Transcript Highlights:

• So I was very grateful to be a recipient of it, and it really did help me out, and it helped to reduce
• what we got was a system where the blessings stayed at the top, and the rest of us were told to be grateful

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Human Services heard and advanced a series of foster care, benefits, housing, and poverty-related bills. AB 373 would require appointed counsel for nonminor dependents in dependency proceedings to represent the young adult’s expressed wishes rather than substitute counsel’s judgment; supporters said it would respect autonomy for foster youth ages 18 to 21, and the bill passed 4-0, later updated to 6-0 and then 7-0 as absent members were added. AB 42 would exempt merit-based scholarships, grants, loans, and fellowships from income calculations for CalWORKs and CalFresh and align the two programs’ exclusions; student and anti-poverty advocates said it would prevent students from losing benefits when they pursue education, and it passed 6-0, later updated to 7-0. AB 534 would encourage transitional housing providers serving foster youth to move from leasing to owning properties by extending contract terms and improving access to financing; witnesses said ownership would improve stability and reduce landlord barriers, and it passed 4-0, later updated to 7-0. AB 562 would require counties below the state average for family placements to use a family-finding checklist and best-practice support; supporters emphasized family-first placements for foster youth, and it passed 6-0, later updated to 7-0. AB 661 would direct the Department of Social Services to develop an implementation plan for a permanent statewide guaranteed basic income program; supporters described positive results from pilot programs and the bill passed 5-2, later updated to 7-0. The committee also approved a consent calendar of additional bills, all without opposition.

Transcript Highlights:

• GRATEFUL TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY.
• FTBA IS GRATEFUL FOR THE LONG VISION AND FORESIGHT OF THIS LEGISLATIVE BODY FOR RECOGNIZING AND PRIORITIZING

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• We are grateful the Medicaid program.
• I'm very grateful for this opportunity to speak here today because New Hampshire House did not afford
• I'm very grateful for this opportunity to speak here today because New Hampshire House did not afford
• Rachel and Laura are grateful lessened.
• We are grateful for your service them.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• We are grateful for your service and your example. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
• and heart of our nation we are grateful and heart of our nation we are grateful for<00:20:15.559
• I am forever grateful for the trust you placed in me and the successes we achieved together.
• <02:20:36.760> for<02:20:36.920> the second I am forever grateful for the second I
• am forever grateful for the trust<02:20:37.280> you<02:20:37.439> placed<02:20:37.720><

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm grateful to be with you here today for the primary reason of sharing the many accomplishments of
• And so I want to say how grateful I am to have him as a partner these last two and a half years.
• I just want to say in closing how<00:36:29.520> grateful<00:36:29.920> I<00:36:30.160><
• I am for the relationships how grateful I am for the relationships in<00:36:32.720> this<00:36
• And so I want to<00:37:24.640> say<00:37:25.040> how<00:37:25.359> grateful<00:37

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:00 Roll Call: 00:00:07 Office of the Attorney General Update: 00:04:52 Department of Kentucky State Police Update: 00:44:57, 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And, uh, we come to you with gratefulness. We come to you on behalf of the students in our state.
• University of Louisville is grateful for the opportunity to share our story with you all.
• University of Louisville is grateful<00:57:09.040> for<00:57:09.160> the<00:57:09.320><
• The university is very grateful for the Bucks for Brains program.
• Bucks for Brains very grateful for the Bucks for Brains program.<01:44:27.280> I program.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Interim Joint Budget Review Subcommittee on Education met for its first summer interim meeting, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and took roll. The first presentation came from Jerry Gels, principal of Ignite Institute in Erlanger, who focused on the rising cost of dual credit. He said dual credit tuition has increased from about $150 to $290 for a three-credit course over roughly five years, which he argued is discouraging participation, especially for working-class and low-income students. He cited Ignite data and broader college outcomes to argue dual credit improves college persistence, shortens time to degree, and reduces student debt, noting that many of his students enter college with substantial credit and that low-income students at Ignite have increasingly participated after targeted efforts and scholarship use. He also said the instructional labor is largely paid by county school systems, so he questioned the size of the tuition increase and said the committee should examine how the costs are being set and whether college tuition should be stabilizing as more students arrive with credits already earned. Members asked about who pays for dual credit, the role of state scholarship support, and whether tuition varies by institution. Gels said students in his district generally pay the dual credit cost themselves, though some districts may cover it, and he noted the dual credit scholarship now covers fewer classes than before. He said the price appears to be set centrally rather than varying by university, and he emphasized that the higher cost is creating barriers even though the courses are taught largely by local teachers on school payrolls. He also described Ignite’s efforts to expand access for free- and reduced-lunch students, saying participation among that group rose from 27% with no dual credit to about 90-92% taking at least one dual credit class. The committee then heard from the Goldwater Institute, represented by Michael Frazier and Dr. Tim Minella by Zoom. They argued Kentucky’s public universities should face stronger accountability and transparency, citing declining public confidence in higher education, rising costs, and what they described as administrative growth and research spending that does not clearly benefit students or the Commonwealth. They proposed requiring a 10-year accounting of staffing growth by category, comparing it to enrollment and low-income Kentucky enrollment, and limiting non-STEM faculty teaching releases for research unless approved under a baseline consent process. They also criticized certain university-funded research projects as examples of misdirected spending and said public reporting should distinguish Kentucky residents from non-residents more clearly, pointing to a reported decline in low-income in-state undergraduate enrollment. No votes or formal actions were taken during the meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• that you brought this bill forward and I'm grateful to be on this bill as well. pulled over, pulled
• that you brought this bill forward and I'm grateful to be on this bill as well.
• And so, I'm very grateful and would encourage members to vote yes on this bill.
• > and<01:11:11.960> would so, I'm very grateful and would so, I'm very grateful and would
• And so, I'm very grateful and would encourage members to vote yes on this bill.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm grateful for Chairman Leach, who was up here with me yesterday.
• So, I would not consider it that, but I'm grateful that we won.
• I'm very grateful for a committed higher education committee that took this initiative.
• Thank you for coming to the Texas House, and we're grateful for everything that you're doing.
• So, members, I'm really grateful to Chairman Harris for working with me on this bill.

Bills: HJR73, HB31, HB279, HB370, HB4768, HB513, HB875, HB982, HB 1085, HB2677, HB2874, HB5478, HB4880, HB4798, HB4514, HB4958, HB4508, HB3758, HB3830, HB3744, HB3622, HB741, HB2204, HB2860, HB4659, HB4578, HB813, HB712, HB1551, HB2790, HB2698, HB3365, HB3504, HB3118, HB2959, HB1862, HB 1026, HB4401, HB4164, HB3920, HB4737, HB4966, HB4967, HB1958, HB4979, HB5459, HB3862, HB1823, HB4415, HB4893, HB2343, HB 1228, HB4337, HCR141, SB250, SB1883, SB617, SB2411, SB2306, SB2929, SB552, SCR27, HJR218, HB168, HB2545, HB5436, HB4926, HB5165, HB4811, HB4755, HB3179, HB4310, HB4611, HB3637, HB3153, HB2786, HB2966, HB2159, HB5081, HB638, HB640, HB876, HB4809, HB5308, HB4687, HB5623, HB4412, HB3284, HB3420, HB3449, HB4098, HB4281, HB4120, HB4504, HB4370, HB4421, HB 1106, HB4070, HB2370, HB2407, HB2253, HB2273, HB2040, HB1586, HB3788, HB3993, HB4690, HB4696, HB2308, HB 1142, HB1533, HB1621, HB2242, HB2012, HB2193, HB2464, HB2348, HB2313, HB2289, HB1942, HB2011, HB1629, HB2993, HB3592, HB4076, HB4623, HB4535, HB4327, HB4520, HB3824, HB4921, HB2494, HB3066, HJR112, HB2695, HB3138, HB2442, HB3863, HJR73, HB4773, HB 1091, HB5115, HB5515, HB3372, HB5659, HB 127, HB386, HB 115, HB2868, HB 1249, HB4766, HB3720, HB4656, HB4879, HB 105, HB5383, HB4621, HB5431, HB5678, HB5534, HB4174, HB4212, HB3954, HB3966, HB3636, HB3918, HB1422, HB4765, HB4732, HB4742, HB5122, HB4518, HB5084, HB3986, HB4045, HB4144, HB3911, HB3976, HB4473, HB3425, HB3641, HB3642, HB3475, HB3509, HB3424, HB3383, HB4744, HB4531, HB4539, HB3159, HB5228, HB5370, HB4359, HB4398, HB4443, HB4466, HB3861, HB3849, HB4240, HB4706, HB4685, HB5354, HB5141, HB5686, HB3629, HB3554, HB3567, HB2015, HB3575, HB5381, HB1431, HB3514, HB4614, HB4546, HB4683, HB5681, HB5673, HB5663, HB4271, HB4350, HB4035, HB3807, HB3812, HB3552, HB3540, HB3715, HB3710, HB3664, HB4196, HB4233, HB4173, HB1998, HB3333, HB3510, HB4222, HB2070, HB2854, HB2347, HB 113, HB983, HB4847, HB1449, HB3833, HB5151, HB265, HB1845, HB782, HB 108, HB1960, HB158, HB1954, HB1955, HB2512, HB605, HB2581, HB2803, HB627, HB2667, HB1738, HB636, HB3679, HB2638, HB2655, HB871, HB2438, HB 1107, HB1765, HB1822, HB2153, HB4099, HB3732, HB3171, HB3178, HB3182, HB3749, HB2814, HB3977, HB4204, HB4207, HB4449, HB1820, HB1876, HB1939, HB1347, HB2593, HB2136, HB2132, HB2658, HB2413, HB2757, HB2080, HB3154, HB3063, HB3009, HB3448, HB3006, HB2844, HB3241, HB3680, HB3169, HB2078, HB2507, HB4559, HB3946, HB3460, HB3405, HB475, HB3463, HB3441, HB3520, HB2060, HB4731, HB4991, HB1991, HB5596, HB2014, HB2142, HB2673, HB2731, HB2417, HB2399, HB2301, HB3335, HB3234, HB3320, HB5573, HB4848, HB4748, HB4769, HB4795, HB2086, HB2234, HB2203, HB4916, HB5624, HB4505, HB139, HB5093, HB5302, HB5402, HB5606, HB2333, HB4630, HB4701, HB2583, HB2983, HB4924, HB3339, HB3793, HB3631, HB4882, HB5509, HB5499, HB5430, HB5561, HB5611, HB5043, HB5064, HB3733, HB3781, HB3219, HB32, HB4515, HB5348, HB3902, HB4420, HB3269, HB469, HB336, HB316, HB5396, HB993, HB1342, HB5216, HB2046, HB2188, HB2450, HB2813, HB2857, HB4075, HB2911, HB4682, HB3117, HB3253, HB3442, HB4820, HB4336, HB5356, HB3669, HB3428, HB5465, HB3662, HB2590, HB2288, HB1886, HB3458, HB5603, HB5620, HB1489, HB4101, HB4990, HB5685, HB4950, HB4980, HB5684, HB3507, HB3566, HB4487, HB4462, HB4876, HB4915, HB4663, HB5570, HB2929, HB5261, HB2920, HB4642, HB4746, HB1609, HB5403, HB5453, HB3844, HB2336, HB1572, HB 1226, HB2806, HB2617, HB2827, HB3948, HB3945, HB4266, HB4542, HB3319, HB1772, HB2496, HB1970, HB3434, HB5545, HB5577, HB31, HB279, HB370, HB4768, HB513, HB875, HB982, HB 1085, HB2677, HB2874, HB5478, HB4880, HB4798, HB4514, HB4958, HB4508, HB3758, HB3830, HB3744, HB3622, HB741, HB2204, HB2860, HB4659, HB4578, HB813, HB712, HB1551, HB2790, HB2698, HB3365, HB3504, HB3118, HB2959, HB1862, HB 1026, HB4401, HB4164, HB3920, HB4737, HB4966, HB4967, HB1958, HB4979, HB5459, HB3862, HB1823, HB4415, HB4893, HB2343, HB 1228, HB4337, HCR76, HCR127, HCR9, HCR40, HCR118, HR559, HCR59, HCR135, HCR141

Keywords: ad valorem tax, property tax, tax limitation, elderly, disabled, low-income, homestead exemption, constitutional amendment, juvenile justice, community supervision, felony offenses, treatment of children, juvenile facilities, chemical dispensing device, solitary confinement, rehabilitation, criminal proceedings, HB 279, uranium mining, uranium permit

Transcript Highlights:

• We are sincerely grateful for the support of this opportunity to testify here with you this evening.
• We are sincerely grateful for the support of this opportunity to testify here with you this evening.
• We are sincerely grateful for the support of this opportunity to testify here with you this evening.
• We are sincerely grateful for the support of this opportunity to testify here with you this evening.
• We are sincerely grateful for the support of this opportunity to testify here with you this evening.

Bills: HF2312

Keywords: higher education, college finance, student aid, financial aid, state grants, North Star Promise, scholarships, tuition relief, Minnesota State, University of Minnesota, Office of Higher Education, work-study, child care grants, Indian scholarships, tribal colleges, Hunger-Free Campus, student parents, pregnant students, parenting students, sexual misconduct

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• I again was grateful we got a late hearing on this at the very end.
• I again was grateful we got a late hearing on this at the very end.
• I again was grateful we got a late hearing on this at the very end.
• I again was grateful we got a late hearing on this at the very end.
• I again was grateful we got a late hearing on this at the very end.

Bills: HF2779, HF1645, HF1885, HF1289, HF1534, HF2707, HF1675, HF3046

Keywords: health care transparency, ownership disclosure, control reporting, health care consolidation, private equity, management services organization, MSO, provider organization, health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, hospital system, affiliate reporting, financial disclosure, public reporting, market concentration, horizontal consolidation, vertical consolidation, health care ownership, corporate practice, health care regulation

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• and warm same constitutional Liberty and warm same constitutional Liberty and warm with the same grateful
• veneration for with the same grateful veneration for with the same grateful veneration for the heroes
• unite every circumstance that cannot unite every circumstance that cannot fail to excite proud and grateful
• fail to excite proud and grateful fail to excite proud and grateful feelings there is however an additional
• the expression of my grateful the expression of my grateful acknowledgements and regard to the acknowledgements

Bills: HB 9, HB 22, HB 908, HB 1392

Keywords: property tax, ad valorem tax, tangible personal property, income-producing property, business personal property, tax exemption, local government finance, appraisal district, chief appraiser, rendition statement, property tax relief, small business, commercial property, leased property, related business entity, unified business enterprise, tax situs, Texas Tax Code, local taxing unit, constitutional amendment

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• Yes, and we're very grateful for that, but it is not, with the exception of two bienniums, it has not
• <01:16:15.440> for state yes and we're very grateful for state yes and we're very grateful
• Think about all the students who testified today, all the students who talked about how grateful they
• <01:55:09.119> they<01:55:09.280> were who talked about how grateful they were who
• talked about how grateful they were for<01:55:09.520> the<01:55:09.679> state<01:55:09.840

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:16:02.800> for<00:16:02.959> your<00:16:03.199> continued grateful for your
• continued grateful for your continued support<00:16:05.240> the<00:16:05.319> Minnesota
• We appreciate the work of the auditor and her team and are grateful for their efforts in improving our
• We appreciate the work of the auditor and her team and are grateful for their efforts in improving our
• We appreciate the work of the auditor and her team and are grateful for their efforts in improving our

Bills: HF1867, HF1240

Keywords: lottery, retailer contracts, Minnesota Statutes, contract qualifications, public integrity, criminal background, legislative auditor, public funds, state government, compliance, transparency, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• My name is Suhana, and I'm really grateful that I got the opportunity to talk about this today because
• My name is Suhana, and I'm really grateful that I got the opportunity to talk about this today because
• Hi, my name is Regina, and I'm really grateful to be here today because mental health is a very, very
• Hi, my name is Regina, and I'm really grateful to be here today because mental health is a very, very
• and ever grateful in their role<00:26:51.360> from<00:26:51.679> in<00:26:51.799> my

Bills: HF56, HF780

Keywords: HF56, Minnesota bonding bill, capital investment, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, Hutchinson Area Transportation Services, Hutchinson, McLeod County, transportation facility, vehicle storage, equipment storage, fueling facility, temperate storage, local infrastructure, public works, general obligation bonds, education finance, school funding, state aid, appropriations

Transcript Highlights:

• But I know a lot of folks are struggling to make ends meet, but I am grateful that I get to present this
• But I know a lot of folks are struggling to make ends meet, but I am grateful that I get to present this
• But I am grateful that I get to present this bill before this committee.
• So we are very grateful that you are hearing this bill.
• that you are so we are very grateful that you are hearing<01:13:42.080> this<01:13:42.280>

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• This is a bill that I love, so I am really grateful to be presenting it to you today.
• to be presenting it to you grateful to be presenting it to you today<00:04:45.120> um<00:04:45.600
• We're grateful that Senator Lang is taking steps to inspire innovation and find safer alternatives.
• We're grateful that Senator Lang is taking steps to inspire innovation and find safer alternatives.
• We're grateful that Senator Lang is taking steps to inspire innovation and find safer alternatives.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Thank you for coming all the way that you traveled, and we're so grateful for your testimony today.
• I'm so grateful to Lieutenant Governor Patrick for this charge. I submitted it.
• That, again, working with incredibly grateful for National Emergency Management and Response, NEMER,
• That is the miracle of surrogacy, and I will be grateful for it every single day of my life.
• I'm grateful now that the lieutenant governor put me on it.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• So I just want to start by saying how grateful I am. and I again ask you for your support in this bill
• So I just want to start by saying how grateful I am.
• I just want to start by saying how grateful I am to the members in this chamber.
• We have lots of secular courses that teach children and adults how to shoot guns, and we're grateful
• I am grateful for the continuation of free school lunches for our children and the investment in the

Keywords: 1182, all

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• So I just want to start by saying how grateful I am.
• I just want to start by saying how grateful I am to the members in this chamber.
• So I just want to start by saying how grateful I am. just want to start by saying how grateful I am to
• We have lots of secular courses that teach children and adults how to shoot guns, and we're grateful
• I am grateful for the continuation of free school lunches for our children and the investment in the

Summary: The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge, approved the journal, and welcomed several guests in the gallery, including a high school student and an advocate connected to the domestic violence bill HB 2995. The chamber then moved through multiple Committee of the Whole calendars, first advancing HB 4155, HB 4156, and HB 4157, then HB 4164, HB 4165, and HB 4166, all with do-pass recommendations and no substantive amendments on those calendars. Later, the House also considered SB 1326, a victims’ rights measure, adopted a floor amendment, and reported it out as amended. The House corrected an earlier clerical error regarding HB 4155-4157 being referred to engrossing rather than third reading. The House then took up a long series of final passage votes on Senate bills. SB 2174, SB 2611, SB 1011, SB 1012, SB 1016, SB 1018, SB 1038, SB 1039, SB 1040, SB 1053, SB 1055, SB 1057, SB 1060, SB 1061, SB 1068, SB 1069, SB 1075, SB 1100, SB 1113 on reconsideration, SB 1160, and SB 1170 all passed. SB 2873, SB 1004, SB 1009, SB 1042, SB 1043, SB 1049, SB 1093, and SB 1143 failed. SB 2995, the emergency family-law/domestic-violence bill known as the Alec and Lydia Act, passed with the required two-thirds vote after extensive debate; supporters said it would better protect children and clarify judicial standards, while opponents argued its definitions were overly broad and could harm families. SB 1018 on foreign laws also drew extended debate over Sharia law, with supporters framing it as a defense of American values and opponents calling it unnecessary and discriminatory. Several votes included explanations focused on policy concerns. SB 1004 on sex-offender registration and monitoring drew debate over whether electronic monitoring is effective. SB 1040 on voter registration transparency prompted arguments over public access to voter rolls versus privacy and security. SB 1118 on municipal zoning and historical homes was debated as a property-rights and local-control issue, with supporters saying it could help preserve affordable housing and opponents warning it would override local decisions. The House also adopted motions to reconsider prior actions on SB 1043 and SB 1100, and it requested the Senate return SB 1552 for reconsideration. The session ended with the House still processing additional Committee of the Whole business, including HB 4158, HB 4159, HB 4160, HB 4161, HB 4162, and HB 4163, with HB 4162 and HB 4163 receiving floor amendments and do-pass recommendations.

Transcript Highlights:

• We're extremely grateful for the administration's proposal on the Middle Class Scholarship, as well as
• We also were then proactive, and we were grateful to the California Department of Technology, who gave
• Really grateful to ...the administration and the Legislature, who last year right-sized the agency.
• The university is grateful to Governor Newsom for his sustained support of the University of California
• Also grateful for your leadership as well.

Keywords: 988, house, all