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• Texas families should be allowed to stay together, right?
• Gibson, and welcome to Texas, by the way. Are there any questions of the witness?
• Senate side, so this was a bill that the Texas Association of Builders and Texas Municipal League worked
• Texas Public Policy Foundation testifying for the bill, is that correct? Please proceed, sir.
• Um, I'm a local developer, land broker here in Austin, Texas.

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• To maintenance crews, security officers, food service workers, and many more.
• However, However, we have a serious issue in this country, a national security issue and a gap.
• They were looking at Midland, Texas. But they chose Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
• And New Mexico is tired of being a flyover state for Texas and Arizona. This is the place to be.
• what that border really represents and what the potential is for our state.

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• medication to a patient in Texas.
• Three lawsuits, to Texas residents.
• ,<03:35:01.439> Florida, what the laws are in Texas, Florida, what the laws are in Texas,
• We cross borders everywhere.
• We cross borders everywhere.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• For a lot of folks here in New Mexico, the border moved across them.
• And so, Madam Speaker, and The border moved across them.
• I am going to correct whether or not the border crossed them.
• Visa, you are giving a Social Security number.
• So if they're having to follow the law of Texas, and Texas is in the United States, and they probably

Bills: HB111, HB103, HB109, HB128, HJM2, HJM3, HM7, HM17, HM4, HM22, HM23, HM24, HM26, HM2, HM16, HM11, HM14, HM21, HM34, HM50, HB49, HB60, HB108, HB120, HB124, HB145, HB154, HB158, HB164, HB180, HB291, HJR6, HJR7, HR1, HJM1, HM13, HM47

Keywords: water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance

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• Texas A&M, West Texas A&M, and some pretty impressive programs that are working.
• According to the Texas Water Development Board, there are currently no operational ASR projects in Texas
• Caddo is the only natural lake in Texas.
• House Bill 4530 addresses a Texas Water Development Board legislative priority. The Texas Water...
• Since then, the TCEQ, in consultation with the Texas Water Development Board and the Texas Parks and

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• mentioned in requiring a social security mentioned in requiring a social security number number
• using somebody else's Social Security using somebody else's Social Security and<00:47:57.720>
• Massachusetts and not just at the border Massachusetts and not just at the border but<00:57:35.240
• that have spaces right over the border that have spaces right over the border and<01:02:16.720><
• automated McDonald's like in Texas automated McDonald's like in Texas coming<01:31:32.320> to

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible.
• For decades, Texas has been a part.
• Texas Capitol.
• So, I want to say this, Texas, Texas is as great as its diversity.
• across the state of Texas.

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• the border.
• As I said at the beginning, that could have started with bipartisan efforts to secure the border and
• But I will say this, if you don't control the border, you really can't halt fentanyl.
• They may provide a false sense of security, and some users may even use them to seek out the very drug
• My understanding is that, I have three of them that I remember, North Dakota, Texas, and Iowa. Mr.

Bills: SB331

Keywords: fentanyl, controlled substances, drug trafficking, public health, research regulations, law enforcement, S-331, Halt All Lethal Trafficking and Fentanyl Act, fentanyl crisis, public testimony, drug legislation, bipartisan support

Summary: In this committee meeting, the focus was primarily on S-331, the Halt All Lethal Trafficking and Fentanyl Act, aimed at addressing the fentanyl crisis. The bill's key components include making permanent the class scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, confirming existing sentencing penalties, and easing registration requirements for scientific research on Schedule I substances. Numerous parents shared heartbreaking testimonies about their losses due to fentanyl, which fueled an urgent call to pass the legislation without alterations. The committee members engaged in passionate discussions highlighting the urgency of the situation as overdoses continue to claim American lives.

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• SPEAKER, I RISE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY.
• Musk has plans for Social Security and Medicare.
• MUSK HAS PLANS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE.
• Moran of Texas; and Mr. Nunn of Iowa.
• MORAN OF TEXAS, AND MR. NUNN OF IOWA.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Securities and Exchange Commission.
• Controls as a critical tool of national security.
• Secure border so when I think about What's happening in the housing world?
• We have gone from border crossings of 350,000 a day to less than 5,000 a month.
• From an economic and national security issue, that's the China threat.

Keywords: legislation, housing affordability, financial regulation, public testimony, accountability, oversight

Summary: The meeting involved significant discussions around key legislative proposals, primarily focusing on various bills such as HB2 and SB5. The committee examined the implications of these bills on issues like housing affordability and financial regulation. Notable members engaged in debates, providing differing perspectives on the potential economic impacts of the proposed bills. The meeting witnessed public testimony, which included a call for accountability in government actions and oversight of current financial policies. Members echoed concerns about following through on commitments to address critical issues affecting everyday Americans.

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• They say everything is bigger in Texas, but not tourism.
• California's tourism is 70% bigger than Texas. I'm picturing a slide. It should be here.
• It should be animated and come up and cover all of Texas.
• I mean, the fact that we're further removed from the border of Canada, where...
• We are the second-largest border crossing in the world.

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism held an informational hearing on the state of California tourism amid declining international visitation and broader economic and political headwinds. Visit California CEO Caroline Betetta said the industry remains a major economic driver, with 2024 visitor spending of $157 billion, 1.2 million jobs supported, and $12.7 billion in state and local tax revenue, but warned that 2025 forecasts show the first post-pandemic decline in visitation, driven largely by a projected 9.2% drop in international travel. She cited concerns about the strong dollar, visa wait times, border and immigration rhetoric, and a proposed federal visa integrity fee, while emphasizing Visit California’s marketing campaigns and the importance of upcoming mega-events like the World Cup and 2028 Olympics. A second panel of destination leaders described local impacts and strategies. Visit Sacramento’s Mike Testa said the city has diversified beyond conventions into music festivals, sports, and food events, but noted that international apprehension is affecting events like Terra Madre Americas and that California should do more to incentivize major festivals to stay in-state. Santa Monica Travel and Tourism’s Lauren Salisbury said the city is seeing lower international visitation, especially from Canada, Australia, and Europe, and that wildfire coverage and later federal troop presence in Los Angeles hurt local sentiment and caused cancellations. Yosemite Sierra Visitors Bureau’s Rhonda Salisbury reported steep drops in international visitation to the gateway region, ongoing concerns about wildfire, reservations, insurance costs, and park access, and praised a new federal requirement for quarterly meetings between national parks and gateway communities. San Diego Tourism Authority COO Carrie Verbeck-Cappich said tourism is the region’s second-largest sector, but 2025 is softer than 2024, with spending down despite modest visitation growth. She pointed to weaker Canadian and Asian travel, government-related meeting cancellations, and the need for more support to bid on and host major events; she also highlighted border-crossing delays, insufficient federal staffing at ports of entry, and the Tijuana River sewage crisis as major regional issues. Committee members discussed the effects of federal rhetoric, infrastructure, and cross-border conditions on tourism, and several witnesses urged continued support for Visit California, Brand USA, event incentives, and efforts to present California as welcoming and open. Public comment then opened, beginning with testimony from the California Attractions and Parks Association.

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• You go across the border in Durango, and it can reach as high as 600, and we are out of the way.

Bills: HB111, HJR1, HB61, HB8, HB30, HB43, HB156, HJM2, HM7, HM17, HM4, HM22, HM23, HM24, HM26, HM2, HM16, HM11, HM14, HM21, HM34, HM50, HB70, SB3, HJM3

Keywords: water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance

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• And now to the Texas flag. Honor the Texas flag. We are the champions.
• In her honor, Anne Manning is a proud graduate of Texas Tech University and the Texas Tech School of
• security for the Committee on Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Veterans Affairs.
• HCR 99 by Speller, designating the Texas strip stake as the official stake of Texas and directing the
• Texas Department of Agriculture to promote the Texas strip stake as part of the efforts to support Texas

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Texas seek recognition? Texas seek recognition?
• Roy of Texas. Pursuant to House Resolution 951, the gentleman from Texas, Mr.
• gentleman from Texas. gentleman from Texas.
• security, and national security. Mr. Mr. security, and national security. Mr. Mr.
• the state of Texas, Mr. Krenshaw. the state of Texas, Mr. Krenshaw.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, December 18, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• The bill secures our southern border, keeps taxes low for working families and small businesses, strengthens
• The bill secures our southern<00:53:06.000> border,<00:53:06.559> keeps<00:53:06.800>
• Security. Security.
• Social Security.
• is<03:02:46.479> also security and social security is also security and social security is

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Wendy Woodward, director of the IBC program at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.
• By partnering with MSOs, management service organizations, many of us have secured the investment and
• The Compact was developed under a Department of Homeland Security Grant in 2017.
• This is a national security issue. Critical. This isn't just an employment issue.
• This is a national security issue.

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Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Health held a hearing to take testimony on a wide range of bills involving professional licensure, clinical practice, and public health-related workforce issues. The chair explained that no votes would be taken at the hearing and that the purpose was to gather public input. Early testimony focused on Marnie’s Law, with supporters describing the bill as a no-cost, preventive measure to require nursing education on inflammatory breast cancer after a family tragedy and arguing it could reduce misdiagnosis and save lives. A major portion of the hearing centered on bills affecting clinical decision-making and licensure compacts. Supporters of the physician ownership/clinical autonomy bills argued they would protect independent practices from corporate interference after the Steward collapse, while supporters of EMS, dental, psychology, physical therapy, and physician assistant compacts said the measures would improve workforce mobility, reduce delays, and expand access to care, especially for rural patients, military families, and telehealth users. Several witnesses emphasized that the compacts would not reduce standards and would strengthen public protection through shared disciplinary databases and streamlined credentialing. There was also testimony on bills to ensure safe medication administration and to protect the independence of complementary and alternative health care practitioners. Nursing representatives urged that only licensed professionals administer medications in hospitals, hospices, and home care settings, warning that delegation to unlicensed staff could endanger patients and nurses’ licenses. A complementary and alternative care witness supported consumer access with mandatory disclosures and limits on reserved medical acts. On the dental compact, witnesses were split: some supported portability and workforce flexibility, while others warned the compact lacked a hands-on skills exam and could weaken Massachusetts’ regulatory authority and patient safety. The hearing concluded with continued testimony on the psychology compact, physical therapy compact, and physician assistant bills, with most speakers favoring expanded interstate practice and reduced administrative barriers.

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• I am driven to address border security, and I want to be very clear that there's a difference between
• securing our public safety and immigration, which I think is a federal issue.
• My district actually borders Mexico and borders El Paso, Texas.
• The border still has one of the safest communities in the state when it comes to crime.
• On the Texas side, Texas is exploding—population growth, economic opportunities, and development.

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• And then additionally, we did a lot of research and found Texas statutes and what their admin fees are
• statutes and what their admin fees or whatnot so in Texas what happens is they charge no more than $48
• It's a border crossing. It's a border crossing. With tolls. Exactly. Over a canal. Exactly.
• Border crossing. With tolls. Exactly. Over a canal. Exactly. Not a river. All right.
• Something as simple as a properly secure connection, a pin, or a secondary attachment could have saved

Bills: HB345, HB503, HB511, HB590, HB655, HB685, HB692, HB707, HB715, HB748, HB776, HB856, HB860, HB868, HB887, HB888, HB896, HB999, HB1000, HB1086, HB1233

Keywords: rail infrastructure, ports, Class II railroads, Class III railroads, transportation, HB 503, Act 554, Golden Meadow, utility terrain vehicle, UTV, recreational off-highway vehicle, ROV, golf cart, low-speed vehicle, road shoulder travel, local ordinance, municipal traffic regulation, vehicle registration decal, municipal general fund, insurance requirement

Summary: The Senate Committee on Transportation and Public Works met with five members present and approved the April 29, 2026 minutes. The committee then heard and reported a series of bills, including HB 1233, which lowers the contract threshold for hospital service districts using the Seymours program; HB 715, requiring aerial applicators operating from public airports to have transponders and radios and removing proposed ADS-B fee restrictions in favor of separate legislation; and HB 999, allowing impoundment of uninsured out-of-state vehicles. It also advanced HB 692 to let parishes and municipalities use group purchasing organizations, with an added sole-source procurement amendment for certain repairs and parts, and HB 511 to create a pursuit-intervention technology grant program, using a technical amendment to establish the fund structure. The committee also reported HB 590, creating a program to help law enforcement identify drivers with autism or other mental/physical disabilities through special envelopes and related notice technology; HB 503, a local bill cleaning up golf cart and utility terrain vehicle definitions in Golden Meadow; HB 655, authorizing DOTD cost-plus contracts for state-owned ferries; HB 748, clarifying that school board-owned or leased vehicles are exempt from tolls; HB 860, allowing fillable electronic bids; HB 896, addressing tolling rules and fees in Plaquemines Parish and requiring a nearby customer service center; and HB 1000, a cleanup bill on highway priority program reporting and local district contract limits. Later, the committee reported HB 887, which establishes a more consistent scoring and ranking framework for certain procurement processes, and HB 888, a cleanup bill on temporary tags and temporary license plates with added anti-counterfeiting and safety features. HB 1086, a major overhaul moving Louisiana toward a fully electronic vehicle title and lien system, was amended but voluntarily held for a week so members could review the extensive new language. The committee also reported HB 776, expanding port priority funding to larger projects and allowing flexibility in annual amounts, HB 707, shifting LPG commission promotional work to Agriculture and Forestry, HB 868, requiring safety chains or other manufacturer-specified safety equipment on farm trailers, HB 856, authorizing indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracting for DOTD maintenance and construction work, HB 345, adding rail infrastructure at ports to the rail improvement program, and HB 685, allowing transit agencies to use FAST Act cooperative procurement for buses and other rolling stock. At the end, the committee corrected its action on HB 856 by reconsidering and withdrawing the technical amendment set 2332 for later floor work, while leaving the bill reported with the department’s substantive amendments.

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• Today we will hear testimony from the Texas Texas State University System, and the University of Texas
• I'm grateful for this opportunity to share Texas State's vision for a brighter Texas.
• of Texas' economy and to help build the future. future workforce of Texas.
• That's huge in Texas.
• Texas.

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• We are mirroring what our partnering states and our bordering states are doing in this space.
• And so, again, it's States and our bordering states are doing in this space.
• I'm a human rights lawyer by training, and I've spent three decades working on U.S. national security
• I'm a human rights lawyer by training, and I've spent three decades working on U.S. national security
• tied to the Texas law that created a compact between Texas and Louisiana.

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes and then heard House Bill 1033, which expands the definition of critical infrastructure to include airports, heliports, spaceports, aerospace facilities, certain government and military sites, and oil and gas platforms. Supporters said the bill is part of a broader effort to position Louisiana for aerospace and defense investment, while opponents from the Sierra Club warned that repeatedly broadening critical infrastructure could chill protest and free-speech activity. The bill was reported favorably. The committee then heard House Bill 1034, which authorizes local officials to declare temporary protection zones for public safety for up to 72 hours, with one extension. The sponsor and the Department of Economic Development said it would be a tool for aerospace and defense projects and other public-safety needs; ACLU testimony raised concerns about notice, property rights, and possible impacts on public waterways. The bill was also reported favorably. The committee next considered several criminal justice bills. House Bill 51, barring post-conviction bail for defendants convicted of aggravated offenses against children, and House Bill 55, limiting public disclosure of juror information to protect juror privacy, both received broad support and were reported favorably. House Bill 635, aimed at protecting Louisianians from transnational repression by foreign governments through penalty enhancements for underlying crimes, was supported by a national security advocate and reported favorably. House Bill 133, increasing penalties for students who commit attacks on teachers or other students, was amended to address juvenile procedure and exceptionalities; teachers testified about serious injuries they suffered, while the ACLU and criminal defense lawyers raised concerns about mandatory minimums and individualized sentencing. The bill was reported with amendments. The committee also heard House Bill 676, which creates the crime of fraudulent patient referrals, or “body brokering,” in the substance-use treatment industry. The sponsor and Blue Cross Blue Shield representatives described schemes that steer vulnerable patients into fraudulent treatment arrangements for profit; the bill was reported favorably. House Bill 159 created a Caddo Parish pilot program for pretrial home incarceration with electronic monitoring to reduce jail overcrowding. The sheriff said the jail is far over capacity and that the program would be limited to nonviolent, non-sex-offense defendants with risk assessments, court approval, and behavioral-health check-ins. Witnesses supported the concept but urged tighter liability language; the committee adopted an amendment and reported the bill with amendments. House Bill 106, dealing with unauthorized administration of melatonin to children in child care settings, was reported favorably. Later, the committee amended and reported House Bill 108, which changes juror qualifications to exclude people convicted of crimes of violence or sex offenses from criminal juries, after opponents argued it would unnecessarily bar citizens from jury service. House Bill 784, a cleanup bill on sex offender registration and notification, was amended and reported with technical changes. Senate Bill 388, which removes a trigger clause tied to a border compact and authorizes review of state contracts for foreign-adversary benefit, was amended and reported. Finally, House Bill 772, a bail-procedure reform requiring accurate mailing and electronic notice information and consolidating notice rules, was presented as a fairness and efficiency measure and had support from the bail industry and prosecutors; the transcript ends before final action on that bill.