipline, Homeland Security Committee, removal from committee, Newark, Delaney Hall, immigration detention facility, federal officers, assault on federal officer, resisting arrest, interfering with federal officers, ICE, Homeland Security Investigations, HSI, congressional ethics, House resolution, disciplinary resolution, 18 U.S.C. 111, immigration enforcement

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• on the profound legacy of Irish resilience, a spirit forged in the fires of historical adversity, famine

Summary: The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved several journals, and welcomed a number of guests, including Irish dignitaries, scholarship winners, interns, student pages, and members of Omega Psi Phi. After confirming a quorum, the chamber received committee reports and referred new bills and resolutions, then recessed for caucuses and committee meetings before returning to floor action. In the afternoon session, the House considered several bills and amendments. It approved amendments to House Bills 426, 1127, 2551, and Senate Bill 146, while rejecting an amendment to HB 1127 that would have tightened background-check requirements for out-of-state dentists. The chamber also agreed to HB 2234, which creates a spent grain donation tax credit and updates the malt beverage tax credit, and HB 2551, which limits text-message notices by the Turnpike Commission and other agencies about unpaid fines, fees, or tolls. Senate Bill 146, creating the Veterans Trust Fund Board, was amended to add audit-related changes and then agreed to. The House then took final passage votes on several bills. HB 133, allowing a process to petition for reinstatement of parental rights, passed 191-11; HB 138, barring parental incarceration as the sole basis for termination of parental rights, passed 200-2; HB 2207, on capital development loans, passed 202-0; and HB 2224, dealing with utility rate and tax-related changes, passed 202-0 after extensive debate over affordability, consumer protections, and tax relief. HB 2473, repealing the Flood Insurance Education Information Act of 1996, also passed unanimously, and HB 2544, addressing school administrator rights and compensation disputes, passed 141-61. The most extensive debate centered on HB 2632, which reallocates educational tax credit caps and replaces the EITC and OSTC programs with a new options tax credit framework beginning in 2027-28. Supporters said it would improve transparency, accountability, and access for the poorest students, while opponents argued it would reduce scholarship opportunities, add burdens, and harm families and schools that rely on the current programs. After lengthy debate, the House passed HB 2632 by a vote of 105-97. The chamber then announced a Finance Committee voting meeting, recommitted several bills to Appropriations, and adjourned until June 23, 2026.

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• If you look at the story in the Bible, and got seven years of plenty and seven years of famine, we've

Bills: SB240

Committee: House House Taxation & Revenue

Keywords: capital outlay, capital projects, severance tax bonds, general fund appropriations, supplemental severance tax bonds, UNM School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, infrastructure, state buildings, courts, schools, higher education, road improvements, water and wastewater, tribal infrastructure, tribal projects, public safety, housing, emergency services, bonding

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• As nation rises against nation and kingdom against kingdom, as famines and tragedies surround us, let
• 22.640><c> kingdom,</c> and kingdom against kingdom, and kingdom against kingdom, as<02:05:24.400><c> famines
• and</c><02:05:25.080><c> tragedies</c><02:05:25.720><c> surround</c><02:05:26.160><c> us,</c> as famines
• and tragedies surround us, as famines and tragedies surround us, let<02:05:26.600><c> us</c><02:05:26.760

Bills: HB6472 , HB6392 , HB4307 , HB4386 , SB723 , HB3692 , HR681 , HB1945 , HR755 , HB5419 , HB3903 , HB5910 , HB6365 , HCR38

Keywords: education, tuition, territorial residents, in-state tuition, higher education, human trafficking, labor training, employee education, Department of Labor, victim identification, law enforcement, trafficking prevention, motorcycle access, Federal Lands Recreation, America the Beautiful pass, recreation fees, national parks, Indian land, mortgage processing, Bureau of Indian Affairs

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• The number of people facing famine has more than doubled in the last year.
• <01:09:06.000><c> of</c><01:09:06.239><c> people</c><01:09:06.560><c> facing</c><01:09:06.960><c> famine
• </c><01:09:07.759><c> has</c><01:09:08.000><c> more</c> number of people facing famine has more number
• of people facing famine has more than<01:09:08.400><c> doubled</c><01:09:08.960><c> in</c><01:09:09.199

Bills: HB1969 , HB1701 , HR1 , HR435 , SJR31 , HR436

Keywords: veterans, VA, Department of Veterans Affairs, suicide prevention, mental health, emergent suicide care, Columbia Protocol, Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale, Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program, No Wrong Door for Veterans Act, title 38, adaptive prostheses, prosthetic devices, recreational activities, sports prosthetics, pension payments, veterans benefits, Veterans Affairs Committee, suicide screening, crisis care

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• period where in 2021, 2022, there was a lot of fear that we would lose the crop production out of the Ukraine
• where in 2021, 2022, where there was a lot of fear that we would lose the crop production out of the Ukraine
• The world overproduced is The crop production out of the Ukraine breadbasket region, the world overproduced

Committee: Senate Agricultural Affairs

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• I'm from Ukraine. My family and I arrived to... Hello, my name is Julia Gancherova.
• I'm from Ukraine. My family and I arrived in the United States in 2020.
• When the war started in Ukraine, my family and I witnessed very bad things happen. We prayed.
• The war started in Ukraine. My family and I witnessed very bad things happen.

Committee: House Finance

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• So quagga mussels are native to Ukraine and they were introduced into ecosystems before anyone knew what
• Director, you said the mussels came from Ukraine. Is the rest of Europe infested with them?
• Director, you said the muscles came from Ukraine. Is the rest of Europe infested with them?

Committee: Senate Resources and Environment