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• Speaker, for the recognition.
• And before we get started on the recognition, I'd like ...get started on the recognition, I'd like to
• Speaker, for the recognition.
• Alabama underwent an extensive whitetail deer restocking program during the... deer restocking program
• I appreciate the recognition.

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• ,<00:25:51.360> and and preparedness grant programs, and and preparedness grant programs,
• The budget would cut crucial programs The budget would cut crucial programs for<00:39:55.440>
• It's our tax funding these programs.
• Go Lady Cavs. storied program legacy, including storied program legacy, including back-to-back<00:45:
• Weber, seek recognition? Mr.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• >> Any members seeking recognition for the purpose of answering the roll?
• <02:07:40.520> and He has received national recognition and He has received national recognition
• , process to participate in the program, process to participate in the program, and<03:05:30.640>
• capital, the 2026 LRC intern program capital, the 2026 LRC intern program participants<03:05:46.560
• Commission intern program, composed of Commission intern program, composed of outstanding<03:08:01.440

Keywords: In an effort to stave off issues that may occur with long format live streams, we have split this stream into two parts., 958, all

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• Is there a pharmacy program at Texas Southern?
• Is there a program down there that deals with training young people to be. pilots, we just recently,
• And some of the young stars that he brought into his program on Sunday mornings became superstars after
• Senator Hall on the recognition. a distinguished group of individuals to the Senate floor, my special
• President Members, before we adjourn, I yield to Senator Miles for a memorial recognition.

Bills: SJR3, SB5, SJR36, SJR3, SB616, SB565, SB384, SB5, SB21, SB72, SB140, SB262, SB370, SB372, SB495, SB627, SB703, SB764, SB842, SB971, SB790, SB767, SB480, SB1066

Keywords: dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, research funding, state budget, prevention, healthcare, medical research, Dementia Prevention and Research Institute, research institute, funding, grants, state health initiatives, aquifer, water management, Edwards Aquifer, sustainability, regulatory framework, SB 565, Texas Water Code

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• Speaker, for the recognition.
• Thanks for the recognition.
• So they are evaluating different programs that we fund. Programs that we fund.
• >> uh different programs that we fund. >> uh different programs that we fund.
• , programs, programs, uh, uh, uh, increase teacher pay for the first three years.

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• She's extremely proud of the many members That have gone through the Mesa Vista FFA program.
• So it's a very valuable program. It goes way beyond just growing agriculture.
• Speaker, I would like to give Rick a recognition to one young lady.
• Riley is very active in both her school theater program and local theater program, which we both love
• Certificate of Recognition, Certificate No. 13. Certificate No. 14. Thank you, Mr. President.

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• the past decade, law enforcement agencies throughout California have increased the use of drone programs
• It seems like it would be easy to use a program to be able to figure out what that is that has public
• Call center workers, for example, may be required to use tools that employ emotional recognition...
• Call center workers, for example, may be required to use tools that employ emotional recognition and
• The bill was written with privacy values in mind, no facial recognition.

Summary: The committee heard several bills and took up multiple votes. AB 576, dealing with updates to California’s charitable fundraising platform registry after AB 488, was presented as a technical fix to help charities and platforms more quickly update eligible listings; there was no opposition testimony, and the measure was later moved on a due pass basis. AB 1160, on law enforcement drone programs, was presented with proposed amendments requiring U.S.-based data storage and limits on sharing or selling collected data; supporters said it would protect sensitive drone-collected information while preserving affordable drone use, while there was no opposition testimony, and it was also later passed out on a due pass as amended basis. AB 75, which would require insurers to give notice before collecting aerial images of homes and provide homeowners access to those images, drew support from the Department of Insurance and consumer advocates, while insurers opposed it unless amended, arguing aerial imaging is a cost-saving inspection tool and that the bill could worsen availability and affordability; the bill was moved to Appropriations on a due pass basis, with the roll held open for absent members. The committee spent the most time on AB 325, which would address algorithmic price-fixing and collusion. The author and supporters argued that competitors using the same pricing software or algorithm to set prices can function as collusion even when the agreement is hidden behind code, and cited examples involving housing, frozen potatoes, gas pricing, and other industries. Opponents, including apartment, business, hospital, retail, chamber, and tech groups, said the bill was too broad, could sweep in lawful software and public-data market research, and might chill legitimate pricing tools, especially for small businesses and housing providers. Committee members raised concerns about clarity, intent standards, and whether the bill should focus more narrowly on nonpublic competitor data; despite those concerns, AB 325 was moved to Appropriations on a due pass basis, with the roll held open. Later, AB 1221 was presented as a workplace surveillance bill that would prohibit certain invasive or discriminatory surveillance tools, require notice to workers, limit sharing of worker data, and require corroborating evidence before discipline based on surveillance outputs. Labor and consumer groups supported the bill, saying modern surveillance technologies can track speech, movement, emotion, and other sensitive traits and can be biased or abusive. The Security Industry Association opposed it, warning that the bill’s broad definitions could restrict legitimate security systems, emergency sharing with first responders, and employer responses to misconduct or unsafe behavior. The transcript cuts off before any final vote on AB 1221 is shown.

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• Kentucky seek recognition? Madam Kentucky seek recognition?
• programs throughout this entire Congress, starting with H.R. 1, by ensuring critical safety net programs
• We've programming and emergency alerts.
• <02:44:17.600> and gutting environmental programs and gutting environmental programs and public
• from Ohio seek recognition? from Ohio seek recognition?

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• This program, I want to say, is highly targeted, accountable, and transparent.
• This is a good program; this is probably... Well overdue, excuse me.
• No formal recognition, no title, just a simple license plate.
• They deserve that recognition.
• I oversee the therapy program and our outreach program.

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• Thank you, Senator, for this recognition.
• Recognition.
• Health Science Center at Tyler, Athens Family Residency Program.
• Health Science Center and Tyler, Athens Family Residency Program.
• Chair recognizes Senator Hinojosa of Nueces for a recognition of the city of Brownsville.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer, and dispensed with the reading of the previous day’s journal. The chamber then spent much of the session on recognitions, including a visit from the Texas Police Chiefs Association and the introduction of Dr. Joshua Splinter as Doctor of the Day. Senators offered remarks honoring the chiefs’ service and welcoming Dr. Splinter and Dr. Sarah Jethro to the chamber. The Senate adopted Senate Resolution 16, sponsored by Senators Miles, West, Alvarado, and Cook, designating January 29, 2025 as Alpha Kappa Alpha Day at the State Capitol. Senators Miles and West highlighted the sorority’s history, service work, and Texas members, and the resolution was adopted without objection. The chamber also adopted Senate Resolution 9 by Senator Perry recognizing American Public Works Association Day, and Senate Resolution 10 congratulating Heather Keister on being named Engineer of the Year by the South Plains Chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers. Senator Perry emphasized the importance of public works and infrastructure, and praised Keister’s engineering work and contributions to West Texas. The Senate also recognized a Brownsville delegation and celebrated Brownsville Day at the Capitol, with Senator Hinojosa of Nueces speaking about the city’s history and community spirit. Additional resolutions, including Senate Resolution 13 and Senate Resolution 18, were adopted without objection. The chamber then approved a motion to suspend Senate Rule 11.13 so committees could meet during the reading and referral of bills. Announcements followed, including a Finance Committee hearing and a Senate Democratic Caucus meeting, and the Senate recessed until Monday, February 3, for bill reading and referral, then adjourned until Tuesday, February 4.

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• Just a brief word about the Veteran Homelessness Prevention Program: I want to say When a program is
• The program that we're working with is through Lutheran Social Services, and it's a proven program.
• , is a great program.
• on loans, that money must go back into the program.
• that those on the program could potentially stay on this program. just that little bit above the 50%

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• SB 2, Creighton, relating to the establishment of an education savings account program.
• Speaker, members, in recognition of your National Black HIV-AIDS Awareness Day on February the 7th, I
• Department of Health and Human Services National AIDS Program.
• Lalani for a recognition. I didn't want to be in your shot during that one. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
• If you are there, please stand up and get recognition. And thank you, and welcome to your Capitol.

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• Our child care and development programs are provided through voucher-based programs, which provide certificates
• Program, also known as CAP, our Migrant Alternative Payment Program, CMAP, Program, also known as CAP
• , our Migrant Alternative Payment Program, CMAP, and the Emergency Child Care Bridge Program.
• doubled the impact of the youth legal services program and the removal defense program.
• the program.

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Summary: The committee heard a lengthy budget and policy discussion on child care, child welfare, and related early education issues, beginning with child care funding and slot utilization. Department of Social Services officials outlined the Governor’s proposed 2026-27 child care budget, including $6.8 billion for child care programs, an $11.5 million Prop. 64-funded disaster repair mini-grant program for licensed facilities affected by 2025 disasters, and projected reductions tied to federal CCDF formula changes and lower Prop. 64 revenues. DSS said the reductions could mean about 4,176 CCTR slots, but emphasized they were assessing how to absorb the cuts without disrupting children currently in care. The LAO supported aligning funding to lower revenues and asked for more detail on the disaster grant program. Senators pressed the department on why so many slots remain uncontracted or unfilled, why unspent funds revert to the General Fund, and whether more flexibility could move dollars from contracts to vouchers; DSS said delays are largely due to infrastructure, licensing, staffing, and enrollment ramp-up, and that it is working on readiness reviews, technical assistance, and possible reallocation of relinquished slots. The committee also discussed Emergency Child Care Bridge reallocations among counties and confirmed that no currently enrolled children would be disenrolled under the proposed slot reductions. A second panel focused on the state’s broader commitment to expand child care and reform reimbursement rates. DSS said California has nearly doubled child care funding in five years and increased monthly children served from about 294,100 in 2019-20 to more than 366,700 currently, while also advancing the single rate structure process through the alternative methodology and a joint labor-management committee report. Stanislaus County Office of Education described local shortages, especially for infant and toddler care, and argued that rate disparities between programs make it harder to sustain mixed delivery systems. Parent Voices California testified that the current system is confusing, unstable, and inequitable, with one speaker describing repeated paperwork burdens, waiting lists, and periods of homelessness while trying to maintain child care. The California Budget and Policy Center argued that only 16% of eligible children were enrolled in 2024, that Universal TK has drawn major resources into school-based care, and that providers remain paid far below the cost of care; it urged more revenue, faster rate reform, and expansion across the mixed delivery system. The LAO estimated that aligning CCTR adjustment factors for three-year-olds and children with disabilities with CSPP would cost $88 million to $131 million ongoing. Senators and staff also discussed the need for deadlines on automation and implementation of the single rate structure, with DSS and CDE noting that policy decisions, system changes, and collective bargaining issues are still being worked through. The committee then reviewed several child care trailer bill proposals. DSS proposed applying the 2026-27 COLA as an increase to cost-of-care-plus payments rather than as a traditional COLA, with $87.8 million General Fund initially proposed; DSS later acknowledged it had omitted CalWORKs Child Care and the Emergency Child Care Bridge from the calculation and said the amount would be revised upward. The LAO recommended making the COLA treatment uniform across child care and state preschool programs. DSS also proposed replacing the market rate survey with the federally approved alternative methodology survey on a triennial schedule, limiting temporary absences for licensed family child care homes to 20% of care hours in a month, defining excessive unexplained absences as more than 30 days in a 12-month period, and aligning family fee collection so contractors collect the fee without reducing the voucher value. The department said these changes are intended to bring state law into compliance with federal requirements and to better reflect current practice. Finally, the committee discussed the Early Childhood Policy Council, including a reappropriation of previously unused funds and a new reporting requirement under AB 563; members questioned staffing needs and whether existing contractor support could absorb the work, while DSS said the funds are used for stipends, facilitation, translation, and contract oversight and may still be needed as participation patterns change.

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• Holcomb: I LOVE THIS PROGRAM.
• YOUR PROGRAM, WHEN THE CHILDREN GET INTO THE PROGRAM IN A NEW SCHOOL, COMMUNITY, OR STATE YOUR PROGRAM
• THE PURPLE STAR RECOGNITION PROGRAM OPENS APPLICATION EACH YEAR AND THAT IS DEFINED IN STATE BOARD RULE
• AS PART OF THE SKILL PROGRAM.
• THERE ARE SOME GREAT PROGRAMS OUT THERE LIKE SPOON TO AND ANCHOR THROUGH LIFE AND I BELIEVE THESE PROGRAMS

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• This petition was filed after careful review and in recognition of her decades.
• Principal Lampron deserves this recognition and security after a career spent serving Boston's children
• this recognition and security after a career spent serving boston's children and her families thank
• We believe operators deserve that same recognition.
• They bring families in recognition to people who work every day to keep our community safe.

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Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Service heard testimony on a wide range of retirement classification and benefit bills affecting municipal and state employees. Much of the hearing focused on proposals to move various workers from Group 1 to Group 2 or Group 4, including municipal building officials (H. 2776), MassDOT highway workers (H. 2908/Sousa’s Law), DCF attorneys (H. 2771), probation officers, licensed electricians, drinking water operators (H. 3000/S. 1834), MWRA non-clerical workers (S. 1803), transitional parole officers (H. 2878), Plymouth BCI criminal investigator officers (H. 2975/S. 1863), Beverly fire alarm operators/public safety telecommunicators (S. 1876), Massport pipefitters and refrigeration technicians (H. 2788/S. 1829), and other public safety or hazardous-duty classifications. Witnesses generally argued that their work is physically dangerous, understaffed, or comparable to already higher-classified employees, and several said the changes would help recruitment and retention with little fiscal impact because the affected groups are small. The committee also heard testimony on H. 4508, a home rule petition to grant a disability pension to Boston principal Patricia Lampron. Supporters, including Representative Dan Hunt, Boston city councilors, and Lampron herself, described a severe 2021 assault at the Henderson Inclusion School that left her with lasting physical and psychological injuries and forced her into early retirement. They urged the committee to advance the bill quickly. One witness, Pamela McLaughlin, testified in opposition, arguing the bill would set the wrong precedent and describing alleged prior misconduct by Lampron, and asked that the bill be sent to study. Several witnesses and committee members asked brief questions, mainly about the scope of the bills, whether certain workers were already in higher groups, and the fiscal or precedent concerns. No votes were taken during the hearing. At the end, the chairs announced that testimony was complete, asked whether anyone else wished to speak, and then the committee voted to adjourn.

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• <00:39:49.040> have to federal nutrition programs have to federal nutrition programs have
• some recognition of the Olympic sports. some recognition of the Olympic sports.
• Williams, seek recognition? >> Mr.
• Williams, seek recognition? >> Mr.
• Williams, seek recognition? >> Mr.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Lackey High School boys basketball team<00:05:27.440> in<00:05:27.680> recognition<00:05
• Ethan consistently earns honor roll recognition as part of the accelerated math program.
• Ethan consistently earns honor roll recognition as part of the accelerated math program.
• accelerated math program. He attends accelerated math program.
• at La Plata High education program at La Plata High School.<00:07:36.640> He's<00:07:36.880><

Keywords: House streaming session for Friday, March 27, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House opened with a prayer, quorum call, and recognition of two House resolutions honoring student achievements. One resolution congratulated the Henry E. Lackey High School boys basketball team for winning the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference title and the Maryland State Championship; the other recognized Charles County spelling bee champion Ethan Ntanga, who will represent Maryland at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The chamber also received Governor Moore’s Supplemental Budget Number Two for fiscal 2027, which was referred to Appropriations. On third reading, the House passed House Bill 843, relating to Washington County tax sale notice changes, by 125-0, and House Bill 888, relating to eligibility for a Washington County property tax credit for disabled veterans, by 124-1. The House then took up Senate Bill 5, as amended, concerning special elections to fill legislative vacancies and related constitutional questions. Members debated whether the bill’s amendments violated the single-subject rule and whether it advanced voter control or, conversely, represented a partisan power grab and a threat to minority representation. Several members explained green or red votes on those grounds. Senate Bill 5 passed the House 93-33. The House and Senate then exchanged messages on the fiscal 2027 budget bills, Senate Bill 282 and Senate Bill 284, after each chamber declined to recede from its amendments and agreed to conference committees. The House appointed conferees for both measures. The session concluded with committee and personal announcements, including upcoming committee meetings, a Jewish Caucus and Women’s Caucus lunch event, a disabilities art show reception, recognition of the doctor of the day, and a motion to recess until Monday, March 30 at 8:00 p.m.

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• He did his residency at Fort Collins Family Medicine Residency Program in 1997.
• He did his residency at Fort Collins Family Medicine Residency Program in 1997.
• So I think the continued recognition of...
• We have a memorial recognition upon adjournment.
• Before we adjourn, I yield to Senator Kochorst for a memorial recognition.

Bills: SJR36, SR8, SR14, SR15, SR17, HCR54

Keywords: accountants, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, advocacy, legislation, business issues, memorial, law enforcement, sacrifice, tribute, community support, service, community, Holocaust, remembrance, antisemitism, human rights, education, Holocaust Remembrance Day, memorialization, sexual assault

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• Speaker, I ask that we join together in recognition. Mr.
• John Spiak has joined us in the gallery today, and I asked that he please stand for recognition.
• We're grateful they continue to share these values through this program.
• Speaker, today I rise in recognition of... Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr.
• Speaker, today I rise in recognition of Trisomy Awareness Month.

Keywords: March 05, 2026 - Regular Session, 976, house, all

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• <00:16:11.279> that otherwise known as Vets, a program that otherwise known as Vets, a program
• , and critical education programs, and critical education programs, enhancing<02:45:57.520> the
• seek recognition. seek recognition. >> Mr.<04:23:09.439> Mr.
• recognition? recognition? >> Speaker.
• the most effective anti-hunger programs the most effective anti-hunger programs we<05:01:33.440>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 1012, house, all