Video & Transcript Research : 'mining'
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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
A joint hearing with the House Committee on Small Business to examine prosperity on Main Street, focusing on keeping taxes low for small businesses. Apr 8th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- More importantly, this deduction has helped level the playing field, allowing businesses like mine to
- This provision is critical to allowing family businesses like mine to be passed down to the next generation
- Mines the iron ore that makes almost 82% of this nation's steel, which is a strategic national security
Keywords:
joint hearing, small business, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, economic recovery, tax relief, job creation
Summary:
In this joint hearing of the House Committee on Small Business and the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, the primary focus was on the importance of making the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) permanent. The chair emphasized that small businesses are crucial for the nation's economic recovery, especially in the wake of current federal policies perceived as detrimental. Witnesses shared their experiences and highlighted how the tax cuts facilitated job creation and business expansion, stressing the need for continued support through ongoing tax relief measures. The meeting included discussions about the economic implications of the TCJA's potential expiration, with members voicing their concerns regarding how this could impact small businesses and the broader economy.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I hope you'll be in favor of this bill too, not just for breweries like mine, but for ranchers and farmers
- It creates a ripple effect of economic benefits in rural communities like mine in Bell County, Texas.
- If I needed to, I could pay those state taxes, those property taxes, but there are families like mine
Bills:
HB249
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Would it be the same time as mine or are there now two different timelines?
- On this grass lease of mine, I've lost a significant amount. ...on pasture and beds.
- A good friend of mine, she lost everything in a fire near La Forza. Texas in the Eastern Panhandle.
Keywords:
inactive wells, oil and gas regulation, environmental protection, Railroad Commission of Texas, well plugging, Railroad Commission, penalties, violations, pipeline safety, civil penalties, criminal penalties, wildfire prevention, oil and gas, safety inspections, administrative penalties, excavation, notification, utilities, underground facilities, regulatory compliance
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 20, 2025 - 08:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- The economic damages alone rarely justify Travis Creighton: litigation costs, leaving families like mine
- Practitioner database and look at those doctors' malpractice records, the records would look as clean as mine
- Tom Wheeler: For those who own a small business like mine, the cost of every insurance has gone up dramatically
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Governmental Oversight and Accountability Mar 18th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- this meeting until the completion of the following bills, 1756 and 7020, both of which I think are mine
- this meeting until the completion of the following bills, 1756 and 7020, both of which I think are mine
- So I'm not trying... you know, former Lieutenant Governor Nunez is a friend of mine.
Summary:
The committee first confirmed Heather L. Turnbull to the Florida Commission on Community Service without debate. It then took up SPB 7022, which sets Florida Retirement System employer contribution rates beginning July 1, 2025, updates rates to address unfunded liability, and preserves the 3% employee contribution rate. Senator Fine said the bill would increase FRS Trust Fund revenue by about $310 million annually and also gives certain elected officers an option related to DROP accumulations. An amendment was adopted, the bill was submitted as a committee bill, and it was reported favorably.
The committee then heard SB 1710, a bill by Senator DeSantis/DeSigley to prohibit state agencies, vendors, and grant recipients from using state funds for DEI-related policies, trainings, and programs, and to impose related restrictions on medical institutions of higher education. Senator Polsky and others questioned the bill’s broad and vague language, its effect on health-related work, public-facing agency positions, private contractors, and medical school admissions. The sponsor said the bill was intended to stop DEI from influencing state agencies and that the medical-school portion would likely be amended out later. Public testimony was overwhelmingly opposed, with speakers arguing the bill would harm health care, education, access, and minority communities; a few supporters said DEI is ideological and should be removed from government and public institutions. After debate, the bill was reported favorably on a party-line style vote, with Senator Errington voting no.
The committee then began SB 1678, relating to entities that boycott Israel, with a delete-all amendment. Senator Leak said the bill would expand Florida’s anti-BDS framework to cover nonprofits, foreign educational institutions, foreign government funds, academic boycotts, political subdivisions, and certain grants, while the amendment aligned the bill with existing law and clarified procurement and divestment provisions. Testimony included support from proponents who said Florida should not do business with entities engaged in boycotts of Israel, and opposition from speakers who argued the bill would restrict academic freedom and conscience. Debate continued as the transcript ended, with no final vote shown in the excerpt.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Education Committee Mar 12th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Many students of mine are pre-med, and they have doctor aspirations. But after that...
- Many students of mine are pre-med and they have doctor aspirations, but after that first dissection,
- “And the only thing mine would add to that is saying what the credentials of an outside person are when
Summary:
The Assembly Education Committee met for its first hearing of the session, adopted its committee rules on a 6-0 vote, and then heard several bills. AB 347, which would require written notice to students about the right to opt out of animal dissection and receive a comparable assignment, drew strong support from the author, a student, and multiple advocacy and education groups, while opponents argued it would burden teachers and duplicate existing law. The committee approved AB 347 on a 7-0 vote and sent it to Appropriations.
AB 281, which would expand parent access to sex education materials and require disclosure of outside consultants’ credentials, drew mixed testimony. Supporters framed it as a transparency and parent-rights measure, while school administrators and county education officials said current law already allows inspection and that the bill would create an unfunded administrative burden. After extended member discussion, the bill failed on a 4-3 vote with one abstention, though reconsideration was granted. AB 65, which would provide paid pregnancy leave for educators without requiring them to exhaust sick leave first, was supported by teachers, CTA, and the State Treasurer, but opposed by school administrators and business officials over cost concerns; it passed 6-0 to Higher Education.
The committee also approved AB 361, which would extend and expand LAUSD’s best-value procurement authority for school construction to all school districts for five years, on a 5-0 vote with one abstention. AB 86, which would require the State Board of Education to adopt standardized K-8 health education instructional materials, passed 5-0. Finally, AB 228, the Zaki Fast Act, was introduced to clarify that schools may stock any federally approved epinephrine delivery system, including newer devices beyond auto-injectors, and was presented with testimony from the bill’s young namesake and his family; the transcript cuts off before the committee vote on that measure.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight Mar 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- That's mine. That's mine. Yes, I'm live. Thank you. By yourself, all there? I'm waiting.
- The flexibility that you provided cities like mine with the HAP funding is allowing us to innovate and
Summary:
The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Accountability and Oversight held a hearing on California’s homelessness funding, focusing on the Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention (HAP) Grant and the Encampment Resolution Grant Program. HCD described new accountability requirements, including regional action plans, stronger reporting and expenditure conditions, housing-element compliance, encampment response plans, and public dashboards that track fiscal spending, service outcomes, and encampment resolution status. Officials said the goal is to use the data to identify underperforming grantees, provide technical assistance, and, if needed, withhold or reallocate funds.
Local officials from San Diego, Fresno, and Santa Cruz said the programs have helped expand shelter, outreach, and permanent housing, and that state dollars have leveraged local and federal resources. Mayor Todd Gloria said San Diego has used HAP to expand shelter and safe sleeping options, reduce downtown encampments, and increase housing production, but argued the state’s new accountability website is too high-level and does not fully reflect countywide conditions, behavioral health outcomes, or the role of continuum-of-care partners. Fresno officials said HAP and other state funds helped the city add shelter beds and reduce homelessness, while Santa Cruz emphasized that state funding helped build local coordination and draw in federal vouchers.
Members pressed the panel on whether HAP is actually reducing homelessness, what the best success metrics should be, and whether the state is getting full, usable data from grantees and subcontractors. Several members asked for more granular jurisdiction-level reporting, better tracking of nonprofit spending, and clearer measures beyond point-in-time counts and “people served.” HCD said it is still improving HMIS participation and data quality, but can already show outcomes such as exits to permanent housing and returns to homelessness. The hearing ended with broad agreement that transparency is important, but disagreement remained over the best measures of success and how much emphasis should be placed on housing, prevention, shelter, and treatment.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nominations of Christopher Landau, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary, Michael Rigas, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources, and Matthew Whitaker, of Iowa, to be United States Permanent Representati Mar 4th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Foreign Relations Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Those aggregates that they mine there in the Gulf of Mexico are deeply critical to the infrastructure
- Bama Company, an American company, and they have a mine in Quintana Roo, they've got this deepwater port
- the world at the expense of U.S. interests, so to the extent, it would certainly be a priority of mine
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Teachers in rural areas such as mine are hard to come by because of limited funding, which can lead to
- but also expanding access to technical assistance so that school districts, including campuses like mine
- continued support of TIA and hope its expansion makes it possible for more teachers and students like mine
Keywords:
teacher compensation, education funding, public school educators, teacher retention, teacher designation, SB 26, Texas Property Code, colonia, colonias, Spanish translation, bilingual contract, real estate contract, executory contract, residential property, border county, international border, economically distressed area, consumer protection, language access, translator certified in Spanish
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor. (2-13-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Growing up in Lexington, you have a lot of players who actually join the minors, and a dear friend of mine
- Growing up in Lexington, you have a lot of players who actually join the minors, and a dear friend of mine
- Growing up in Lexington, you have a lot of players who actually join the minors, and a dear friend of mine
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00
Roll Call 00:13
SB 15 Discussion 00:45
SB 15 Vote 08:40
SB 103 Discussion 11:12
SB 103 Vote 29:49, 958, all
Summary:
The Senate Committee for Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor heard two bills. Senate Bill 15, sponsored by Sen. Amanda Bledsoe, was presented with testimony from Major League Baseball in support of exempting minor league baseball players from Kentucky wage-and-hour treatment. Witnesses said the bill would preserve the negotiated collective bargaining structure for players, avoid impractical time-tracking requirements, and keep Kentucky aligned with other states. Senators discussed minor league salary levels, the importance of baseball to Kentucky communities, and the bill’s relationship to minimum wage law. The committee then took a roll call vote and passed the bill with unanimous support from members present.
The committee next heard Senate Bill 103 from Sen. Danny Carroll, which would require the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation to adopt regulations under Chapter 13A, limit reciprocal agreements with other states until in-state provider contracts are exhausted, establish procedures for service fee memos before a new fiscal year, and require an annual report with operating and financial information. Testimony from community rehabilitation providers and disability advocates emphasized that the bill would increase transparency, protect local providers, and improve services for people with disabilities seeking competitive employment. They said Kentucky has a large disability population, that many working-age individuals with disabilities are not employed, and that better oversight could help address workforce shortages and reduce reliance on public assistance. Senators asked about the disability population, age ranges served, funding, and recent changes to provider rates and selection processes. The committee then voted to pass Senate Bill 103 unanimously.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- My mascot is the Trojans, and mine is absurd. I think I'm saying it right. My name is Addie.
- My mascot is the<00:04:49.640>
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I <00:04:52.480>think the Trojans, and mine is absurd. - I think the Trojans, and mine is absurd.
- Budgets for small<00:53:37.520>
schools <00:53:37.800>like <00:53:37.960>mine <00
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Without prioritizing these services, families like mine are left struggling to figure out how to make
- prioritizing these services, families prioritizing these services, families like<00:29:13.360>
mine - are left struggling to figure like mine are left struggling to figure out<00:29:15.760>
how <00 - Um when I hear these stories, stories like mine, I hope that this helps you understand how important
- , I hope that this helps you like mine, I hope that this helps you understand<01:09:16.120>
how
Keywords:
public authorities, dissolution cases, court system, child protection, legal notice, foster care, child welfare, enrollment priority, education programs, child care assistance, foster youth, extended foster care, bill of rights, out-of-home placement, Minnesota Statutes chapter 260C, social services agency, caseworker, permanency team, sibling visitation, relative contact
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Too many municipal governments have made it impossible to create neighborhoods like mine.
- We share driveway tra.<01:08:03.440>
Homes <01:08:03.760>like <01:08:04.000>mine, like mine. like mine.- Homes like mine, where shoveling tra.
- Homes like mine, where shoveling and<01:08:05.359>
yard <01:08:05.599>work <01:08:05.760
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 03/24/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- instilled in me a profound respect for those who labor to provide for their families, whether in the mines
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or <00:20:02.080>on <00:20:02.240>the families, whether in the mines - or on the families, whether in the mines or on the farms.<00:20:03.440>
Because <00:20:03.679> - I think members, questions or comments hopefully that are more substantive than mine. Mr.
- more substantive than mine. Mr. Mr. more substantive than mine. Mr. Mr.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/25
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We shouldn’t have a community like mine where constituents are advised by the MPCA to not eat fish that
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of from students about a good friend of from students about a good friend of mine - :11.520>
in <01:40:11.639>late <01:40:11.880>December <01:40:12.159>to mine - that I lost in late December to mine that I lost in late December to cancer<01:40:13.679>
um < - shouldn't have a community like mine shouldn't have a community like mine where<01:40:51.040>
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- ago, I don't mean this to sound crude, but it was almost like horse trading: you take this kid of mine
- horse trading you take this kid of mine horse trading you take this kid of mine I'll<00:58:30.480
- Because mine makes me crazy, telling me to stand up in the middle. Exactly, I know.
- <01:30:49.960>
makes <01:30:50.119>me tell you to do that cuz mine makes me tell you - to do that cuz mine makes me crazy<01:30:50.520>
telling <01:30:50.760>me <01:30:50.840
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I know they really changed mine. Thank you.”
- I know they really changed mine. Thank you.”
- I know they really changed mine. Thank you.”
- I know they really changed mine. Thank you.”
- I know they really changed mine. Thank you.”
Keywords:
railroad, infrastructure, transportation funding, environmental remediation, capital investment, HF921, tax increment financing, TIF, excess tax increment, school district aid, levy adjustment, property tax levy, education finance, Minnesota education aid, decertification, local government finance, school funding formula, state aid reduction, referendum equalization aid, debt service equalization
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The reality is businesses like mine face significant costs in collecting and remitting sales tax.
- The reality is businesses like mine face significant costs in collecting and remitting sales tax.
- The reality is businesses like mine face significant costs in collecting and remitting sales tax.
- The reality is businesses like mine face significant costs in collecting and remitting sales tax.
- The reality is businesses like mine face significant costs in collecting and remitting sales tax.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/17/25
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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for <01:27:28.960>families <01:27:29.880>like <01:27:30.119>mine - <01:27:30.840>
I challenges for families like mine I challenges for families like mine I don't - aware, Representative Bierman, critical access hospitals in Greater Minnesota is a top concern of mine
- is a<01:37:44.760>
top <01:37:45.040>concern <01:37:45.360>of <01:37:45.560>mine - <01:37:46.400>
this <01:37:46.639>would <01:37:47.280>um a top concern of mine
Keywords:
undocumented immigrants, state funding, MinnesotaCare, scholarship ineligibility, state assistance, permit to carry, concealed carry, handgun permit, firearm permit, pistol training, sheriff, application process, electronic filing, mail application, fax submission, certified mail, certified delivery, gun rights, Second Amendment, firearms regulation
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, September 18, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They want to make sure that the AI companies and the data mining companies come to Ohio.
- The coal strip coal mine coal plant in Montana is accredited at only 54%.
- They even gave a tax break to coal mining.
- They even gave a tax break to coal mining. And it's not just dangerous, it's expensive.
- He's on from the Armed Services mine.