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• Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Macallen High School Mariachi Odo for winning their eighth Texas
• that no other Texas softball team has in the history of softball in Texas.
• bless West Texas. Are we done? bless West Texas. Are we done?
• They also offer a summer STEM program for middle and high school students and the rising seniors leadership
• Speaker, to say that I<08:17:58.878> rise<08:17:59.280> today I rise today I rise today

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• I'm Texas Land Commissioner.
• Funding in all funds for the rural health program to support quality health care for rural Texas.
• Our GoTexan program, our marketing program, again, is very successful. Thank to you.
• Also, we have a Young Farmer Startup Program that the state funds, and we have the STAR Program, which
• That's pretty good for Texas.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• The program itself is a post-Thunderbird program for workforce development training.
• This is a great program.
• It is a direct follow-on program to the Thunderbird Youth Challenge Program.
• Our Gold Star family members are critical, and they will be a big part of the program.
• program.

Keywords: 914, all

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• May rise on other folks; it becomes unbearable.
• Progressive means that rates rise as income rises; the tax burden increases as incomes rise.
• Regressive means that the tax burden falls as incomes rise.
• Tax rates in Texas, Arizona, Colorado, and Oklahoma.
• Programs don't have to be cut. Budgets don't have to be cut.

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• Americans pay for these programs. money. Americans pay for these programs.
• Speaker, I rise<02:31:00.399> and rise and rise and ask<02:31:02.399> the<02:31:02.479>
• I rise today in support of the FCC's Universal Service Fund, a successful program which brings high-speed
• And still I rise.
• And still I rise, Mr. unafraid. And still I rise, Mr.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, March 27, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Speaker, I rise today to Mr. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize<00:20:05.840> Dr.
• rise today in strong support of Mr. rise today in strong support of Mr.
• But still, they rise.
• still, they rise.
• Still, we rise because still, they rise.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, February 9, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Lakeway Church in Lakeway, Texas.
• The Texas Farm and Ranch Land Conservation Program allows landowners to voluntarily protect their agricultural
• The Texas Farm and Ranch Land Conservation Program allows landowners to voluntarily protect their agricultural
• House Bill 2018, relating to the Texas Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Program.
• House Bill 2018, relating to the Texas Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Program.

Summary: The Senate opened with an invocation, received a House message announcing passage of HB 74 creating the Puerto Verde Port Authority District, and heard a recognition from Senator Hancock about a weekend human trafficking operation in Fort Worth in which Unbound Now and the Fort Worth Police Department freed 19 victims. The Governor also submitted nominations to the Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board. The chamber then repeatedly suspended rules to take up and pass a series of House bills and one House joint resolution, mostly by wide margins, along with several local and honorary designations. Among the substantive measures, the Senate passed HB 1244 on open-space appraisal after property transfers, HJR 99 and HB 1399 to exempt animal feed from ad valorem taxation, HB 166 expanding child/endangered-person protections to fentanyl-related conduct, HB 1672 speeding DMV enforcement against unsafe motor carriers, HB 2018 clarifying the Texas Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Program, HB 140 creating a DFPS advisory committee on child protective investigations, HB 467 providing for dissolution of the Cedar Creek Hospital District, HB 2000 requiring sex-offender registration for child grooming, HB 331 creating presumptions for first responders who suffer heart attacks or strokes after strenuous shifts, HB 1089 creating the Gulf Coast Protection Account, HB 2730 limiting when appraisal districts may require new homestead exemption applications, HB 2723 easing cemetery tax-exemption procedures, HB 353 creating a trespass offense near schools and day care centers, and HB 3248 authorizing defense-based development authorities to employ and commission peace officers. Several of these bills drew brief explanations and, in some cases, questions from other senators about their scope and purpose. The Senate also passed numerous memorial highway and facility designations, including HB 767 for Paul P. Mendez, HB 1708 for Trooper Kevin Ramirez-Vasquez, HB 2415 for Senior Police Officer Louis Andy Taylor, HB 2143 for Army Specialist Joey Lenz, HB 2457 for the Molly Mullins Mile, HB 2523 for Deputy Constable Ruben Garcia, HB 2198 for Officer Jacob Candinoza, and HB 2763 naming a TxDOT facility for Eduardo Eddie Garcia Jr. Other local or administrative measures included HB 3513 on the Moore County Juvenile Board and HB 3135 creating specialty plates for retired firefighters. The chamber also adopted several concurrent resolutions and later moved through a large local calendar, including HCR 80, which designated Brenham as the ice cream capital of Texas. Most measures passed with little or no opposition, though a few votes on rule suspensions and final passage recorded small numbers of nays.

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• Fellowship Church in Georgetown, Texas.
• I rise to speak against the bill.
• Panhandle, West Texas, and East Texas have seen relatively small increases in population growth.
• These are Texas public schools in Texas, public universities? Yes, public universities, yes.
• The goal of the unemployment program in Texas shouldn't be more unemployment.

Summary: The Senate opened with an invocation by Pastor Tedrick Woods, followed by routine chamber actions including excusing Senator Gutierrez and receiving House messages that the House had passed HB 21 and HB 49. Senators also recognized advocates visiting the gallery on focal segmental glomerulosclerosis awareness and introduced the Doctor of the Day. The chamber adopted several resolutions, including HCR 66, by voice vote. The Senate then took up and passed a series of measures, often by suspending the regular order and the constitutional three-day rule. Among the bills finally passed were HJR 2, which would prohibit state death taxes; HB 206, limiting counties from requiring cash bonds for pipeline construction; HB 517, barring property owners associations from fining homeowners for discolored vegetation during watering restrictions; HB 2756, requiring TDCJ correctional officers to receive de-escalation and behavioral health training; HB 451, expanding screening for commercial sexual exploitation risk among children in DFPS and TJJD custody; SB 705, cleaning up the air conditioning and refrigeration contractors advisory board; SB 2017, creating an offense for burnouts and wheelies; SB 1858, expanding body armor grant eligibility to ISDs; SB 1400, directing a study on transfer-student outcomes for community college funding; SB 2764, requiring notice to manufactured home buyers about converting homes to real property; SB 748, a licensing cleanup bill on laser hair removal; SB 2519, restricting certain ad valorem tax uses and bonds after amendment; SB 2878, the courts bill with amendments on Brazoria County courts and youth diversion provisions; SB 466, allowing families to request fetal death certificates at any gestational age; SB 1608, requiring timely physical exams for inpatient mental health admissions; SB 1730, limiting civil damages claims arising from certain uses of force or deadly force; SB 2417, clarifying Attorney General antitrust investigation work product and discovery rules; and SB 1946, creating a family violence, criminal homicide prevention task force. The Senate also passed HB 3204, renaming and updating the Polytechnic College at Sam Houston State University, and SB 1986, requiring opioid warning labels. Several bills drew brief debate or amendments. Senators discussed broader HOA reform while considering HB 517, and SB 2203 on TCEQ discovery procedures was amended to require party motions, set a 15-day expiration for certified issues, and limit hearing abatement. SB 2017 was amended to change the mens rea language from knowingly to intentional. SB 2519 was narrowed by amendment to a forward-looking policy statement separating maintenance-and-operation taxes from debt-service taxes. SB 2878 also received amendments to reduce the number of new Brazoria County courts and add youth diversion and crisis-response provisions. SB 466 prompted a floor debate over whether fetal death certificates are appropriate for pre-20-week losses, with supporters emphasizing family closure and opponents arguing the document has no estate-related purpose. SB 1730 also prompted questions about the relationship between criminal findings and civil liability in self-defense cases. The session concluded with additional House and Senate measures being signed in the presence of the Senate and continued consideration of SB 2177, a grant program to help local law enforcement solve violent and sexual offenses.

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• Look, to have Texas lead on school choice and to have the best program available, we have to launch an
• Look, in Texas, to lead on school choice and to have the best program available, we have to launch an
• I mean, this is building a brand new program that Texas has never had before.
• The Texas Supreme Court interpreted that clause. educational options and tailor a great program like
• We receive taxpayer dollars at Catholic Charities for the Thriving Texas Family Program for programs

Bills: SB 2

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• <04:44:46.798> Speaker, program or the VAS program. Speaker, program or the VAS program.
• Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 1815, the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act, as amended.
• I rise in support of H.R. 1815, the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act, as amended.
• I rise today in strong support of my bill, H.R. 1815, the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act.
• Star, br two bronze stars.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, May 19, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• <00:54:41.960> for operated my own Childhood Program for operated my own Childhood Program
• will provide that care if our program will provide that care if our program are<00:57:42.839>
• families and the child care programs families and the child care programs have<00:58:04.440>
• There's regressive taxes in Texas. There's no income tax.
• taxes in Texas there's regressive taxes in Texas there's<01:23:47.560> no<01:23:47.960> income

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Again, we support the expansion of the Texas Compassion Use Program, but we want both of those options
• We have a TCUP program. Just work with the TCUP program.
• Of Tyler, Texas, yes. of Tyler, Texas. Milton Pfeiffer, representing Green Nation of Tyler, Texas.
• Bert, who's cultivated the first legal cannabis in Texas under the medical cannabis program TCUP. and
• For every option to ease her pain, we looked into the Texas Compassionate Use Program, but it simply

Bills: HB 28, SB 3

Keywords: hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, state health, youth protection, licensing fees, criminal offenses, HB28, public testimony, committee decorum, bill substitute, legislative process

Summary: The meeting featured significant discussions regarding HB28, where the chair outlined the plans to bring forward a substitute for the bill. The chair emphasized the importance of maintaining order and decorum during the proceedings. Members engaged in deliberations, and a number of public witnesses were invited to testify, thereby enriching the discussion around the bill. This interaction provided valuable insights into public sentiment regarding the issues at hand.

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• Would the members and guests in the gallery please rise as you're able for the invocation and remain
• Would the members and guests in the gallery please rise as you're able for the invocation and remain
• You heard the general mention Gold Star family members. I got to spend a lot of time with them.
• A lot of our programs are based on... Absolutely. As well as, you know, federal drawdown.
• A lot of our programs are based on population and that data is drawn from the census.

Bills: SB1290, SB1530, SB1847, HR1050, SB169, SB1377, SB1990, SB1991, SB1778, SB1579, SB1992, SB3, SB2028, SB1928, SB2127, SB2117, SB1439, SB1930, SB330, SB1191, SB2110, SB2134, SB2069, SB2095, SB1613, SB1246, SB1976, SB1346, SB1509, SB2071, SB259, SB1314

Keywords: 2-1-1 services, revolving fund, Department of Human Services, crisis pregnancy, abortion, legal funding, research funding, development rebate, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, tax incentives, higher education partnerships, Medicaid, ADvantage Waiver, home-based services, eligibility criteria, healthcare, senior services, Taiwan, Oklahoma, sister-state relationship

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• Will you please rise to be recognized?
• Will you please rise to be recognized?
• Will you please rise to be recognized?
• Will you please rise to be recognized?
• Will you please rise to Medical Center. Will you please rise to be<00:04:17.280> recognized?

Bills: HB2240, SB896, SB2060, SB2152, SB2315, SB2544, SB2577, SB2580, SB99, SB2110, SB2115, SB2259, SB2382, SB2442, SB2485, SB895, SB2112, SB3019

Keywords: appropriations, legislative expenses, auditor, legislative reference bureau, state ethics commission, ombudsman, government transparency, education, capital improvement, reporting, transparency, technical expertise, rental housing revolving fund, HHFDC, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, mixed-income housing, mixed-income rental project, affordable housing, low-income housing, housing finance

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• So we're hoping that with this Ed Rising pre-apprenticeship program, we're hoping that they will go into
• It's in Texas.
• It's in Texas.
• Um Texas is the one and >> It's in Texas.
• So existing programs like the programs.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• So the UPL program, or the upper payment limit program, was established by federal statute to be used
• The upper payment limit program, or access payment program, is limited to the private hospitals currently
• Thank you. ...patient costs $10,000, then we're losing $1,200 every patient, and yet in Texas, Texas
• Our PAST program is a 1915(c) waiver. We have 1115 waivers for the expansion program.
• The stars aren't lining up for me there.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• 13:29.199> of<01:13:29.440> Senate tentatively rise in support of Senate tentatively rise
• I rise against the ITL motion.
• 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,

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• And it's the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Texas Department of Justice.
• Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, and the Texas Indigent Defense Commission.
• Council here in Texas is through managed assigned council programs that is They are similar to public
• School District vocation programs programs with our college programs and other like programs, we do
• So the Pearl Board has board-voted programs that we- cooperatively discuss and agree to with the Texas

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• This program works. It puts fresh locally grown food on... This program works.
• I rise today in support of AJR6.
• Today I rise as a principal co-author of AB 263. I rise in support of this measure.
• Today I rise as a principal co-author of AB 263. I rise in support of this measure.
• Today I rise to present ACR 60.

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then held its Latino Spirit Awards ceremony. Members adopted House Resolution 16, proclaiming May 4–11, 2025 as Cinco de Mayo Week, after supportive remarks from several caucuses emphasizing Mexican history, women’s contributions, LGBTQ solidarity, Black and Brown unity, and AAPI and Jewish community support. The chamber then recognized 11 Latino Spirit honorees for achievements in human rights, business, arts, public service, community empowerment, health and science, environmental justice, philanthropy, and entertainment. After the ceremony, the Assembly returned to floor business and approved a series of measures. AB 60, banning synthetic nitro musks in cosmetics and personal care products, passed 56–3. AJR 6, urging Congress to protect federal school meal and local food funding, drew extensive debate and broad bipartisan support; members cited child hunger, farm economies, and local food systems, and it passed 76–0 with 73 coauthors added. Other measures adopted included AB 679 on state park land acquisitions, AB 681 expanding Dream Loan Program caps for undocumented graduate students, AB 1224 on substitute teacher continuity, AB 831 on gaming technical changes, AB 259 extending Brown Act teleconferencing flexibility, AB 467 extending Los Angeles Neighborhood Council teleconferencing authority, and AB 519 targeting deceptive puppy mill sales. The chamber also passed AB 1522, an urgency Judiciary Committee bill protecting attorneys from politically motivated discipline and creating an expedited licensing path for some former federal attorneys, and AB 263, which extends temporary water flow requirements on the Shasta and Smith Rivers; that bill drew sharp disagreement over water rights, tribal participation, and impacts on farmers, but ultimately passed 51–16. Additional measures approved included AB 428 on pooled insurance for water corporations, AB 492 requiring notice to local jurisdictions when recovery treatment facilities are licensed, and AB 536 preserving colorectal cancer screening coverage. The Assembly also adopted a motion to suspend file notice so Appropriations could hear AB 379 on May 7.

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• Ulan please rise and raise your right hand.
• It serves 6.2 million people from Maine to Texas. Help with their heat.
• And in Texas, it's going to be real hot this summer.
• You and I have talked about the federal program. Inventory.
• So what are your thoughts on finishing this out for the federal program?

Keywords: nominations, Scott Cooper, Eric Ulan, federal workforce, Office of Personnel Management, Office of Management and Budget, accountability, collective bargaining

Summary: The committee convened to discuss the nominations of Scott Cooper for Director of the Office of Personnel Management and Eric Ulan for Deputy Director at the Office of Management and Budget. This meeting highlighted the critical roles both positions play in managing the federal workforce, which comprises over two million civilian employees. Concerns were raised regarding the current administration's approach to federal employment, citing issues like mass firings and the undermining of collective bargaining rights. Members expressed the need for better accountability and transparency within the federal system, emphasizing the importance of attracting talented public servants.