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• million for water recycling, $47 million for dam safety, and $15 million for system-wide flood risk reduction
• There shouldn't be any reductions related to that, perfect, because I know it's funded by cannabis dollars
• So there are investments that are going in when it comes to, say, direct losses or harm in the agricultural
• I would also add that there weren't policy choices in those reductions when we looked at the climate
• the spending plan, OPC has just under $25 million, along with $20 million from the greenhouse gas reduction

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• While HB 294 is well-intentioned, it would impose immediate and measurable economic harm on New Mexico
• We understand and support the bill's goal of harm reduction in protecting minors, particularly as it
• their friends, and if they don't know what it is, or they assume it's candy or something that wouldn't harm

Keywords: 996, all

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• The campaign will focus on early detection, brain health risk reduction clinical trial access and community
• Following that appropriations experienced a modest reduction reflecting initial program adjustments with
• sexual exploitation that we see happening and how we can. you know really focus on these and these harms

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Cities of the first class and tribes get a set amount annually, and there was a reduction in that amount
• and application, all as an effort to try to contribute to the goals around the state’s nutrient reduction
• <01:06:12.559> management state's nutrient reduction management state's nutrient reduction
• And they've encountered a number of situations that are unclear and potentially, in fact, harmful to
• And they've encountered a number of situations that are unclear and potentially, in fact, harmful to

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• No harm done. And I'm eager to hear from our testifiers. And I'm eager to hear from our testifiers.
• The state's action will result in staff reductions and will have an impact on student opportunities.
• The state's action will result in staff reductions and will have an impact on student opportunities.
• The state's action will result in staff reductions and will have an impact on student opportunities.
• action will result in staff reductions action will result in staff reductions and<00:19:14.080><

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Make no mistake, China, Russia, and Iran are exerting influence across the globe that is causing harm
• influence across the globe that<00:05:52.479> is<00:05:52.639> causing<00:05:53.120> harm
• <00:05:53.880> imposing<00:05:54.560> major that is causing harm imposing major that
• is causing harm imposing major threats<00:05:55.280> to<00:05:55.479> both<00:05:55.680
• Today I am introducing the Do No Harm Act.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Reduction laws and demands abusers take them seriously, and it does so in three ways.
• The harm that happens in these cases with repeat offenders...

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• SB 106 is about real harm that is already happening.
• It causes real harm. It emboldens hate.
• This racist post is wrong, harmful, and unacceptable.
• We know that words can harm multiple times over, recovery taking even longer than physical harm.
• It was harmful. Thank you. It was clear. It was shameful. It was harmful.

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, completed the roll, and opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several guest introductions recognizing visitors, students, and a long-serving committee secretary, Tabitha Volga-Sang, who was honored for 32 years of service. Members also took up a procedural motion by Assembly Member DeMaio to immediately consider ACA 14, the Taxpayer Protection Act, without reference to file; that motion failed on a 14-44 vote. The main policy debate centered on SB 106 by Senator Laird, a budget appropriation to provide $90 million in one-time funding for Planned Parenthood and related women’s health and family planning services after federal cuts. Assembly Member Tangipa offered amendments arguing the money should be directed more broadly to women’s health and hospitals, but the Assembly voted 41-13 to lay the amendments on the table. Supporters, including Gabriel, Sharp-Collins, Gibson, Krell, Bonta, and others, said the bill was needed to preserve access to cancer screenings, contraception, STI testing, and reproductive care, especially in rural and underserved communities, and to offset the effects of federal defunding. Opponents, including Johnson, DeMaio, Patterson, and Tangipa, criticized the bill as lacking transparency, favoring a politically connected organization, and diverting attention from hospital funding and other health needs. After extended floor debate, SB 106 passed the Assembly 55-10 and was transmitted immediately to the Senate. The chamber then took up H.R. 84, a resolution condemning racism after President Trump circulated racist imagery depicting former President Obama and Michelle Obama. Members from the Black, LGBTQ, Latino, AAPI, Jewish, Native American, and other caucuses spoke in support, saying the post normalized dehumanization and had real-world consequences; Assembly Member Tangipa also stated the post was wrong and apologized on the record. The transcript ends during continued debate on H.R. 84, before a final vote is shown.

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• not just, you know, an opinion about being maybe hypersensitive to a certain issue, I don't see the harm
• I guess, could you explain to me what the harm is? >> Miss Richardson. >> Thank you, Chair.
• <00:29:09.520> don't<00:29:09.679> see<00:29:09.840> the<00:29:10.000> harm
• I I I don't see the harm in this. issue. I I I don't see the harm in this.
• harm is. harm is. >> Miss<00:29:14.320> Richardson. >> Miss Richardson.

Bills: SF0099, SF0116, SJ0006

Keywords: easement, electricity delivery, public utility, prescriptive easement, landowner rights, surface water, drainage utilities, municipality, elections, environmental management, shared parenting, family law, joint custody, child well-being, parental rights, 916, all

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• This is why I feel that not only was the moratorium unnecessary, but I actually witnessed the harm
• actually moratorium unnecessary but I actually witnessed<00:21:26.159> the<00:21:26.320> harm
• the harm this restriction caused<00:21:27.919> firsthand caused firsthand caused firsthand if
• <00:21:49.080> to<00:21:49.279> our doing studies on the harm to our doing studies
• And so what kind of a reduction do you expect to have in their premiums? Mr.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And he promised to secure the border, a 99% reduction in the number of people coming across the border
• And he promised to secure border<02:25:21.040> 99%<02:25:22.240> reduction<02:25:22.800
• in the number of border 99% reduction in the number of people<02:25:23.840> coming<02:25:24.160
• <03:57:47.199> Gentle reduction. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Gentle reduction. Thank you, Mr.
• harmful restraint. harmful restraint.

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

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• This clarity helps prevent deception, protects patients from harm, and ensures that only those who have
• This places patients at risk for substandard care, misdiagnosis, and potential harm.
• We have been investigated and shown that we've never harmed anyone.
• This would directly harm my ability to hold a security clearance.
• Some of the most egregious cases of harm in the board I've seen have been at the hands of unlicensed

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• the largest tax reduction in history. the largest tax reduction in history.
• <00:25:32.880> in for the largest tax reduction in for the largest tax reduction in history
• But while Citizens United greatly harmed But while Citizens United greatly harmed our<00:35:53.680
• held accountable for harming held accountable for harming individuals,<04:31:58.000> families
• Mining that and irreparable harm.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• And we created comprehensive harm reduction strategies.
• And we created comprehensive<01:48:27.440> harm<01:48:27.840> reduction<01:48:28.480>
• comprehensive harm reduction strategies. comprehensive harm reduction strategies.
• Uh, if they're going to do harm, they're going to do harm.
• Uh, if they're going to do harm, they're going to do harm.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• of these in the portfolio that are at risk, where if there was a buy-down of debt, if there was a reduction
• to debt, so where those loans are held through third-party There was a reduction to debt, so where those
• This is happening in the context of what you all are very aware is a reduction in the amount of resource
• And as OHCS very well laid out, we're looking at a 66% reduction of this level of assistance over the
• We are preventing harm on an extraordinary scale across the state.

Keywords: 907, all

Summary: The committee met for a series of information sessions focused on housing stabilization, rental assistance, senior housing, and heat resilience. In the first panel, OHCS and NOAA described the state’s affordable housing preservation work, including the $35 million in 2025 stabilization funding used to reduce debt and keep distressed affordable rental projects operating, plus manufactured home park preservation efforts. OHCS said the portfolio remains under strain, with about a third of projects at debt coverage ratios of 1.0 or less and rising insurance and operating costs. NOAA urged faster closings on the stabilization awards, more funding in 2027, and broader rent assistance and process reforms. Committee members asked about the gap between current appropriations and need, and OHCS explained that the new Article 11-Q bond preservation program is structured differently and requires full refinancing rather than simple cash infusions. The committee then heard a detailed discussion of the state’s eviction prevention and rental assistance program, ORDAP. OHCS said the program is administered through community action agencies, prioritizes households at imminent risk of eviction, and is now funded at a much lower level than in the prior biennium, reducing expected service to about 8,200 households this biennium. The Oregon Law Center, a county community action agency, and Multifamily Northwest all agreed the program prevents homelessness and is effective, but they differed on whether assistance should be tied so closely to eviction court. Legal aid and community action witnesses said the current system is underfunded and that eviction filings are the clearest indicator of need, while Multifamily Northwest argued the process can push people into court unnecessarily and should be moved earlier when possible. Legislators raised questions about whether a pre-eviction model could be developed and about the costs of court involvement; one member shared a personal story about how rental assistance helped keep their family housed. Next, the governor’s office, OHCS, and OHA presented on the new senior housing initiative and healthy homes work. The governor’s housing director said Oregon is making progress on homelessness and housing production, with reductions in homelessness outside Multnomah County and an estimated 50,000 future units added to the pipeline through recent state actions. OHCS outlined the senior housing programs launched in May: a debt-financing program using elderly and disabled bond authority, an older adult housing development program funded through the senior property tax deferral revolving account, and a rehousing program for older adults that will use bridge funding and services to move at least 400 unsheltered older Oregonians into housing. OHA also described its Healthy Homes Grant Program, including $24.6 million already awarded, a new $5 million grant round for seniors and people with disabilities, and examples of home repairs and weatherization that help people remain safely housed. The final information session focused on home cooling and heat resilience. OHA presented data showing rising extreme heat days, more heat-related emergency visits, and likely undercounted heat deaths, especially among older adults, people with disabilities, low-income communities, and people without access to healthy homes. ODOE reviewed implementation of Senate Bill 1536, including a cooling needs study that found 58% of surveyed households in the studied housing types needed permanent cooling, with estimated statewide costs of $582 million to $1 billion. ODOE said its rental home heat pump and community heat pump programs have supported 4,638 installations so far, with a temporary reopening planned using remaining funds. The session ended with a remote presentation from a Community Action Partnership of Oregon representative, continuing the discussion of how community action agencies help deliver energy and anti-poverty services.

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• In areas where we expect and anticipate a reduction in our budget, like DCR, we are working to ensure
• And again, so they’re going to get a reduction, but then they’re going to have to pay it back over the
• So cost reduction is our third very important pillar, to put a synonym perhaps with affordability, and
• I know that as a mayor, the 8% reduction, I just want to clarify, the 8% is actually a little lower.
• Commissioner Chappelle, I appreciated you talking about how some budget reductions would actually look

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing at UMass Amherst on Governor Healey’s fiscal year 2027 budget, focusing on energy/environment-related transportation issues and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. The chairs and members opened with thanks to UMass, university leadership, court officers, and legislative staff, and Chancellor Javier Reyes highlighted UMass Amherst’s research, workforce, sustainability, and transportation contributions, including energy research, transit operations, and partnerships with MassDOT. The hearing then moved to MassDOT and MBTA testimony on the administration’s transportation funding package, including House 2, the FY26 Fair Share supplemental, and a proposed four-year Chapter 90 authorization. MassDOT officials described the budget as part of a broader multi-year transportation investment strategy, citing funding for operations, snow and ice removal, regional transit authorities, the MBTA, the Merit Rating Board, sustainable aviation fuel credits, micro-transit and last-mile grants, unpaved road improvements, bridge and pavement work, and housing-related transportation infrastructure. They emphasized workforce expansion, capital delivery capacity, safety improvements, and local aid, including the new lane-mile-based Chapter 90 formula intended to benefit rural communities. Officials also discussed major projects and programs such as Grant Central, culvert and unpaved road grants, work zone speed cameras, congestion hotspot fixes, the Sagamore and Bourne Bridge projects, and MBTA operating support and safety upgrades. Testimony from the MBTA and rail/transit staff focused on improved ridership, service frequency, accessibility, and safety, including progress on the Green Line Train Protection System, reduced delays, expanded bus and commuter rail service, and the South Coast rail extension. Regional transit authorities reported increased ridership and described new fare-free, connectivity, and community transit grants. Aeronautics testimony covered airport capital work, drone and data programs, sustainable aviation fuel efforts, and workforce development in aviation maintenance. Committee members then asked questions, especially about Western Massachusetts priorities, Chapter 90 funding, bridge repairs, snow and ice costs, Cape Cod bridges, Buzzard’s Bay rail, and Compass Rail/West-East Rail. Officials said several federal rail grants were moving forward, that Sagamore Bridge procurement would begin soon, and that the administration remained committed to pursuing federal funding and multi-year transportation investments.

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• athletes of the female sex, and an athlete who is... ...deprived of athletic opportunity or suffers harm
• for athletes of the female sex, and an athlete who is deprived of athletic opportunity or suffers harm
• A school may appeal any funding reduction to the State Board of Education.
• My kid is being harmed. Does your bill support her?
• So this is really important to understand that this social transition is not without harm to the child

Bills: HB2020, HB2032, HB2033, HB2249, HB2313, HB2318, HB2378, HCR2003

Keywords: interference, disruption, educational institutions, public order, conduct rules, statewide assessment, student testing, academic standards, third grade reading, reading retention, promotion and retention, school accountability, assessment window, testing window, test scores, school report cards, nontest data, graduation rates, dropout rates, education data privacy

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• to travel, rather than forcing everyone into the same centrally planned congested system, causing harm
• In our view, this bill actually would do more harm than good because it gives the legislature an out
• One study from the Atlantic Council mentioned that a mere 10 minute reduction in wait times can move

Bills: SB3136, SB2521, SB2851, SB3154, SB3262, SB2387, SB3001, SB2818, SB2972, SB2372, SB2108, SB888, SB3320, SB2798, SB2110, SB3007, SB2615, SB2095, SB2101, SB3138, SB2756, SB3229, SB2969, SB3286, SB3238, SB2557, SB3140, SB2014, SB3097, SB3096, SB3069, SB99, SB2930, SB2268, SB2543, SB3022, SB3109, SB3215, SB3152, SB3156, SB3234, SB3053, SB3067, SB2673, SB411, SB2041, SB2919, SB2532, SB2152, SB2721, SB2446, SB2601, SB2239, SB2804, SB3324, SB2802, SB2577, SB2320, SB2706, SB2595, SB2781, SB2961, SB2433, SB2657, SB2340, SB3045, SB3203, SB2861, SB3245, SB2803, SB3204, SB3025, SB2138, SB2645, SB3082, SB2109, SB2261, SB3332, SB2811, SB2567, SB2125, SB2866, SB83, SB874, SB2386, SB3137, SB3132, SB2175, SB2272, SB2271, SB847, SB3302, SB2089, SB2102, SB2050, SB2694, SB2487, SB2061, SB709, SB3083, SB2151, SB2852, SB2471, SB2568, SB2253, SB2697, SB2429, SB2929, SB3032, SB2057, SB148, SB2353, SB2075, SB2907, SB2074, SB3219, SB3218, SB2367, SB3048, SB17, SB3253, SB2376, SB3103, SB2999, SB3255, SB1166, SB3157, SB2698, SB3029, SB2146, SB2470, SB3040, SB3076, SB2575, SB3294, SB2438, SB2530, SB2688

Keywords: lead-free, lead in drinking water, drinking water, water infrastructure, public water system, plumbing, pipe fittings, solder, flux, fixtures, cast iron pipe repair, nonpotable water, Safe Drinking Water Act, Department of Health, water quality, lead exposure, lead contamination, water utilities, backflow preventer, fire hydrant

Bills: SB3136, SB2521, SB2851, SB3154, SB3262, SB2387, SB3001, SB2818, SB2972, SB2372, SB2108, SB888, SB3320, SB2798, SB2110, SB3007, SB2615, SB2095, SB2101, SB3138, SB2756, SB3229, SB2969, SB3286, SB3238, SB2557, SB3140, SB2014, SB3097, SB3096, SB3069, SB99, SB2930, SB2268, SB2543, SB3022, SB3109, SB3215, SB3152, SB3156, SB3234, SB3053, SB3067, SB2673, SB411, SB2041, SB2919, SB2532, SB2152, SB2721, SB2446, SB2601, SB2239, SB2804, SB3324, SB2802, SB2577, SB2320, SB2706, SB2595, SB2781, SB2961, SB2433, SB2657, SB2340, SB3045, SB3203, SB2861, SB3245, SB2803, SB3204, SB3025, SB2138, SB2645, SB3082, SB2109, SB2261, SB3332, SB2811, SB2567, SB2125, SB2866, SB83, SB874, SB2386, SB3137, SB3132, SB2175, SB2272, SB2271, SB847, SB3302, SB2089, SB2102, SB2050, SB2694, SB2487, SB2061, SB709, SB3083, SB2151, SB2852, SB2471, SB2568, SB2253, SB2697, SB2429, SB2929, SB3032, SB2057, SB148, SB2353, SB2075, SB2907, SB2074, SB3219, SB3218, SB2367, SB3048, SB17, SB3253, SB2376, SB3103, SB2999, SB3255, SB1166, SB3157, SB2698, SB3029, SB2146, SB2470, SB3040, SB3076, SB2575, SB3294, SB2438, SB2530, SB2688

Keywords: lead-free, lead in drinking water, drinking water, water infrastructure, public water system, plumbing, pipe fittings, solder, flux, fixtures, cast iron pipe repair, nonpotable water, Safe Drinking Water Act, Department of Health, water quality, lead exposure, lead contamination, water utilities, backflow preventer, fire hydrant