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• So, what is wrong with teaching about Charles Drew, an African-American who discovered the method by
• So, what is wrong with teaching about Charles Drew, an African-American who discovered the method by
• So, what is wrong with teaching about Charles Drew, an African-American who discovered the method by
• So, what is wrong with teaching about Charles Drew, an African-American who discovered the method by
• I'm the ninth African-American to serve in Congress from South Carolina, eight before me.

Bills: HCR22 , HR1039 , HR586 , HR970 , HR877 , HR1228 , HR983 , HR981 , HCR9

Keywords: HIV/AIDS, National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Black health, public health, HIV testing, HIV prevention, PrEP, antiretroviral therapy, viral suppression, U=U, undetectable equals untransmittable, AIDS, Minority AIDS Initiative, community health centers, culturally competent care, health disparities, racial disparities, health equity, Black Americans, African Americans

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• ,</c> troops, nearly half of them Americans, troops, nearly half of them Americans, stormed<00:07:24.319
• We honor and American community.
• </c> reliable energy to American communities. reliable energy to American communities.
• And if we are serious about American energy security, American competitiveness, and American innovation
• c> security, American competitiveness, and security, American competitiveness, and American<04:06:07.760

Bills: HB2860 , HB3922 , HB7250 , SB254 , HB5631 , HB1687 , HB7831 , HB7618 , HB6162 , HB5911 , HB4463 , HB3831 , HB2768 , HR41 , HB5682 , HCR86

Keywords: Fort Peck Reservation, rural water system, water management, infrastructure, Native American, HB7831, H.R. 7831, License to Drill Act, Mineral Leasing Act, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, oil and gas, drilling permits, permit to drill, APD, application for permit to drill, permit processing fee, federal lands, public lands, energy development

Bills: SB19

Committee: Senate Banking and Insurance

Keywords: SB19, prostate cancer, prostate cancer screening, PSA test, digital rectal exam, preventive screening, health insurance mandate, no cost sharing, copay, deductible, coinsurance, high-risk men, African American men, men over 50, men over 40, family history, genetic marker, health benefit plan, insurer coverage, Alabama insurance code

Bills: SB19 , HB40 , HB27 , HB40 , HB27 , HB40 , HB27

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: contraceptive rights, healthcare access, civil action, Attorney General, contraception enforcement, prostate cancer, health insurance, screening, high risk, cost-sharing, African American men, savings accounts, catastrophe, emergency funds, financial security, state laws, criminal justice, parole, Board of Pardons and Paroles, risk assessment

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• </c><00:07:33.800><c> Energy</c> regulations on the American Energy regulations on the American Energy
• <00:07:58.680><c> people</c> American people American people together<00:08:01.000><c> with</c><00:08
• </c><00:17:53.880><c> people</c> thumb the nose of the American people thumb the nose of the American
• workers, American manufacturing, and American infrastructure.
• </c><00:29:21.600><c> workers</c><00:29:22.600><c> American</c> in American workers American in American

Bills: HR29

Keywords: Okinawan immigration, cultural heritage, historical contributions, sister city relationships, military history, education, cultural identity, Okinawan Americans, Okinawa, Hawaii, Japanese American, immigration anniversary, diaspora, Asian American history, Pacific Islander, sister city, sister state, Kenjinkai, karate, World War II

Bills: SB190 , HB515 , SB190

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: SB190, prostate cancer, prostate screening, PSA test, digital rectal exam, preventive screening, health insurance mandate, cost-sharing, copay, deductible, coinsurance, high-risk men, African American men, family history, genetic marker, men over 50, men over 40, health benefit plan, insurance coverage, mandated benefits

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• Thank you for this designation for these two American heroes.
• significance because that is when the first class of cadets graduated, becoming the nation's first African-American
• Eleanor Roosevelt visited Kennedy Field and flew with Chief Alfred Anderson, an African-American instructor
• As the first African-American military aviators in the United States Armed Forces, the Tuskegee Airmen
• I'm the State Adjutant for the American Legion Department of Texas.

Bills: HCR92 , HB 114 , HB561 , HB 1171 , HB1894 , HB2026 , HB2143 , HB2337 , HB2564 , HB114

Committee: House S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

Keywords: Tuskegee Airmen, commemoration, African American history, civil rights, military recognition, veterans, mental health, Texas Veterans Commission, peer support, suicide prevention, community mental health, grant program, defense, grants, local government, economic support, community development, health and wellness, outdoor recreation, state land use

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• He has the American people behind him. He has the American economy behind him.
• , African Americans, Hispanic Americans?
• As the first African-American to lead the city parish, he broke barriers, built bridges, and always put
• As the first African-American<07:56:25.440><c> to</c><07:56:25.680><c> leave</c><07:56:26.320><c> lead
• </c><07:56:26.638><c> the</c><07:56:26.878><c> city</c> African-American to leave lead the city African-American

Bills: HCR24 , HR352 , HB2243 , HR405 , HB2215

Keywords: Jewish American Heritage Month, Jewish Heritage Week, antisemitism, anti-Jewish hate, Jewish Americans, Jewish community, Hamas, October 7, Israel, hate crimes, civil rights, religious freedom, campus antisemitism, synagogues, public education, heritage month, diversity, inclusion, Holocaust remembrance, community safety

Bills: SM20 , SM9 , SJR6 , HB124 , SM20 , SM9 , SJR6 , HB124

Committees: Senate Senate Rules , Senate House Rules & Order Of Business

Keywords: youth violence, violence prevention, violence intervention, community violence intervention, credible messengers, peer support, restorative justice, violence interrupters, juvenile justice, at-risk youth, high-risk youth, public safety, Department of Health, New Mexico, statewide summit, data collection, reporting, interagency coordination, community-based organizations, law enforcement

Bills: HB353 , HB354 , HB357 , HB396 , SB83

Committee: House Ways and Means General Fund

Keywords: judicial compensation, salary adjustments, district attorneys, Judges, local officials, district attorney, compensation, constitutional amendment, job security, Alabama Constitution, tobacco tax, heated tobacco products, heated tobacco, cigarettes, nicotine, vape alternative, smokeless tobacco, snuff, cigars, excise tax

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• House Resolution by Representative Walters to commend Shirley Will, the first African-American woman
• recognize the cultural and historic links between Ireland and Louisiana, and the establishment of the American-Irish

Bills: HR19 , HR20 , HR21 , HR22 , HR23 , HR24 , HR25 , HR26 , HR27 , HR28 , HR29 , HR30 , HR31 , HR32 , HR33 , HR34 , HR35 , HR36 , HR37 , HR38 , HCR15 , HCR16 , HCR17 , HCR18 , HB115 , HB208 , HB465 , HB832 , HB964 , HB965 , HB966 , HB967 , HB968 , HB969 , HB970 , HB971 , HB972 , HB973 , HB974 , HB975 , HR14 , HR15 , HR16 , HR17 , HR18 , HCR14 , SCR4 , SCR7 , SCR8 , HB362 , HB963 , HB207 , HB300 , HB331 , HB428 , HB464 , HB587 , HB618 , HB629 , HB801 , HB853 , HB891 , HB78 , HB112 , HB148 , HB149 , HB190 , HB221 , HB346 , HB354 , HB355 , HB356 , HB358 , HB384 , HB427 , HB657 , HB675 , HB716 , HB901

Keywords: HR19, House Resolution 19, Louisiana Nursery and Landscape Association Day, LNLA, nursery industry, landscape industry, horticulture, green industry, environmental stewardship, beautification, sustainability, state capitol, special day resolution, commemoration, trade association, wholesale growers, landscape architects, grounds maintenance, interiorscapers, Louisiana agriculture

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• Accessible design on buildings is regulated under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Designs under the Americans with Disabilities Act on their property.
• I remember how significant it was, and it has been significant. for Americans with disabilities having
• You know, really, it's largely whatever is required to be able to comply with the Americans with Disabilities

Bills: HB329 , HB361 , HB546 , HB1547 , HB1745 , HB2786 , HB3235 , HB3370 , HB3575 , HJR83

Committee: House S/C on Property Tax Appraisals

Keywords: appraisal, property value, residential real estate, tax code, appraisal review board, property owners, property tax, homeowners, property owner rights, property appraisal, taxation, Texas Tax Code, real estate, ad valorem tax, homestead exemption, market value, condemnation, tax appraisal, open-space land, land use

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• This law all African-American children.
• And right now, our African<01:22:32.360><c> American</c><01:22:32.840><c> community</c> African American
• American families and fact that African American families and their<01:28:16.040><c> children</c><01
• </c><01:28:26.840><c> American</c> how this is beyond African American how this is beyond African American
• ><c> are</c> just African American children, that are just African American children, that are also<01

Bills: HF3665 , HF3002 , HF4217 , HF4125 , HF4174

Committee: House Children and Families Finance and Policy

Keywords: foster care, early childhood education, child care programs, placement plan, social services, extended foster care, kinship care, relative custody, permanent legal and physical custody, Northstar kinship assistance, independent living plan, transition services, youth aging out of care, medical assistance, Medicaid, child welfare, children youth and families, out-of-home placement, case plan, relative placement

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• performance center at Upper Harbor will produce revenue from the $3 per ticket fee that goes to the African-American
• We've committed to working with the African-American Community Development Corporation on distributing
• <c> with</c><00:03:44.560><c> the</c> committed to working with the committed to working with the African-American
• <00:03:45.599><c> Community</c><00:03:46.000><c> Development</c> African-American Community Development
• African-American Community Development Corporation<00:03:47.440><c> on</c><00:03:47.680><c> distributing

Bills: HF1016 , HF2800 , HF156 , HF3051 , HF526 , HF2658 , HF2062 , HF2801

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: local government aid, Baldwin, taxation, base year formula, municipal funding, population aid, aid penalty forgiveness, Minnesota, city funding, appropriations, HF156, lawful gambling, veterans organizations, licensed veterans organization, Minnesota gambling law, gross profits, lawful purpose, real property repair, facility maintenance, capital assets

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• Well, these services flow down from the federal Older Americans Act, and, as I told you, the Board on
• Aging is the state unit on aging, so we administer these federal Older Americans dollars.
• </c> down from the federal older Americans down from the federal older Americans act<01:07:46.720><c>
• </c> administer these Federal older Americans administer these Federal older Americans dollars<01:07:
• <01:18:53.880><c> it</c><01:18:54.159><c> embodies</c> I sit here before you as the first Kenyan American

Bills: HF1380 , HF1166 , HF487 , HF1553 , HF1472 , HF258 , HF1911

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: psychiatric treatment, human services, mental health funding, per diem rate, Clay County, disability services, assistive technology, remote support, advocacy, training programs, HF487, Wellness in the Woods, Minnesota human services, grant funding, general fund appropriation, peer support, substance use recovery, addiction recovery, reentry services, reentry after incarceration

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• It not only serves Hmong Americans, but also serves a lot of the community, Somali new Americans, Oromo
• uh H not only serve uh Hong Americans uh H not only serve uh Hong but<00:03:55.120><c> also</c><00:03
• Oran and other uh Somali new Americans Oran and other uh<00:04:02.000><c> uh</c><00:04:02.120><c> new
• Paul, and I am the President and CEO of the Hmong American Partnership.
• This growth, this opportunity, was made possible by partners like Hmong American Partnership.

Bills: HF110 , HF111 , HF263 , HF105

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Keywords: HF110, Adrian Independent School District, Independent School District No. 511, school construction, sales tax exemption, use tax refund, refundable exemption, construction materials, capital improvements, school roofing, playground remodel, retaining walls, plumbing, bathroom remodel, locker room remodel, window replacements, local tax relief, general fund appropriation, Minnesota chapter 297A, retroactive tax refund

Bills: SB1 , SB83 , SB159 , SB160 , SB1

Committee: Senate Finance and Taxation Education

Keywords: workers' compensation, public education, employee injury, insurance trust fund, on-the-job injury, administrative procedures, adult-size changing table, changing station, accessible restroom, public bathroom, public building, public entity, ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, accessibility, restroom renovation, new construction, grant program, state grant, local government facilities

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• and the number chop two cause of death and the number chop two cause of death for<00:26:44.799><c> Americans
• </c> for Americans is diabetes and cancer. for Americans is diabetes and cancer.
• 17:43.360><c> of</c> compliance with the um Association of compliance with the um Association of American
• Plant</c><01:17:44.400><c> Food</c><01:17:44.719><c> Control</c><01:17:45.120><c> Officials</c> American
• Plant Food Control Officials American Plant Food Control Officials Uniform<01:17:46.640><c> Beneficial

Bills: HF3898 , HF3957 , HF4372 , HF4350 , HF3692 , HF4085

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

Keywords: pesticides, wild rice, environmental protection, agriculture, water quality, pollinators, training, management plan, fertilizer research, education grants, Minnesota Agricultural Council, technology transfer, agricultural productivity, HF4372, Minnesota agriculture, meat processing, meat processing training, retention incentive grants, grant extension, project deadline extension

Bills: HF2362 , HF2136 , HF1316 , HF2009 , HF1918 , HF1614

Committee: House Children and Families Finance and Policy

Keywords: youth intervention, funding, mental health, education, community programs, HF1316, child support, new hire reporting, centralized work reporting system, independent contractors, payors, employers, payor of funds, withholding orders, income withholding, child support enforcement, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, gig economy, rideshare drivers, delivery drivers

Bills: HB1952 , HB1951 , HB1929 , HB2497 , HB2208 , HB2572 , HB1737 , HB1953 , HB2551 , HB2549

Committees: House Agriculture & Food Systems , House Agriculture and Environment

Keywords: HB1952, Hawaii agriculture, University of Hawaii, CTAHR, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience, Kauai, agricultural research station, extension station, capital improvements, general obligation bonds, GO bonds, appropriation, ADA compliance, Americans with Disabilities Act, certified kitchen, greenhouse, laboratory, field research, cesspool decommissioning, invasive species