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• you'll see there's a big gap between Highway 65 and Blaine and Highway 61 all the way over by the border
• you'll see there's a big gap between Highway 65 and Blaine and Highway 61 all the way over by the border
• you'll see there's a big gap between Highway 65 and Blaine and Highway 61 all the way over by the border
• you'll see there's a big gap between Highway 65 and Blaine and Highway 61 all the way over by the border
• report that was outlined at and security report that was outlined at last<01:04:03.039> week's

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• Our military bases need that airspace for our really critical national security initiatives.
• Eggland, Tyndall, McDill, our military bases need that airspace for our really critical national security
• This project will ultimately secure $20 million in federal construction funding once complete.
• You think about border security and a whole host of other missions.
• You think about border security and a whole host of other missions.

Summary: The committee met to hear the Governor’s proposed budget for the Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development silo and to consider one bill. The Governor’s Office outlined a $117.4 billion state budget, including $18.3 billion for the TED area, with major allocations for the Department of Transportation, Commerce, Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, State, Military Affairs, Emergency Management, and the Florida State Guard. Agency heads then presented their priorities, including housing and disaster recovery funds at Commerce; pay, vehicles, aviation, and data systems at Highway Safety; facility modernization, recruitment, retention, and maintenance at Military Affairs; election audit, conservation lab, and historic preservation funding at State; transportation, aviation, seaport, and safety investments at DOT; and emergency response, flood mitigation, grant systems, and alerting at Emergency Management. Members asked questions about Visit Florida’s private match, FHP’s role in immigration enforcement and body cameras, National Guard deployment tempo and staffing, State Guard staffing and facilities, arts grant rules, rail funding, and the number of detainees at the Everglades detention site. Several notable positions were expressed during questioning. Visit Florida said it met and exceeded its private match requirement and described the match as important to ensuring value from public dollars. The Highway Patrol said its aviation assets have been used more heavily in immigration enforcement and that in-vehicle camera systems were a higher priority than body cameras at present. The National Guard and State Guard both emphasized heavy operational demands, readiness needs, and the importance of additional funding for facilities, personnel, and equipment. The Department of State said its audit funding would help counties move to automated post-election audits and that its arts grant rule changes were intended to create more consistent scoring rather than reduce access. The committee then took up CS/SB 48 on accessory dwelling units. The bill requires local governments to allow property owners to voluntarily create ADUs, preserves homestead treatment for the primary residence portion, limits parking restrictions, and extends density bonus incentives to housing for military families receiving basic housing allowance. An amendment was adopted removing reusable tenant screening reports and clarifying that compliant ADUs are allowed by right without a separate hearing or permit. Testimony from the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association supported the bill, especially the long-term rental requirement, as a tool to help workforce housing. The committee reported the bill favorably by a roll call vote, and then adjourned.

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• And one theme that I think runs throughout our work is the notion of economic security.
• We believe that our state is stronger when more Texas families are economically secure.
• But what's wrong with Social Security? How does that differ from this program?
• I'm the President of Texans for Strong Borders.
• security efforts.

Bills: HB21, HB211, HB223

Keywords: HB 21, Texas Tax Code, ad valorem tax, property tax, delinquent taxes, tax delinquency, penalty reduction, interest rate, split payment, installment payment, tax relief, county tax collector, taxing unit, property owner, tax collection, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, tax increase election, supermajority, 60 percent threshold

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• early investment that they need secure early investment that they need to<00:58:49.200> get<00
• ,<01:00:20.240> the states that share our borders, the states that share our borders, the
• Like many early-stage companies, securing investment is one of our greatest challenges.
• Like many early stage<01:05:20.039> companies,<01:05:21.039> securing<01:05:21.680>
• investment<01:05:22.240> is stage companies, securing investment is stage companies, securing

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• people overturned our decision on border people overturned our decision on border tax<01:05:22.880
• And now employment security. Oh, labor first. Excuse me.
• And And And now<02:14:50.880> employment<02:14:51.880> security.
• And we will get employment security up here this time.
• <02:27:05.600> Deputy of Employment Security Deputy of Employment Security Deputy Commissioner

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• their discretion just to hand count when we've been so careful about everything else, about the security
• ><00:38:26.960> else<00:38:27.280> about<00:38:27.520> the<00:38:27.760> security
• about everything else about the security about everything else about the security and<00:38:28.480
• the committee was meandering into other topics and referenced an administration that had an open border
• <01:20:00.719> that four years had an open border that four years had an open border that

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• agencies, and the security guard investigator bell enforcer schools.
• And then secured property maintenance.
• Implement security upgrades Through headquarters, our office is a rock's throw away.
• So we're gonna Ask for some security upgrades. Training for all of our personnel.
• Also, I just wanted to highlight our security upgrades.

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• <01:38:04.800> upon abandoned or a new permit secured upon abandoned or a new permit secured
• , national competitiveness and security, and<02:25:04.800> the<02:25:05.040> delivery<02
• <02:26:40.880> And security, and facility management.
• And security, and facility management.
• Uh, and on Falls Ranch on the Converse-Natrona County border, which is in Senator Boner's district.

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• I'm the chief information security officer for the state of North Dakota.
• I'm the chief information security officer for the state of North Dakota.
• So what are the biggest security risks out there? What is the risk tolerance?
• So, from a security aspect, it has to be done, right?
• So, I mean, there's, but from a security aspect, it has to be done, right?

Summary: The committee approved the March 26 minutes and then received a quarterly update on major IT projects from NDIT. Staff reported the portfolio included 116 major projects totaling about $546 million, with the overall portfolio under budget but slightly behind schedule. They reviewed projects over the 20% variance threshold, including an Industrial Commission grants management system and DOT’s roadway pre-construction replacement, and then heard startup and closeout reports from HHS, OMB, DPI, and DOT. Several previously troubled projects were closed, including HHS bed management, vital records modernization, and DOT roadway capital planning; some projects finished under budget and ahead of schedule, while others were significantly behind schedule or over budget but were now closed or being remediated. The committee also reviewed NDIT’s annual report, including service-fund financials, peer-state rate comparisons, records management, and customer satisfaction efforts. Members asked about how service-fund revenue and grant administrative charges are accounted for, how chargebacks work, and whether NDIT tracks customer satisfaction scores. NDIT said it does track CSAT-type measures in some service areas and has survey data, but it is not planning another customer survey this summer. Members encouraged more regular reporting of customer satisfaction, service-level metrics, and performance data to help guide future improvements. A major portion of the meeting focused on the state’s mainframe modernization effort. NDIT said the overall effort is still targeting about 2030, with multiple HHS and DOT projects underway and a $15 million tech-debt appropriation already removing some components. Staff described the main obstacles as data cleanup, complex integrations, limited staff capacity, retirements, and vendor constraints, and said they are seeking a vendor with modernization support in the next contract cycle. Members pressed for clearer accountability and faster progress, and NDIT and HHS emphasized that they are working jointly but need continued support and better tools. The committee then heard a cybersecurity update on NDIT’s statewide services and maturity assessments. NDIT explained that it provides vulnerability scanning, endpoint protection, security awareness training, threat briefings, and penetration testing, and that these services are tied to a cybersecurity maturity assessment based on CIS controls. Members questioned the sharp drop in participation since 2020 and whether the self-assessment should be mandatory or tied more strongly to StageNet access or insurance incentives. NDIT said participation is voluntary, but Enderf is now requiring annual assessments to keep a 4% insurance discount, and members discussed whether stronger requirements or audit authority may be needed. The meeting ended as the committee began a follow-up discussion on BEAD broadband connection costs and why some locations are much more expensive to connect than others.

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• I grew up very close to the Belgian border and did my undergrad in Utrecht. Okay, great.
• Aerospace is obviously a federal thing, as is defense and national security.
• Security are some of the major topics of research at New Mexico Tech.
• One area where we really excel is national security defense.
• My last name is Dutch close, and my family's from closer to the Belgian border.

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• Build Dakota funds four tech schools, and two of them are bordering Minnesota: Southeast Tech in Sioux
• regarding House File 2634 and House File 2241, this really does help communities like ours that are border
• to the legislature's assistance with the bonding bill last year, we are now opening an educational secure
• system we have here in the state of Minnesota, and more specifically nationally, in terms of food security
• competitive and should build that portfolio for global competitiveness, reduced impact, national security

Bills: HF2634, HF2241, HF2649, HF2520, HF2610

Keywords: North Star Promise, scholarship, higher education, Minnesota Office of Higher Education, in-demand jobs, workforce development, career training, job market, high-demand occupations, high-demand industries, college aid, state financial aid, FAFSA, student eligibility, program of study, degree program, certificate program, community college, university, labor market data

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• First myth: seniors can't be poor because they get Social Security and Medicare.
• We also recommend the legislature consider continuing to monitor EBT security.
• We need big, bold solutions to truly transform our food security system.
• We're the state affiliate of the Economic Security Project.
• from our border with Mexico.

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• departments, our sheriffs, and state police, our correctional officers, and even here, our fine security
• under challenging circumstances, responding to emergencies, investigating cases, preserving national security
• Speaker, under President Trump's administration, our border is secure, and deportations far outnumber

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• We have a great deal of security in our program.
• They're buildings with solid walls and good security.
• They're buildings with solid walls and good security.
• They're buildings with solid walls and good security.
• would lose in cross-border sales.

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• and inflict fines and judgments borders and inflict fines and judgments upon<01:20:12.960> people
• can be secure that no Wyoming<01:31:54.320> court<01:31:54.560> will<01:31:54.719>
• Um, those have been thought out, and the bill is designed to be confined to the borders of Wyoming.
• be confined to the borders of Wyoming. be confined to the borders of Wyoming.
• It's really only when it enters borders.

Bills: HB0103, HB0070, HB0091

Keywords: First Amendment, free speech, lawsuits, immunity, public participation, strategic lawsuits, foreign censorship, digital innovation, constitutional rights, Wyoming GRANITE Act, extraterritorial laws, civil actions, speech protection, legal jurisdiction, joint liability, artificial intelligence, social scoring, biometric data, privacy rights, government regulation

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• Security measures need to be much higher.
• We do the best we can to try and educate the organizations on their security measures, but again, it's
• Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, who you heard from, CPAT, Consumer Protection and Antitrust, Social Security
• That is our portal is still the southern border.
• We do still see some through the northern border, but not close to the amount of quantity we do through

Summary: The committee met to review the Attorney General’s budget and related agency operations, beginning with Legislative Council staff walking members through compliance reports and a blue-sheet base budget document. Staff highlighted current-biennium items such as FTE changes, one-time appropriations, litigation funding, opioid settlement receipts, continuing appropriations, and major special and federal funds. Members asked for clarification on items including the Missing Indigenous People Grant Fund, the Internet Crimes Investigation Fund, and the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit grant funding. Assistant Attorney General Clare Ness then gave an overview of the office’s structure, staffing, and budget pressures. She emphasized the office’s broad statutory duties, the value of its legal services to state and local government, and concerns about attorney pay lagging behind other agencies. Members discussed whether attorney compensation should be benchmarked more consistently across state government and whether some legal work could be consolidated within the AG’s office. Ness also addressed questions about AG opinion turnaround times, boards-and-commissions training, the new-and-vacant FTE pool, operating expense cuts, office leases, and the state’s criminal justice information systems. The crime lab presentation drew significant attention. Director Jennifer Penner described severe space, safety, and infrastructure problems at the current lab, including cramped work areas, glycol leaks, outdated fire and burglar alarms, air-handling limits, and equipment failures that have delayed toxicology work. She said the 2024 study projected a much larger facility would be needed and that the preferred location would be near the current health department site, but in a new building. Members asked about possible evidence risks, backlog status, and whether the proposed building would solve the current problems; Penner said it would and noted backlogs have improved overall, though some delays remain. The committee also heard from the new Medicaid Fraud Control Unit director, who described the unit’s civil and criminal work, federal-state funding split, and examples of fraud such as billing for services not provided or upcoding. The gaming division reported continued growth in charitable gaming and e-tabs, with members expressing concern about large trust-account balances, site competition, and possible misuse of proceeds. Finally, BCI outlined its caseload, cybercrime work, missing Indigenous persons task force, and the surge in CSAM cyber tips; members asked about AI-generated CSAM, and the AG’s office noted that last session’s law increased penalties and expressly allowed AI-generated CSAM to be prosecuted like other CSAM. No formal votes or actions were taken beyond approval of the minutes.

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• Or Alaska or Guam, then Cal State Northridge is required to secure authorization from North Carolina,
• you're Cal State Northridge, it's hundreds and hundreds of authorizations that you would have to secure
• SAR provides a framework to extend this excellence beyond our state borders... ...extend this excellence
• beyond our state borders, enhance diversity in our classrooms, and build inclusive, high-quality digital
• so we're still working on what that might look like in a case-by-case basis, or would it be cross-border

Summary: The committee heard several higher education bills. It first approved the consent calendar, which included SB 67 and SB 619. The main discussion centered on SB 437, which would direct the CSU system to develop a fair, evidence-based process for verifying whether someone is a descendant of a person enslaved in the United States, as part of the state’s reparations work. Supporters said the bill fills a gap left by the Reparations Task Force and would create a transparent, credible lineage-verification process; opponents argued genealogy methods already exist, the bill would waste money and delay action, and some raised constitutional concerns. The committee took a vote on SB 437, but the roll was left open after the initial tally showed three ayes and three noes. The committee then heard SB 790, which would allow California to join the interstate reciprocity agreement for online postsecondary education. The author and supporters said the bill would improve consumer protections for California students taking out-of-state online courses and help California institutions compete more effectively by reducing the burden of seeking separate state approvals. Opponents, including University of Phoenix and other groups, argued the bill conflicted with the existing reciprocity framework, could exclude some institutions, and might not actually secure California’s entry into the agreement. The committee voted 3-1 to pass SB 790 as amended to the Business and Professions Committee, with the roll left open. The committee also heard SB 391, which would authorize the Community College Chancellor’s Office to charge fees for research partners seeking access to data. Supporters said the office is absorbing significant unfunded workload from data requests and that fees would help recover costs; opponents, including the California Teachers Association community college association, warned the fees could create barriers for faculty and smaller researchers. Members discussed possible exemptions and implementation details. The committee voted 5-1 to pass SB 391 as amended to the Appropriations Committee, with the roll left open. Finally, the committee heard SB 685, a pilot program to provide cost-of-attendance assistance at four CSU campuses for students who experienced homelessness in high school. Supporters said it would help students cover housing, food, and transportation costs and reduce dropout risk; members asked about eligibility and implementation, and the author explained the bill would use McKinney-Vento homelessness designations and target students at risk of “summer melt” and college homelessness.

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• That department's task with maintaining a safe, secure, and effective nuclear deterrent, reducing the
• It will be difficult to achieve our goals of ensuring affordable, reliable, and secure energy to the
• But do you consider continued offshore oil and gas development visits vital to our nation's security
• The states are granted the authority to determine what generation is within their borders.
• In my state, nuclear safety officials within DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration.

Keywords: nuclear energy, permitting process, energy production, public lands, national parks, uranium imports, legislative bills, infrastructure development

Summary: The committee meeting was dominated by discussions on a variety of legislative bills including major topics such as nuclear energy advancement, the effects of regulatory hurdles on energy production, and proposals to improve national park staffing and maintenance. Members expressed concerns over the federal government's handling of uranium imports and the necessity for maintaining a robust domestic nuclear supply chain. Efforts to streamline permitting processes to facilitate more efficient energy project development were also a focal point, alongside public testimony from stakeholders in the energy and environmental sectors. The meeting highlighted the urgent need for infrastructure development to meet rising energy demands while addressing climate change impacts.

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• will help us bring clean drinking water to many residents in that growing area all up and down the border
• With that possible desalinization plant on the border, we could be the first in our region.
• to address cross-border water challenges in the Rio Grande Basin.
• Specifically, Social Security has grown by about half a trillion since 2019, while Medicare has grown
• Uh, so we're saying that school attendance is up only because of child food security.

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• President, and we have them down in the River Valley in South Texas on border security.
• So in addition, I tried to put. protect our wildlife, also their support, and secure our border.

Bills: SJR1, SB9, SB40, SJR36, SJR1, SJR5, SB9, SB40

Keywords: bail denial, illegal aliens, felony offenses, constitutional amendment, law enforcement, bail reform, defendants, pretrial detention, public safety, criminal justice, charitable bail organizations, bail bonds, public funds, political subdivision, injunctive relief, taxpayer rights, bail, criminal justice reform, 1185, senate