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• To be outfitted for security purposes.
• Um, meaning the department would have to procure extra firearms and secure enhanced security materials
• Um and so they work secure environment.
• <00:21:20.960> area the north yard is a more secure area the north yard is a more secure area
• That is what uh security level they are.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• will be impeaching Homeland Security will be impeaching Homeland Security Secretary<00:32:07.679
• No tax on social security. No tax on tips. No tax on overtime. No tax on social security.
• In conclusion, tax on social security.
• We cannot ignore the retirement security of our constituents.
• <05:42:32.320> needs, national defense and security needs, national defense and security needs

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Did you at this day this time, you know, drop your ballot off my secure ballot intake stations are and
• Obviously we use it as a training mechanism and we try to further secure our systems and our policies
• And when it comes back to us through either USPS or a secure ballot intake station. >> And those and
• We matched your name and your identifying information with this security death database.
• But he was out of security concerns as I watched him do this.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• guarantee Ukraine's security. guarantee Ukraine's security.
• U.S. national security enterprise.
• secure US national security enterprise. secure US national security enterprise.
• You know someone who else was willing to sacrifice his humanity to attempt to secure his security?
• secure his security? You know who? secure his security? You know who?

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• I don't want to be in those medium-security facilities.
• They did not track with someone's actual security threat.
• They are not in line with the security threat.
• facilities or minimum-security prisoners, right?
• unit, but there's ways to run it as a minimum-security.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The commission opened an informal discussion focused on developing recommendations for its September report on correctional consolidation and cooperation. Chairs Dan Hunt and Senator Brownsberger emphasized that the group is still in an information-gathering phase, but should begin putting ideas on the table, including possible written recommendations, further hearings, and additional facility tours. Members discussed whether the commission should seek more input from frontline stakeholders such as sheriffs, probation, parole, reentry centers, unions, and the judiciary, and whether recommendations should be organized around specific issue areas like medical costs, programming, reentry, and facility operations. A major theme was the need for a more integrated and consistent correctional system. Participants raised concerns about fragmentation across DOC, county sheriffs, probation, and parole, and suggested exploring step-down pathways, minimum security, pre-release, day reporting, and regional reentry hubs to improve outcomes and reduce recidivism. Several speakers stressed the importance of uniform standards, evidence-based programming, better data on outcomes and spending, and clearer alignment between custody conditions and rehabilitation goals. There was also discussion of looking to other states and international models, as well as revisiting older reports and plans, including the 2009 commission report and the 2010 corrections master plan. Facility-specific issues were also raised, including the need to examine women’s facilities such as Framingham, Bridgewater, and restrictive housing practices in light of suicide concerns and mental health needs. Members discussed the relationship between correctional custody and behavioral health, the role of the judiciary in sentencing and reentry planning, and whether judges should be better informed about available programming and step-down options. There was broad agreement that collaboration, transparency, and accountability should be strengthened, with some members urging that recommendations be based on firsthand facts and data rather than opinion alone. The meeting also included presentation of a written set of eight high-level recommendations compiled by advocacy and legal organizations, which focused on clearer and more consistent programming, equitable application of rules, and reducing punitive conditions that function like solitary confinement. The chairs said the document would be shared with members and posted online. No formal votes were taken during the discussion, and the meeting ended with plans to continue the conversation at a future session, including possible follow-up on reentry centers, restrictive housing, and other systemwide reforms.

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• Armed and unarmed security services around the National Park campus and facilities. 66, National Park
• College with Allied Universal Security.
• Contract 57, also with DWS, with Quality Security Service, is for security guard services.
• Contract 64, Department of Education with Umbrella Security, is for armed security services in their
• This is for security services at their different museums.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• that's significant to the security that's significant to the security staff.<00:50:50.880> I<
• And those are the pieces where training security and having security as part of the conversation.
• And those are the pieces where training security and having security as part of the conversation.
• as<00:59:36.799> part<00:59:36.880> of security and having security as part of security
• security staff. security staff.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• <00:13:12.320> company own start a private security company own start a private security company
• that if if I am a member of a security that if if I am a member of a security threat<00:53:07.480
• We deal with a host of challenges that our security staff, I think, do a remarkable job with.
• We deal with a host of challenges that our security staff, I think, do a remarkable job with.
• We deal with a host of challenges that our security staff, I think, do a remarkable job with.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And I think that refers to the ambivalence toward domestic security.
• So you'll look at what the domestic security funding coming to Florida looked like back in 2004.
• We go through a process every year where there's a subgroup of the Domestic Security Oversight Council
• where different agencies put in a request for Homeland Security Fund projects.
• And it's undeniable that fusion centers are very valuable in the whole domestic security realm.

Summary: The committee heard two presentations on domestic security. Deputy Commissioner David Binder of FDLE described the state’s domestic security structure, including FDLE’s coordination role, the fusion center system, regional task forces, and private-sector infrastructure partnerships. He emphasized the Domestic Security Oversight Council’s grant-ranking process and warned that federal homeland security funding has dropped sharply over time, with possible future cuts threatening fusion center analysts and other capabilities. Binder also focused on emerging threats, especially drones and counter-UAS issues, noting current legal limits on mitigation authority, concerns about tethered drones and drone use near correctional facilities and military sites, and the need for a turnkey solution if state or federal authority expands. He also highlighted FDLE’s cataloging of critical infrastructure sites through Florida Kicker and the growth of trusted private partners. Director Dave Kerner of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles then outlined the Florida Highway Patrol’s role in domestic security. He paid tribute to a fallen sergeant and discussed FHP’s structure, criminal interdiction work, border integrity and trafficking enforcement, dispatch and communications, aviation and drone use, and immigration enforcement under 287(g). Kerner said troopers have seized large amounts of narcotics and currency this year and have arrested thousands of unlawful immigrants. He also described FHP’s involvement in operations such as Lone Star, Vigilant Sentry, and Faithful Service, and said the agency is working toward expanded counter-UAS authority through federal discussions and Sergeant Dooley’s testimony. Members expressed support for both agencies, discussed the dangers and potential benefits of drones, and the committee adjourned without objection after no public testimony was offered.

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• At the same time, cash handling comes with elevated security risks, Cash handling comes with elevated
• security risks, added costs, including theft and loss, as well as operational burdens, as we've heard
• And secure payments regardless of their customers' financial institutions.
• That convenience improves security and speed at the merchant level, but it also comes with fees that
• That's why I was recommending using the adoption of the QR pay codes because it is a much more secure

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Special Legislative Commission on the Future of Payments and Sales Transactions by Credit Card and the Impacts for Small Businesses held a public hearing focused on interchange fees, sales tax and tip processing, chargebacks, fraud, surcharging, and the broader future of payment systems. Chair Paul Feeney and co-chair Rep. Jamie Murphy opened by explaining the commission’s charge and inviting testimony from small businesses, industry groups, banks, and policy experts. Representative Sean Garballey testified first, arguing that Massachusetts tourism depends on universal card acceptance and stable interchange, and urging the commission not to disrupt the current system ahead of major events expected to bring millions of visitors to the Commonwealth. A large portion of the hearing featured independent restaurant owners and advocates describing thin margins and the burden of paying percentage-based processing fees on sales tax and tips that are not business revenue. Jen Ziskin, Kristen Canty, Nancy Cushman, Kerry Colzer, and others said restaurants often operate on very small profits and that processing fees on taxes and gratuities can amount to tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars annually. Ryan Lotz also urged reforms to chargebacks, including refunding chargeback fees when merchants prevail, requiring consumers to contact businesses before disputing charges, and limiting repeat abuse. Commission members pressed witnesses on whether tax and tip amounts could be separated at the point of sale, and several witnesses said current consumer card systems do not transmit that level of detail. Testimony from credit union, banking, and payments representatives largely opposed state-level changes that would carve out taxes or tips from interchange, warning of compliance burdens, higher costs, reduced rewards, and possible effects on fraud protection and access to credit. Alex Verine of America’s Credit Unions and Deb Peters and Keely McEwen of the Electronic Payments Coalition said the payment system is complex, that interchange funds fraud prevention and network infrastructure, and that new state mandates could create operational and legal uncertainty. Dan Swanson argued states have authority to act and pointed to Illinois litigation and federal court rulings, while Julian Morris and Brad Popolado emphasized the benefits of card acceptance, the decline of cash, and the need to consider other payment methods and check fraud as well. Several witnesses discussed international payment systems, instant payments, and QR standards as possible future directions. The chairs and members engaged in extended back-and-forth with witnesses about whether Massachusetts could exempt sales tax from swipe fees, whether surcharging should be revisited, and whether vendor compensation or other targeted relief might be more workable than broad changes to interchange. No votes were taken. At the close of the hearing, the chairs said the commission would hold one additional public hearing date to be determined, after which members would begin developing next steps and a report.

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• It doesn't matter how much work I do in a sterile, secure setting.
• We have more youth in our secure facility than the LBP anticipated.
• We have more youth in our secure facility than the LBB anticipated.
• So placement options would be any suitable environment, whether that's secure or non-secure, residential
• Do we need to help them sign up for Social Security disability?

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• that necessarily um I am a very secure that necessarily um I am a very secure person<00:13:28.199
• You can have security there.
• not providing a secure not providing a secure situation<00:18:15.200> for<00:18:16.000>
• expectations of hey I live in a secured expectations of hey I live in a secured place<00:18:21.159
• <00:19:25.799> of someone to expect that the security of someone to expect that the security

Keywords: 1183, house

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• <00:13:38.279> and intelligence cyber security and intelligence cyber security and automation
• What's next, Social Security?
• What's next, Social Security?
• What's next, Social Security?
• We will secure our border.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, February 6, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• And talk about security.
• That's security. talk about security. We've given parents talk about security.
• It's a means to a secure life.
• Financial security, job security, and we've invested collectively together time and hundreds of
• <00:43:38.240> Security, around those ideas. Security, around those ideas.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The next one is national security.
• Do you happen to comment on how do you keep all of this data secure?
• But it supports the government and industry efforts to build that secure, itself.
• And one is we have to have energy security, and we've lost it. We've lost that energy security.
• We've lost that energy security.

Keywords: 908, all

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• security measures are.
• security measures are.
• :10.280> maximum<01:13:10.920> security to a maximum security to a maximum security data
• High<01:13:18.120> security High security High security uh<01:13:20.080> high<01:13:20.880
• . security. security.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• They have access to safe and secure They have access to safe and secure housing. housing. housing
• I recognize insurance, and securities.
• ,<01:16:34.360> and<01:16:34.520> miscellaneous securities, and miscellaneous securities
• c> requirements these cyber security requirements these cyber security requirements but<01:32:53.240
• <01:36:24.680> force security force security force for<01:36:26.080> financial<01:36:26.760

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• Is the security vestibule. Correct. Okay. Great. Thank you. Any other questions?
• This funding will allow us to provide greater security to these assets.
• We can also upgrade the facility for security measures as well.
• We have no climate control and inadequate security.
• Wolf Falls again is a renovation, improve our security, provide evidence and biological sampling security

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The hearing reconvened with testimony from several agencies on their capital budget requests. The Department of Environmental Services requested a little over $38 million, with major emphasis on dam repairs and design work for aging state-owned dams, including a $5.25 million match for possible FEMA BRIC funding at Pawtuckaway/Tuckaway and other projects such as Milton Three Ponds, Murphy Dam, and Lakeport Gates. DES also requested funding for state revolving loan fund matches, a Superfund match for the Savage Well site, IT and air-monitoring upgrades, and a new $750,000 cybersecurity request for water and wastewater systems. Committee members asked about FEMA eligibility, the distinction between design and construction money, and the timing and risk of banking funds if federal grants do not materialize. The University System of New Hampshire requested $20 million in state support, primarily $15 million for a major Diamond Library renovation at UNH to create a student support hub and reduce/repurpose collection space, plus $2.5 million each for deferred maintenance at Plymouth State and Keene State. The Community College System requested about $16.6 million across seven projects, led by critical maintenance, campus safety/security upgrades, IT infrastructure, parking and site improvements, HVAC replacement at White Mountains Community College in Littleton, a building management/energy system, and modernization of NHTI’s dental clinic and radiology spaces. The Department of Education requested $29.5 million, including a $4.9 million internal management platform to replace paper-based and siloed systems, plus career and technical education capital projects; Milford’s CTE project was described as being revised after repeated failed bond votes, while ConVal said its revised project would focus on modernizing existing CTE space and adding a security vestibule. Fish and Game requested $1.075 million for three facilities: Sewall Falls in Concord, the Lancaster Armory, and the Bunker Lane Barn in Durham, focusing on structural repairs, security, reconfiguration, and in one case replacement of a failing barn with a new 40-by-60 building. The department also said hatchery work is ongoing but that it is taking a cautious approach because of the planned New Hampton Hatchery and future capital needs. The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources requested $9.26 million for eight projects, including campground electrical upgrades at Ellacoya and Lake Francis, White Lake water system replacement, Mount Washington fuel tank and safety work, Odiorne Point visitor center work funded through parks revenue, roofing and parking lot repairs, Fox Forest office safety upgrades, and historic site repairs at White Island and Fort Constitution. Members asked about revenue-based capital, the stability of the parks fund, and flexibility in choosing projects as bids come in. The Department of Transportation began its presentation at the end of the transcript, but its detailed requests were not yet discussed.

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• Office of Cyber Security. LFC applied a.
• Security and Emergency Management.
• Analyst for Homeland Security.
• Homeland Security Program.
• And so, the Department of Homeland Security Emergency Management.

Keywords: 996, all

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• And we do that for the safety and security of the election materials, to include the ballots and media
• My secure ballot intake stations are manned by people, and also many of them have video cameras in and
• We matched your name and your identifying information with the Social Security death database.
• It may be just for the preparation of the election, things like that, but for the safety and security
• But the Office of Election Crimes and Security had a report.

Summary: The committee heard a presentation from several county supervisors of elections and the Florida Supervisors of Elections Association on the 2024 election cycle and priorities for the 2025 session. They described very high turnout in the presidential election, major operational planning needs, and the heavy reliance on seasonal workers, list maintenance, ballot-on-demand systems, and secure chain-of-custody procedures. They also discussed the impact of recent legislative changes on voter-roll maintenance, including inactive voter removal, and said Florida’s election administration has improved to what they called a “platinum standard.” The supervisors outlined several legislative requests: allowing more than one non-government “wild card” early voting site to improve access and emergency flexibility; requiring newly naturalized citizens to update driver’s license information so voter records match DHSMV data; exempting home addresses of certain election workers and ballot transporters from public records to improve safety and recruitment; restoring a checkbox on vote-by-mail return envelopes so voters can stay on the vote-by-mail list for the next cycle; aligning base salaries for supervisors, property appraisers, and clerks with other constitutional officers; and reducing ballot length by removing precinct committee races from the ballot. They also said they expect a committee bill to carry some of these proposals. Members questioned the panel about ballot transport security, signature verification, vote-by-mail expiration, public records transparency, and the petition process for constitutional amendments. The supervisors said ballots are transported under detailed county plans with tamper-evident seals, chain-of-custody logs, trained workers, and in some cases two-person transport teams. On petitions, they said the process is labor-intensive and expensive, that fraud has occurred in some cases, and that they favor reforms such as requiring more personal identifying information and having initiative sponsors mail petitions to voters rather than making supervisors handle the mailing. They also said signature mismatches can be cured within 72 hours after Election Day and that voters are notified when possible. After the supervisors’ presentation, the committee also heard brief public testimony from Kathleen Griffiths, who urged adoption of commercial-style risk management standards in election systems and referenced several election-related bills her group supports.