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NM
Transcript Highlights:
- And ones that said we might have some openings required a substantial down payment to hold the spot if
- have medical care, don't have access to behavioral health for themselves and their parents, and on down
- So, you know, it is politics when you get right down to it, the disagreement between the two parties,
- So anyway, that was long winded. I apologize, Madam Chair.
- I mean, they're about to close down the Department of Education.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
250th Anniversary Celebration of the American Revolution Jun 21st, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- And yeah, we had the other governor visiting us down in Mashby this a few months ago.
- So let me just wind. Yeah, I'll stop my whining. Well, I can appreciate what you're saying.
- Some folks are doing, like, a massive picnic table down their main street with food trucks or whatever
Summary:
The DEIA subcommittee of the Special Commission on the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution met with a quorum and discussed planning for the upcoming Patriots Day period, grant opportunities, and ways to make 250th programming more inclusive. Dr. Trent reported on a Virginia 250 conference and shared examples such as the Made by Us youth engagement toolkit and a Smithsonian-related traveling exhibition. Brian also updated the group on Mass Humanities’ grant programs, including Museum on Main Street, Reading Project Douglas Together, and the Promises of Revolution grants, noting that the latter has $600,000 available and is expected to fund roughly 30 to 40 projects through letters of intent due in June. The committee also noted that state tourism 250th grants are open with an April 11 deadline.
A major discussion focused on ensuring respect for Indigenous sovereignty and improving representation in marketing. Members raised concerns that Indigenous leaders were not being treated with sufficient respect in state-level engagement, and they discussed whether the full commission should hear from tribal leaders and whether the subcommittee should recommend a broader conversation at the next commission meeting. On marketing, members criticized recent promotional materials as too formulaic and insufficiently reflective of Massachusetts’ diversity, especially in their limited inclusion of Indigenous people, Black patriots, women, and other communities. The group agreed that the commission should push for more inclusive visuals and narratives, and that there is still time to influence digital and future materials. The subcommittee also discussed possibly inviting the marketing and education committees, or commission staff and the outside marketing agency, to explain the rollout and scope of possible changes.
The committee then considered a Utah 250 idea for a July 5, 2026 “America’s potluck” style community event and agreed it could be adapted for Massachusetts as a foodways-focused, culturally diverse statewide activity. A motion was made, seconded, and approved to recommend that the full commission and MOTT promote the potluck concept. The meeting ended with agreement to continue developing recommendations on representation, Indigenous engagement, and public outreach, and then adjourned by unanimous vote.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Mar 28th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So I hope you're reeing as small as your winds were. because of Willie Mays.
- He knew that when black and brown communities unite, we can tear down systems built to divide us.
- He will name, will always be remembered when it comes down to the struggles and the movement of labor
HI
Transcript Highlights:
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the We have windows and glass doors now that can withstand 200 mph-plus winds - And this, I just see, is going down that same path of, okay, we're going to start off by, like, you cannot
- And this, I just see, is going down that same path of, okay, we're going to start off by, like, you cannot
- So, going forward, is this the route we're looking at going down?
- Because I think the challenge has down?
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on HB 449 relating to economic development, HB 1006 relating to the Agribusiness Development Corporation, and then began HB 1467 relating to housing resiliency. On HB 449, Director Wayne Enoy of the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation and several business groups, including the Chamber of Commerce and Hawaii Food Industry Association, testified in strong support. They said the measure would help local manufacturers and tech-focused businesses adapt to uncertainty around tariffs and federal funding pauses, diversify Hawaiʻi’s economy, and expand workforce training and apprenticeship efforts tied to innovation and manufacturing.
The bulk of the discussion focused on HB 1006 and proposed agritourism authority for ADC. ADC, the Hawaii Farm Bureau, and other supporters said agritourism can be a value-added tool that helps farmers diversify income while keeping agriculture as the primary use of the land. One testifier opposed the bill’s direction without stronger guardrails, urging that a high percentage of revenue or land use remain tied to actual agricultural production. Committee members questioned ADC and Farm Bureau witnesses about how much land should remain in production, whether agritourism could expand on public lands, how enforcement would work, and whether responsibilities should be shifted from the Department of Agriculture’s marketing functions to ADC. Witnesses said ADC currently has no tenants engaged in agritourism, but would support standards, annual reporting, site visits, and the ability to reclaim land if production requirements are not met.
No votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided. After concluding HB 1006 testimony and questions, the committee moved on to HB 1467 and called the first witness, Luke Meyers, before the transcript ended.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Apr 30th, 2025
County and Municipal Government
Transcript Highlights:
- I did not know that was going to wind up in a tie vote, but I took a little bit of issue with the fiscal
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
State Rep. Shaun Scott Press Conference Dec 2nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- the last year, things have been pretty turbulent at the Census Bureau, and my partners there had to wind
- down our collaboration a year early.
- For example, the Department of Corrections is down 200 positions, and there is a backlog of over 13,000
- So as long as we have people that are willing to come down to Olympia in the middle of the day when it
- We got a lot of people to come down here to fight for this bill.
Summary:
The meeting was a press conference and Q&A led by Rep. Shaun Scott to promote the proposed Well Washington Fund, a new dedicated account intended to raise about $3 billion annually through a corporate payroll tax on wages above $125,000. Scott said the bill would help offset expected federal cuts under Trump-era policies and support programs most at risk, including cash assistance, higher education, health care, housing, and wildfire mitigation. He also referenced two related proposals: restoring wildfire mitigation funding by ending a tax break for large banks, and allowing counties to raise corporate taxes.
Several advocates and affected residents testified in support of progressive revenue. Michelle Thomas of the Washington Low Income Housing Alliance warned that federal homelessness policy changes and state underinvestment could worsen homelessness and evictions. Christina Savitsky, a disabled veteran, described how Medicaid, food assistance, and work requirements would affect her family. Representatives from the University of Washington AAUP said federal cuts and Medicaid changes threaten teaching, research, workforce training, and hospital finances. Fatima Boxwala of Tech for Taxes and Mikey Stramskis of the Washington Federation of State Employees argued that large corporations and the wealthy should pay more to sustain public services and address understaffing, burnout, and service backlogs.
In the Q&A, Scott said the bill may need an emergency clause to make it referendum-proof and argued that the legislature has a mandate to act, citing the 2024 capital gains tax referendum and the state’s regressive tax system. He acknowledged concerns about businesses leaving but said he was more concerned about working people being displaced by unaffordable housing, child care, and health care. No vote or formal committee action occurred; the event was a call for a hearing in the House Finance Committee in 2026 and for legislative passage in both chambers.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Feb 24th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It was going to wind up just grinding to a halt under the weight of its own inefficiencies.
- If you find that you need less, you can slow that down.
- That's what this is meant to slow down. That's what this is meant to prevent.
- Not to cover down on the maintenance of the operation after it's been built.
- It will shut down the conversation and say that we no longer have a voice.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/10/26
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- help crack down on this type of fraud. help crack down on this type of fraud.
- need to be taken down. need to be taken down.
- I was driving down Wooddale, gathering.
- Now, the would require you to slow down.
- I mean, a half mile down the road, it goes up to 55.
Keywords:
medical assistance, fraud prevention, subpoena authority, criminal penalties, consumer protection, fraud, payment withholding, withheld payments, program integrity, public funds, state agency, program participant, credible allegation of fraud, administrative reconsideration, contested case, chapter 14, data practices, confidential data, protected nonpublic data, anti-fraud
Summary:
The committee approved the minutes from March 5 by voice vote and welcomed new member Representative Van Binsbergen. It then took up House File 2354, which Chair Liebling moved to re-refer to the Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee. Representative Norris presented the bill as an updated version of the Medical Assistance Protection Act, aimed at strengthening the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, closing loopholes, equalizing fraud penalties, and increasing penalties for large-scale Medicaid fraud. Attorney General Ellison said the bill would add 18 specialized staff to the unit, moving it from 32 to 50 positions, and argued the federal-state matching structure makes the Attorney General’s office the proper home for the funding because the unit is dedicated to Medicaid fraud work.
Nick Wonka, director of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, explained the bill’s provisions affecting committee jurisdiction: expanded subpoena authority to obtain financial account contents in provider-fraud investigations, conforming legal representation language to preserve the unit’s authority, venue changes to allow charging in counties where parts of the offense occurred, and a restitution change to let courts order restitution for related conduct in the same scheme. He said the subpoena change would speed investigations and align the Attorney General’s authority with other agencies, and that the restitution change would help recover more fraudulently obtained Medicaid funds.
No public testimony was offered. Members questioned why the funding should go to the Attorney General’s office rather than the BCA, whether the new records authority was federally required, how the venue language would work across state lines, and whether the added FTEs indicated the fraud problem was larger than expected. Ellison and Wonka responded that the federal grant requires the work to stay within the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, that the unit’s investigators are specialized and work with, but separate from, law enforcement, and that the venue provision applies only within Minnesota while out-of-state matters would be referred to the appropriate authorities. The amendment that had been posted was withdrawn and not offered.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And so um paraquat is a uh and knocks down vegetation.
- So it is used on cover crops and so it's used to knock down vegetation but is very, very uh minimally
- So it is used on cover down vegetation.
- crops and so it's used to knock down crops and so it's used to knock down vegetation<00:03:13.280
- In fact, paraquat dichloride can be picked up by wind and distributed to land and water.
Keywords:
pesticide, agriculture, environmental protection, health risks, chemical safety, local agriculture, insecticides, pollinators, seeds, environmental health, neonicotinoids, systemic insecticides, civil penalties, pest management, land trends, report, appropriation, farmers, veterinary medicine, veterinary technology
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Harris is down here from the Minnesota Association of Townships.
- I had a couple of workforce-related questions as we’re kind of winding down, and then we’ll wrap with
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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee Jun 9th, 2026
Natural Resources and Water
Transcript Highlights:
- We are working with the department to make sure that we have the same liability issues up and down the
- state, so I absolutely would love to sit down and talk through the specific issues.
- You know, Senator Laird, in this business, I learned that the best way to solve anything is to sit down
- You know, when the wind blows and a tree limb falls down, the answer is cut the trees down.
- Um, no, in Los Angeles, the largest urban oil field in our state is getting ready to shut down by 2030
Summary:
The Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee heard several measures focused on conservation, coastal protection, water supply, and urban greening. AB 1987 by Assemblywoman Aguirre-Curry would direct fees generated by state wildlife areas back to their operation and maintenance; she accepted committee amendments, and Audubon California testified in support with no opposition. AB 1448 by Assembly Member Hart would restrict state actions that could facilitate expanded offshore oil and gas development in federal waters, including limits on using existing infrastructure for new offshore drilling and added review requirements for lease changes; it drew broad support from coastal governments and environmental groups and no opposition, and was referred to Appropriations. AB 1894 by Assembly Member Blanca Rubio would allow imported water deliveries for groundwater recharge to continue when they comply with approved invasive mussel control plans, addressing disruptions caused by the golden mussel; supporters said it protects groundwater reliability while maintaining invasive-species safeguards, while opponents argued it could undercut local authority and liability protections. After discussion about liability and whether the bill weakens invasive-species protections, the committee voted 6-0 to send it to Appropriations.
The committee also considered ACR 107 by Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan, which recognizes the Diablo Range as a conservation priority and links it to habitat protection, groundwater recharge, and the state’s 30-by-30 goals. Save Mount Diablo and other supporters emphasized the range’s ecological value and limited current protection, and members voiced support; the resolution passed 7-0. AB 1946 by Assembly Member Bryan would encourage land conservation investments in historically underserved urban communities and support greening, park creation, and restoration in places like South Los Angeles. Testimony from Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation and park and conservation groups stressed environmental justice, access to nature, and the need to regenerate degraded lands into parkland. Members discussed the importance of urban parks, maintenance, biodiversity, and balancing rural and urban conservation, and the bill passed 7-0 to Appropriations.
The committee also took up the consent calendar, which passed unanimously. Throughout the hearing, members repeatedly noted the need to balance environmental protection with practical water delivery and local community needs, and several bills were amended or clarified before votes. Final recorded actions included unanimous or near-unanimous approvals for the measures heard, with AB 1448, AB 1894, AB 1987, and AB 1946 moving forward, along with ACR 107 and the consent calendar.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 2/27/25
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The energy committee toured a data center last Friday down in Chaska; it was a U.S.
- It's all about the technology and the data flow, and that's really where it comes down to.
- to so if there's uh um if if comes down to so if there's uh um if if we<00:10:11.600>
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and it's like light industrial on down and it's like light industrial on down
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 57 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Early literacy, you know, it's phonics, wind back phonics. Thank you.
- When we dig down into these numbers, we find that the disparities among students in marginalized and
- This is down more than 20% from pre-pandemic levels.
- And while it's been 21 years, I know he's looking down with great pride. And in closing, Mr.
- Let me, let me calm down.
Summary:
The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and welcomed several student and community guests, including ambassadors from Robinson Middle School in Lowell, visitors honoring the Gaudet family and Patricia Rappucci, Scottish visitors celebrating Scotland’s World Cup appearance, Top-Notch Scholars students from Lawrence, and the King Philip Regional High School baseball team after its first state championship. The chamber also adopted several routine resolutions and orders, including extending the reporting deadline for the Health Care Financing Committee and suspending Joint Rule 12 for a condominium-related petition. The House then rejected concurrence with the Senate on the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act and instead voted to appoint a committee of conference.
The major policy action was on Senate Bill 3064, the Mass Ready Act, a large climate resilience and environmental bond bill. Members speaking in support emphasized flood protection, clean water, PFAS remediation, municipal vulnerability preparedness, coastal resilience, parks, trails, housing, and agricultural and food-system investments. The bill was described as authorizing roughly $3.8 billion in general obligation bonds, with discussion of specific funding for the Clean Water Trust, PFAS remediation, coastal infrastructure, biodiversity, healthy homes, and farmland preservation. A consolidated amendment was adopted, and after debate the House passed the bill to be engrossed by a roll call vote.
The House also took up the conference report on H. 5511, the early literacy and teacher preparation bill. Supporters said the measure would require evidence-based reading instruction, move away from three-cueing approaches, support educator training and apprenticeships, and improve student literacy outcomes statewide. The conference report was accepted on a roll call vote of 152-0. Later, the House considered amendments to the Mass Ready Act, including one proposal to increase PFAS remediation funding that was ultimately withdrawn, and adopted another consolidated amendment before passing the bill to be engrossed by a roll call vote of 151-0. The House then adopted an order to meet the next day at 11 a.m. and adjourned to an informal session.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Range, I see you marked down as a policy manager for the Commission's shift action and for SELF.
- This could help us tremendously in keeping those costs down through geothermal energy.
- It's going to be like solar and wind.
- I'd like to be able to continue to push down that level.
- Those resources, such as utilities, more equitable and more fair, and keep those costs down.
Keywords:
carbon sequestration, environmental policy, Texas, energy, climate change, regulatory council, geothermal energy, workforce development, education and training, energy industry, apprenticeship, energy production, energy policy, renewable energy, state council, administrative law, public information, transparency, government accountability, judicial process
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 03/24/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- In 2018 and 2019, we saw hurricane<00:20:30.960>
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registered <00:20:32.480>at <00:20:32.640>100 hurricane force winds registered - at 100 hurricane force winds registered at 100 miles<00:20:33.200>
per <00:20:33.440>hour< - And then you've got farmer X up by Moorhead and Farmer Y down by St.
- <00:42:21.520>
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 03/26/26
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- It would really slow down the process of prior authorization.
- on wait times, and cut down on administrative costs.
- on wait times, and cut down on administrative costs.
- down bring premiums<01:15:05.600>
down. - And it has done so with premiums down. And it has done so with remarkable<01:15:07.680>
success.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- operate. 408 counts of felony charges that individual is going through right now after they were shut down
- The issue here... that individual is going through right now after they were shut down last year.
- If you go on down to that same—if you write in a political party not recognized in Oklahoma or if you
- trying to fix when you say that, hey, somebody has to make a choice because their invalid choices still wind
Keywords:
retirement, public employees, deferred option plan, service credit, contributions, distributions, credit card transactions, payment methods, service charge, consumer rights, financial regulation, rounding, cash payments, public finance, Oklahoma Common Cents Act, political subdivision, science and technology, research, board appointments, emergency legislation
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- In hurricane-prone South Florida, even modest structural alterations can affect wind resistance, water
- If you open it up, at the end of the day, it should drop your costs down. That's what it does.
- It's going to be developed, and imagine being the guy who lives down the street from where they're going
- I'll be down on it today, but again, hopefully, as it comes to the floor, we...
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
November 4, 2025 - 04:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- you think might happen if we don't get open our who's going to be reviewing these if we stay shut down
- So we were we were then down scored on this application. Is my generally getting that correct?
- sounds like we didn't leave that language broad enough to be able to add scope of practice issues down
- The grant Elaine Griese asked to wear money will be returned as of some wind their way out and that money
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nominations of Preston Griffith, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary, and Dario Gil, of New York, to be Under Secretary for Science, both of the Department of Energy. Apr 10th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- A lot of that technology came out of the department, but continuing to double down using the expertise
- a variety of sources, I'd point out that the cheapest forms of energy today are solar and onshore wind
- Baby, calm down. Okay. Alright, forget that. No, let me just say just this.
- My mom and dad would have had big tears running down their face the other day when President Trump stood
Keywords:
nominations, Undersecretary of Energy, Undersecretary of Science, Preston Griffith, Dario Gil, energy policy, scientific innovation
Summary:
The meeting was convened to discuss several significant nominations, particularly focusing on Preston Wills Griffith III for Undersecretary of Energy and Dr. Dario Gil for Undersecretary of Science. The committee underscored the importance of these roles in shaping American energy policy and scientific innovation. The discussion highlighted the nominees' backgrounds, with Griffith having extensive experience at the Department of Energy and the White House, and Gil bringing expertise in quantum technology and energy research. Members expressed a strong desire to understand the nominees' perspectives on current challenges facing the energy sector, including regulatory mandates and national security concerns. The meeting concluded with a commitment to ensuring thorough evaluations of the candidates and their proposed approaches to pressing issues.