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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • And these growers own a sugar beet processing plant in Wapatin which is right across the border of Breen
  • And these growers own a sugar beet processing plant in Wapatin which is right across the border of Breen
  • So in May of 2020, Mind announced a partnership with Kratos Defense and Security Solutions to deploy
  • <00:57:54.960> and operations, and cyber security and operations, and cyber security and safety
  • :10.960> mobility secure wheelchairs, assist with mobility secure wheelchairs, assist with mobility
Bills: HF3553, HF3513, HF3576
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Science, Technology and Telecommunications Sep 23rd, 2025

Science, Technology & Telecommunications Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • successfully established at Eastern and provides a great deal of our infrastructure, equipment, and
  • This is very much like a The Embraer is building infrastructure, but it's water infrastructure for New
  • A lot of that focuses on borders and different nations in terms of aquifers, but also a lot of how our
  • Jeff Gassaway, who is here in the audience, is UNM's Information Security and Privacy Officer.
  • , and Alan Rose, CNM's Chief Information Security Officer.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, June 11, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The President promised the idea that we would get America back on track, secure our border, and reduce
  • Speaker, let's pass this bill, secure our borders, stem the tide of the growing fentanyl crisis, and
  • Speaker, let's pass this bill, secure our borders, stem the tide of the growing fentanyl crisis, and
  • Speaker, let's pass this bill, secure our borders, stem the tide of the growing fentanyl crisis, and
  • Speaker, let's pass this bill, secure our borders, stem the tide of the growing fentanyl crisis, and
MD

Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session, 2/3/2026 #1

Maryland Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The border is largely secure on the southern border.
  • a where the securing of the border was a where the securing of the border was a top<01:02:17.920
  • all this stuff to secure the border. all this stuff to secure the border.
  • The border is largely secure on border.
  • border and security there, deal with the border and security there, it<01:14:40.159> was<01:14
Summary: The Senate opened with an invocation by Reverend Dr. Patrick Claybourne of Bethl AM Church in Baltimore, introduced by the senator from the 40th district, who highlighted the church’s long history, community work, scholarships, food pantry, school partnerships, and a planned rise center. The Senate journalized the invocation and then recognized several guests, including the Bethesda Roosters U16 rugby team, which was congratulated for winning the Maryland state title and the 2025 National U16 Championship, and members of the Joint Veterans Committee of Maryland. The chamber also welcomed a Johns Hopkins Police Accountability Board appointment letter, which was referred to the Executive Nominations Committee, and later a delegation from the Ghana Parliament legislative staff visiting with the Department of Legislative Services and NCSL representatives. The main floor business centered on Senate Bill 1, which would prohibit law enforcement officers from wearing face coverings. The minority whip argued against the bill, saying it was unenforceable, an improper use of legislative time amid other state crises, and could create a system where local officers detain federal officers for a civil violation; he also said officers mask themselves because of threats and doxxing. Senators in support argued the bill was needed to address masked ICE agents, protect public safety, and respond to concerns about civil rights abuses and intimidation. After debate and vote explanations from senators, including one emphasizing immigrant heritage and another supporting the bill as a protection measure, SB 1 passed with 31 affirmative votes. The Senate then passed Senate Bill 17, an emergency bill on alcoholic beverages related event promoters permits, by unanimous affirmative vote. It next took up Senate Bill 245, an emergency bill prohibiting immigration enforcement agreements. The minority leader questioned whether the bill would eliminate formalized 287(g) agreements and replace them with county-by-county policies, arguing that this could reduce uniformity, weaken safety, and create a patchwork of local practices. The bill’s sponsor responded that counties would still be bound by constitutional and legal limits, that the agreements provide minimal training and resources, and that the state should stop formally cooperating with federal immigration enforcement. The sponsor also said the bill would not increase profiling and that public safety would remain intact. The debate continued with concerns about Montgomery County’s evolving policy and the impact on smaller counties, but the transcript ends before final action on SB 245.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, September 17, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • ,<02:08:00.239> uh, The plan is to keep members secure, due to all the security threats and
  • And from national security purposes.
  • our secure the border, protect our secure the border, protect our communities,<07:08:12.240> and
  • Just in automotive for the border.
  • example, a part can cross the border example, a part can cross the border seven<09:25:00.320>
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/03/2026 - Senate Floor Session

Arizona Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • President, your Committee on Military Affairs and Border Security, having under consideration Senate
  • President, your Committee on Military Affairs and Border Security, having under consideration...
  • Alejandro Mayorkas lied to the American people about secure borders, lied to Congress about secure borders
  • borders, lied to Congress about secure borders.
  • And now, Congress about secure borders.
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, roll call, guest introductions, and approval of the journal before moving through multiple Committee of the Whole calendars. Early action included approval of several bills and resolutions, with amendments adopted on measures such as SB 1515, SB 1678, and SCR 1023. SCR 1023, which would change Independent Redistricting Commission membership and require a two-thirds vote for map approval, drew extended debate over nonpartisanship, geographic diversity, and population deviation; the amendment and the resolution both advanced on voice votes. The body also approved SB 1399, SB 1507, SB 1564, SB 1621, SB 1629, and SB 1811, generally after committee amendments and brief explanations from sponsors. The Senate then considered another calendar featuring SB 1365, SB 1416, and SCR 1049. SB 1365, relating to the Williams Citrus, Fruit, and Vegetable Trust Fund, was amended and advanced. SB 1416, dealing with missing and kidnapped children reporting requirements and the Seek and Find Alert system, was amended to shift training from biannual to every two years and to require documentation of media/social media disclosure decisions; the bill passed as amended. SCR 1049, a constitutional referral on capital punishment, would add a firing-squad option; supporters said it would provide another execution method amid drug shortages, while opponents objected to expanding the death penalty. It also passed as amended. On later calendars, the Senate approved SB 1134, SB 1489, SB 1725, SCR 1048, SB 1012, SB 1573, SB 1661, SB 1662, SB 1569, SB 1634, SB 1647, SCR 1005, SCR 1027, SB 1065, SB 1156, SB 1157, and SB 1213, with several amendments adopted. Topics included political signs, ballot-measure circulator disclosures, marijuana smoke as a nuisance, concealed weapons notice and appeal, paternity, probation conditions, voter registration and signature handling, foreign contributions, election dates, veterans’ hyperbaric therapy funding, border-related appropriations, and immigration enforcement notification. SB 1213 prompted notable debate over a Miranda amendment requiring law enforcement officers to visibly display identification and prohibiting facial coverings during duties, with supporters citing community safety and opponents arguing it would constrain enforcement; the transcript cuts off during that discussion.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Public Safety Committee Jun 23rd, 2026

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • into the borders of California.
  • into the borders of California.
  • We’ve had police officers offering security off duty for high-profile persons.
  • When parents first arrive to visit, we are searched by security and a dog.
  • In Santa Cruz, families pass through standard security screenings before they visit.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • Does it make us more secure? I don't believe so, but I look forward to it.
  • Our people, our borders, our Constitution, and our laws.
  • in terms of both national and economic security.
  • The American people have carried the burden of global security for too long.
  • It travels across borders. Drug-resistant TB is a growing risk globally.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Transportation Mar 4th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • Security. What we want protection.
  • Security. What we want a balanced.
  • High security places.
  • High security places.
  • High security places.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S.
  • Department of Homeland Security. and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S.
  • How many of them... had weapons within the security perimeter.
  • These are not people that were in a non-secure area of the airport.
  • But Senator Cruz has no idea what he's talking about regarding a border crisis.
Summary: The meeting was convened by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, where robust discussions were held regarding the need for improved oversight within the Senate. The chairman emphasized the historical decline in oversight activities and proposed motions to authorize subpoenas related to an ongoing investigation involving the Massachusetts Port Authority and allegations of illegal immigrant sheltering at airports. This prompted a detailed examination of the current practices and measures needed to address such issues effectively, particularly in light of recent reports from O'Hare Airport. The committee engaged in deliberations that highlighted the importance of maintaining legislative oversight to safeguard national interests.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • War and unrest in other countries affect our security and put our supply chains at risk of disruption
  • , infrastructure, infrastructure.
  • Moving to slide 7, you can see that border security is maintained at $6.5 billion, and this is across
  • Examples of expenses include judicial staff, security, lease costs, and other operating expenses.
  • Examples of expenses include judicial staff, security, lease costs, and other operating expenses.
Bills: SB 1
Summary: The Senate Finance Committee convened for its first hearing of the 89th regular session, confirmed a quorum, adopted committee rules by a 15-0 vote, and began review of Senate Bill 1, the state budget for fiscal years 2026-27. Chair Huffman outlined the committee’s organization, introduced staff, and described the budget as conservative and focused on one-time investments. She highlighted major SB 1 priorities including property tax relief, full funding for public education formulas, teacher pay, school safety, border security, Medicaid growth, dementia research, energy and water infrastructure, transportation, wildfire suppression, and other capital and public safety needs. Comptroller Glenn Hager presented the biennial revenue estimate, saying the state has $194.6 billion available for general-purpose spending in 2026-27, with a projected $23.8 billion ending balance from the current biennium. He cautioned that revenue growth is returning to more normal levels and that lawmakers should avoid committing short-term surpluses to ongoing expenses. He also explained that the Economic Stabilization Fund is projected to hit its constitutional cap, meaning an estimated $5.6 billion in severance tax and related revenue would remain in general revenue in the upcoming biennium rather than flow into the fund. Senators discussed whether to raise or rename the fund and the implications of keeping more severance-tax revenue in general revenue. The Legislative Budget Board then gave an overview of SB 1 and the budget’s major funding changes. LBB staff explained that the bill is essentially flat at $332.9 billion in all funds, but includes large method-of-finance shifts and major property tax relief. They detailed how prior property tax relief enacted in the 88th Legislature grew from an estimated $18 billion to $22.7 billion because of higher property values and hold-harmless provisions, and said SB 1 continues that relief with a total of $51 billion in ongoing and new property tax support. Members asked extensive questions about the automatic growth in school tax compression, the constitutional homestead exemption, COVID-era federal funding, Medicaid assumptions, and the sunset of the non-homestead circuit breaker. No additional votes or final budget actions were taken beyond adoption of the committee rules.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, December 1, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And while we have a president who is committed to securing our borders, protecting our communities, and
  • our securing our borders, protecting our securing our borders, protecting our communities,<03
  • Security Administration. Security Administration.
  • Security number.
  • Security number.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • to secure the items that I had secured.
  • Campbell, please have been. ...security to secure the items that I had secured. Ms.
  • It interacts with infrastructure and how it puts people at risk.
  • One is the infrastructure, which is all the model and the system itself, computer infrastructure.
  • And the system itself, computer infrastructure.
Summary: The joint Senate and House disaster preparedness hearing convened in Kerrville with quorum, public testimony limited to three minutes and invited testimony to 10 minutes. Leaders from both chambers, along with the lieutenant governor and speaker, framed the hearing as an unprecedented joint effort focused on learning from the July 4 flood, honoring victims, and identifying actions to reduce future loss of life. The committee also heard opening remarks about decorum, logistics, and the intent to continue work in future sessions. The first panel included Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly, Sheriff Larry Leitha, Emergency Management Coordinator William B. Thomas IV, Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring Jr., Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice, Upper Guadalupe River Authority representative William Rector, Kendall County Judge Shane Stolarczyk, and Real County Judge Bella Rubio. They described the flood as sudden and catastrophic, with Kerr County reporting 108 deaths and two missing. Local officials emphasized that they received no timely warning of the scale of the event, that responders and volunteers acted heroically under extreme conditions, and that communications, cell coverage, and rural emergency resources were strained. Several witnesses said the county’s existing alert systems were limited by geography, sparse broadband, and the speed of the flood. Testimony focused on possible improvements, including real-time flood gauges and predictive monitoring, stronger rural emergency management staffing and training, better interoperability and alerting tools such as IPAWS, CodeRED, WENS, and sirens, and expanded broadband and radio coverage. Kerrville asked for a flood warning system before next summer and state help for stormwater, floodplain, and disaster recovery funding. UGRA described its past and current flood-warning and mitigation efforts, including gauge funding, a new software-based flood prediction project, and consideration of additional retention dams. Kendall and Real counties highlighted successful or needed alerting and evacuation practices, while also stressing the difficulty of funding and maintaining such systems in small rural counties. Members asked detailed questions about the timeline of the flood response, low-water crossings, communications failures, sirens, bridges, and whether regional consolidation or additional infrastructure could improve future preparedness.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:29:10.159> of um the water the the county borders of um the water the the county borders
  • Honolulu and we represent the border Honolulu and we represent the border water<00:32:10.480>
  • that they come with a security that they come with a security requirement. requirement. requirement
  • <00:56:47.839> is green storm water infrastructure is green storm water infrastructure is
  • I I don't have that Security.
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The Committee on Water and Land met on February 3, 2026, and heard testimony on several bills, with the chair emphasizing a two-minute limit and noting that bills would die if the hearing ran past noon. For HB 1848, the Commission on Water Resource Management and the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development both supported the measure with technical, non-substantive amendments. Testimony focused on requiring early consultation about water availability in district boundary amendment petitions, with water officials explaining that the petitioner should submit a written statement reflecting consultation and that the goal was to identify water constraints earlier in the development process. The Land Use Commission’s representative opposed the bill, arguing that water availability is already addressed through existing environmental review and agency consultation, that the issue had been raised and rejected before, and that the proposal could create unnecessary delay or litigation. The committee then heard HB 1728 on rainwater catchment systems. The Commission on Water Resource Management said it acknowledged the bill’s intent but deferred to counties and other regulatory agencies, including the Department of Health, on regulatory implications. Hawaii Realtors testified in support. No vote was taken during the portion of the hearing shown. For HB 1652 on storm water management systems, the Hawaiian Lifeguard Association opposed the bill, arguing it would weaken protections created by Act 281 (“Sharkey’s Law”) and increase drowning risk for children by exempting certain water features from safety requirements. The American Council of Engineering Companies of Hawaii supported the bill, saying the language clarifies and better balances child safety with practical green stormwater infrastructure, including depth-based limits and exemptions for certain agricultural ponds. The Hawaii Farm Bureau also supported the agricultural pond exemption, saying such ponds are used for irrigation, livestock, and fire control and are generally away from the public. A private testifier, Allison Schaers, opposed the bill and described her daughter’s drowning in a detention basin, arguing that poor maintenance can turn stormwater features into dangerous hazards. The hearing ended without any recorded committee action or vote in the excerpt provided.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • both recognize the importance of our nation's small businesses and innovation in promoting national security
  • The loan that we helped them secure didn't just save the restaurant; it saved the jobs of 35 Georgians
  • Businesses secure and ensuring wasteful taxpayer spending is not driving up inflation.
  • But there was a border-crossing issue in Sumas, where a town was flooded, and then a town of Malden,
  • It's right by the border. It hangs together. I'm not sure we can sustain that border.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Session (04/10/2025)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:29:31.919> infrastructure billion to infrastructure infrastructure billion to infrastructure
  • , of Motor Vehicles, Homeland Security, of Motor Vehicles, Homeland Security, and<01:13:05.920>
  • Securing our border must certainly be part of that.
  • A border is only a line on a map.
  • That a nation is without borders.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Agriculture Oct 7th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • strategic criteria, which also includes proximity to military installations as a matter of national security
  • On our south border, there is a project going in.
  • So I've been told there's 4,200 homes just on our south border; times that by four, it's a little over
  • Does it remain intact, a working, breathing part of our green natural infrastructure?
  • And we also reached a major milestone of securing our 200th conservation easement under the Florida Forever
Summary: The Committee on Agriculture met to hear updates on land conservation and agricultural preservation programs. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services presented on the Rural and Family Lands Protection Program, explaining that it protects active agricultural lands through conservation easements while keeping land in private ownership and on the tax rolls. The director said the program requires participants to use agricultural best management practices, noted strong demand with 428 ranked projects for 2025, and reported that consistent legislative funding and partnerships with USDA, DOD, local governments, land trusts, and water management districts have expanded acreage protected, much of it within the Florida Wildlife Corridor. Committee members asked about eligibility, ranking, local government involvement, and how many projects are typically funded each year. Conservation Florida’s president and CEO testified that both Rural and Family Lands and Florida Forever are critical and complementary tools for preserving working lands, wildlife habitat, water resources, and public access to nature. She warned that uncertainty or cuts in state funding can stall projects, raise land prices, and reduce conservation momentum. In discussion with senators, she said public access is often negotiated case by case and is more common on lands acquired for parks, forests, and other public green space than on conservation easements. The Department of Environmental Protection then updated the committee on Florida Forever, describing it as the state’s premier conservation and recreation land acquisition program. DEP said Florida Forever uses both conservation easements and fee-simple purchases, with about half of acquisitions done through easements, and emphasized that steady funding is needed to keep projects moving. The deputy secretary reported 60 projects on the current work plan, more than $1.4 billion invested since 2019, and recent acquisitions including new state forest, park, and preserve expansions. Members also raised concerns about payment in lieu of taxes for fiscally constrained counties, local notification of acquisitions, and the need for continued support for agriculture, citrus, roads, and conservation funding. No formal votes were taken, and the meeting adjourned after member comments and public testimony.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Public Health Jun 4th, 2026

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • And the reason, the western border of my district is Waller County.
  • It'll be within the infrastructure of the hospital.
  • has become a form of healthcare infrastructure.
  • So throughout that, we grew well outside their borders.
  • We need focus on workforce access and infrastructure.
Keywords: 1184, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Session (03/13/2025)

New Hampshire Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Space Force base in New Boston, more secure.
  • I also want to address the issue of cross-border employment competition in border communities.
  • I also want to address the issue of cross-border employment competition in border communities.
  • I also want to address the issue of cross-border employment competition in border communities.
  • employment competition in Border employment competition in Border communities<00:42:21.640> this
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Appropriations - S/C on Article III Feb 26th, 2025

Appropriations - S/C on Article III

Transcript Highlights:
  • To keep up with past growth and inflation as well as aging infrastructure, the Heath Committee proposed
  • vital for our buildings and infrastructure because of deferred maintenance and other essential costs
  • We are one of the oldest campuses in the state and our aging capital infrastructure requires constant
  • Your commitment to investing in the renovation of aging building infrastructure provides our students
  • That being said, we truly appreciate your investment in our capital infrastructure for major repairs,