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FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 10, 2026 - 09:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- But regardless, what we are trying to do is deal with distracted driving, not somebody who's going over
- It should not be this hard to respect each other in who we are.
- I worked hard every day. I probably would have protected those kids at all costs.
- Sometimes this is hard.
- And it causes law enforcement drives to decrypt data.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Hard-hitting scrutiny as usual. Senator Bravo, thank you."
- That was not even supposed to be a hard question.
- One, I find that hard to believe. Okay.
- I do find that hard to believe.
- Thank you for taking the time to drive up here, drive over here, I should say, and give your testimony
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- He worked hard to limit all these forever chemicals.
- , which drives rates down.
- And you see why it's so hard. It was so hard for you to write this bill.
- I'm saying that to give credit to you for advocating so hard.
- Not to make life hard for those who were doing the right things.
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions and memorial remarks, including a moment of silence for service members killed in the conflict in Iran. The chamber then moved to special orders and took up a series of bills, with many measures passing unanimously after brief explanations and, in several cases, substitution of House companions. Early bills included CS/CS/SB 1062 on speech and debate education, which drew extensive supportive debate about the civic value of debate programs and passed 37-0, and SB 1072 on an anti-Semitism task force, which was amended to clarify that criticism of Israel is not prohibited and then passed 37-0.
The Senate also approved CS/CS/SB 1230/HB 1019 on PFAS chemicals and firefighting foam, with discussion focused on phasing out AFFF, testing requirements, exceptions for federal aviation and military uses, and support for firefighters and water quality; the bill passed 37-0. Other measures passed without opposition included SB 1706 on the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program, SB 186 on student health and safety and seizure response training, SB 598 on funeral and cemetery services, SB 990/HB 883 on protected cell captive insurance companies, SB 554 on nonprofit corporations, SB 560 on child welfare and foster care medication procedures, SB 684/HB 961 on electronic signatures for salvage titles, and SB 778/HB 569 on forensic client services. Two bills, SB 432 on intoxicating substances and SB 928 on dangerous crimes, were temporarily postponed.
A major portion of the meeting was devoted to SB 1134 on official actions of local governments and DEI-related activities. The sponsor argued the bill would prevent counties and municipalities from funding or promoting DEI efforts he described as discriminatory or indoctrinating, while opponents offered amendments to narrow the bill to spending only, add an intent requirement for penalties, and preserve local proclamations and observances. Those amendments were debated at length but were not adopted. The sponsor then continued explaining the bill’s exceptions, including references to holidays, heritage sites, and the Pulse Memorial, and the chamber was still in debate on the underlying measure when the transcript ended.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
EDUCATION- HOUSE EARLY CHILDHOOD SUBCOMMITTEE Feb 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It's hard to have this conversation without allocating resources, but as we really make that transition
- And it's hard for people to understand. We didn't get the same pie from last year to this year.
- And it's hard for people to understand. We didn't get the same pie from last year to this year.
- I feel like I'm just giving general dollars because it's not that kind of drive, but yes. Perhaps.
- I feel like I'm just giving general dollars because it's not that kind of drive, but yes.
Summary:
The committee met to review early childhood education funding, access, and program sustainability, with Secretary Aleva and Director Ashland Abney providing updates on Arkansas’s ABC state-funded preschool program and the federal CCDF/SRA program. Members discussed the long-standing flat funding for ABC, which rose from $11 million to $14 million in 2018, compared with roughly $137 million in federal CCDF/SRA funding. Officials said ABC serves about 23,000 children, while SRA serves about 14,871 children and has a wait list of about 2,971 children. Members also asked for more data on rural versus urban access, provider types, and the number of slots and providers by region.
A major topic was how to improve quality and access while aligning early childhood with K-12. Officials said the department is moving from the Better Beginnings environmental rating system toward CLASS observations, using local leads and a kindergarten-readiness strategy tied to quality improvement. Members raised concerns about deserts and islands in service availability, the cost of school-based versus community-based providers, and the need to support infant-toddler care as well as preschool. The commissioner said early learning should be part of long-term state education investment, but that simply adding money would not solve access gaps without broader structural changes.
The committee also discussed recent funding changes and their effects on providers and families. Officials said a $14.741 million PDG-BFV competitive grant will support systems-building work, including local leads, workforce, data systems, and third-party CLASS observations, but it is a one-year grant and not direct service funding. Members questioned the impact of new co-pays, provider closures, and slot reallocations; officials said eight closures were tied specifically to funding changes, and that paying only for enrolled children rather than allocated slots saved about $576,000. They also discussed dual enrollment in home visiting and ABC, with officials estimating that limiting double enrollment could save about $2.4 million and potentially serve about 470 more children. The meeting ended with agreement to continue regular updates and further discussion, and the committee adjourned without a vote on legislation.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Right now we don't have hard costs on that and we want to be sure.
- Our cars aren't just simply driving on the highways of Texas. They're on the beaches.
- We don't drive where there are electric charge stations very often, Senator.
- The archive is extensive, but only 1% of it can be shown, and we're having a hard time in space.
- We strive real hard to have a farm fresh program. We kind of lead the nation in that at the TDA.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs (02/11/2025)
Election Law and Municipal Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
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that's <00 - You don't have to drive. And then she's saying if you're blind it's easier to vote.
- All these students with off-campus housing—I drive by Keene State.
- All these students with off-campus housing—I drive by Keene State.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It's hard to ask questions if I'm not here.
- I was an eighth grader in Denton County Public Schools, too young to drive.
- I guess I'm having a hard time understanding. Were parents involved?
- But it was hard for me to find a doctor.
- I had to run very fast, very hard to be able to get the care that I needed.
Bills:
HB778, HB 1266, HB1576, HB2213, HB2517, HB2518, HB2841, HB3306, HB3320, HB3388, HB3508, HB3520, HB3689
Keywords:
credentialing, healthcare, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, managed care, hurricane, windstorm, loss mitigation, grants, insurance discounts, property retrofitting, insurance, Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, board composition, coastal counties, property insurance, taxation, Texas FAIR Plan Association, premium taxes, maintenance taxes
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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- Regardless of what kind of vehicle I drive, I'm not going to be able to drive down to the fire station
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to important to to really work hard to important to to really work hard to
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division III (03/18/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- They don't drive the practice; we drive the practice, right?
- That's very hard for us to get at, you know.
- That's very hard inefficient execution.
- So, it's really hard to pull out a percentage right the second Nathan can get you one.
- We don't do what we do to drive up costs.
Summary:
The committee met after recess to hear a Department of Health and Human Services overview of its contract structure, with CFO Nathan White explaining that DHS currently has 969 active agreements spanning service contracts, grants, data-sharing agreements, use-of-premises agreements, and MOUs. He said contracts are budgeted across multiple class lines and accounting units, often braided with federal funds, which makes the system complex; he also noted that the department’s top spending list was limited to 18 items rather than 20 and included both individual contracts and grouped regional/provider contracts. White emphasized that many contracts support direct services to residents, while others support departmental operations such as software support and staffing.
Commissioner Hardy said the listed contracts are essential to serving vulnerable populations and supporting required administrative infrastructure, and she stressed that the department tries to work with providers and families rather than impose changes on them. In response to questions about area agencies and developmental disability services, DHS officials said the agencies’ duties are spelled out in contract and statute, including family support services, billing-related functions, and services tied to the state’s community-based system; they said some billing duties have already been moved outside the contract. They also explained that the department rejected a previously discussed two-tier waiver concept after stakeholder feedback in October 2023 and instead shifted to rate-based work, including CIS assessments, to better align payment with individual need.
Members also raised concerns about possible waste, sole-source contracting, and subcontracting. Hardy said she had not seen specific evidence of waste beyond a whistleblower call mentioned by a member, but acknowledged that inefficient execution can occur in government and said the department is trying to improve management. On procurement, she said sole-source contracts require her approval and that competitive procurement is the default when possible. White added that subcontracting is allowed only with written state permission under the standard P-37 terms, and subcontractors must meet the same obligations as the prime contractor. No votes or formal actions were taken.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- I want to begin by thanking your committee staff for their hard work.
- Not everyone can drive miles.
- The concerns driving this bill are understandable.
- I appreciate your passion, your hard work, and your practical application.
- I just wanted to thank them for their hard work.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/05/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- My car used to give me a hard time, and the repair also was funded, and this contribution has made a
- to be a good nurse so so um this hard to be a good nurse so so um this program<00:10:31.320>
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to define hard to define hard to train<00:15:19.399>uh <00:15:19.519 - So there's a whole list of eligibility criteria that constitute that hard to train.
- Well, because it's hard to find...
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Texas Legislative Medal of Honor Committee May 13th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- He did hard things and he set tough goals.
- Texas and as a SEAL on deployment, he embraced risk and embodied the quiet strength, loyalty, and drive
- On, on our drive down yesterday, Christie and I had a discussion about what we could offer this committee
- Um, that is just an example of who Gauge was determination, drive, um.
- That which reflects upon our child, that for which was sacrificed, um. would be It's hard to say it's
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation Mar 26th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Existing law authorizes the courts to suspend or restrict driving privileges for 90 days to six months
- It may be politically too hard, but it's...
- It's very hard to borrow against because it's not a very consistent funding stream.
- So we have to really have those hard conversations, and we have to step up.
- We have never really had those hard conversations, and it is time.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Agriculture Feb 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- It was hard for farmers to be able to come out of pocket to pay their workers to go out there and start
- It was hard sell to a bank, though this land specifically for recovery.
- They want fresh local oysters, the drive, come to Florida.
- They want fresh local oysters, the drive, our docs looking for him.
- And it's even hard to wrap your mind around. How how do you get the 4 million pounds of reduction?
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Indian Affairs Jul 16th, 2025
House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- It's a beautiful drive. I drove up yesterday through Torreon.
- Pueblo Pintado, Crown Point, so it's a nice drive.
- It's always so beautiful driving through this area.
- It's a beautiful place to drive into. I had never been here before.
- That is a real hard-working person. He was threatened also from Gallup.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, April 21, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- From an early age, Ed embodied the values of hard work, integrity, and faith in action.
- What unfolded was a drive-up celebration unlike any other. firsthand.
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up <00:43:29.599>celebration unfolded was a drive up celebration unfolded was a drive - Mike, your hard work research campus.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- It's hard, you know.
- These—they work so hard.
- For the hard-working educators in this state, I'm crushed.
- She's a hard worker. She's intelligent.
- It's hard to be perfect, right? So we can't be perfect.
Summary:
The Senate met, opened with prayer and the pledge, and then handled a series of messages and floor actions. The chamber transmitted a large group of Senate bills to the governor and Senate Concurrent Memorial 1004 to the Secretary of State. It also received House requests to return Senate Bills 1175 and 1198 for reconsideration, which were granted without objection. The Senate then moved into Committee of the Whole to consider several House concurrent resolutions.
On H.C.R. 2001, a constitutional referral on election requirements, senators debated a Judiciary Committee amendment and a Hoffman floor amendment that would require voter ID, allow election-day tabulation of early ballots at polling places, and require legislative funding for implementation. Supporters said the measure would improve election security, voter confidence, and speed up results; opponents argued it was vague, could undermine mail voting, and lacked clear implementation details. The amendment was adopted, and after further debate the Committee of the Whole gave H.C.R. 2001 a do-pass recommendation by a 15-12 vote. Later, on third reading, the full Senate passed H.C.R. 2001 by a 16-12 vote and transmitted it to the House.
The chamber also considered H.C.R. 2003, a referral on student athletics and biological sex. Senator Ortiz offered a floor amendment to replace the blanket ban approach with rules based on athletic ability and inclusion; supporters said it would preserve fairness while avoiding discrimination, while opponents said it would gut the measure and weaken protections for girls’ sports. The Ortiz amendment failed 11-16, and H.C.R. 2003 then received a do-pass recommendation in Committee of the Whole and later passed third reading. H.C.R. 2044, a referral on prohibiting preferential treatment and discrimination, also received a do-pass recommendation without recorded controversy. The Senate then adjourned after completing the remaining procedural motions and votes.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Jan 30th, 2026 at 12:05 pm
New Mexico House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They have put in countless hours of hard work, sacrifice, and teamwork.
- I know how hard this is.
- They try hard. But just like anything, it takes money, right?
- I've got a paving business, and I know how hard it is.
- I drive an XLT Ford pickup.
Keywords:
nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division II (03/07/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- It's hard to say, yeah, throw some more money at it, correct? Thank you.
- If you look at that, it’d be hard to imagine this scenario again.
- Yeah, thank you, and welcome. schedule we try really hard to listen to schedule we try really hard to
- I will happily drive up here; my colleagues will happily drive up here to continue to work with you.
- We've been trying really hard to avoid that.
Summary:
The Finance Division 2 work session first took up HB 506, a bill dealing with the return of seized firearms. Members discussed how the measure would shift background-check processing for firearm returns through the Department of Safety, while the physical firearms would still remain with local police unless State Police had taken custody. The department said the bill would change which cases come to it, and members clarified that the bill concerns the background-check decision rather than possession of the firearms. The committee then voted OTP on HB 506 FN by a 7-0 roll call.
The committee next discussed HB 671, establishing a kindergarten literacy readiness program. Department of Education staff explained that the bill grew out of a COVID-era Waterford contract that provided home-based early literacy support for families using federal relief funds, at a cost of about $600,000 per year, but that the program ended when those funds expired. Members raised concerns that the bill’s $1 appropriation was not realistic, that the prior program lacked sufficient outcome data, and that the references to ESSA tier-one benchmarks were unclear. The department said it was conducting a broader literacy needs assessment and updating the state literacy plan, including data from the zero-to-five range, K-5, and dyslexia-related work.
Waterford representatives described the program as an early-literacy, pre-K readiness service for children ages zero to five, originally designed to work in homes with computers and internet provided where needed, and later expanded in some settings such as daycares and pre-K classrooms. They said the program used assessments at the beginning and end, had served hundreds of children, and was intended to support family engagement and kindergarten readiness. Despite that testimony, members remained concerned about funding and the lack of clear results, and one member moved to retain the bill for more information. The discussion ended with the bill retained rather than advanced.