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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, June 3, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- "Union Calendar No. 512, H.R. 7726, a bill to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of
- > 3</c> care and development block grant every 3 care and development block grant every 3 years.<04:48
- </c><04:53:05.360><c> Block</c><04:53:05.680><c> Grant</c> Child Care Development Block Grant Child Care
- It's not surprising, by the way, the Child Care and Development Block Grant was subject to abuse.
- 15:54.320><c> grant</c><05:15:54.638><c> subsidies</c> and development block grant subsidies and development
Keywords:
War Powers Resolution, Lebanon, troop withdrawal, U.S. Armed Forces, military deployment, foreign policy, congressional war powers, executive authority, Middle East, troop removal, concurrent resolution, defense policy, overseas deployment, Ukraine, support, foreign affairs, military aid, international relations, War Powers, military action
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, May 20, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> child's well-being and development. child's well-being and development.
- So, this is a very resilient community because they've had to be a resilient community.
- . community. community.
- It's community. Mr.
- Everyone in the House chamber please rise for a moment of silence. community. community.
Keywords:
H.Res. 1300, HR1300, rules resolution, House Rules Committee, veterans affairs, VA, NICS, National Instant Criminal Background Check System, firearms background check, gun control, veteran privacy, Department of Justice, disability compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, DIC, veterans benefits, Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum, National Mall, House procedure, floor consideration
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, May 19, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> institutions or MDIs, community institutions or MDIs, community development<05:18:36.958><c> financial
- Community Development Bankers Association, and I'm very pleased to support it.
- including community development financial institutions, or CDFIs, and minority depository institutions
- banks to more freely deploy funding into their communities that aid in the development of new housing
- </c> communities that aid in the development communities that aid in the development of<05:48:32.240>
Bills:
HR1299 , HB5317 , HB4544 , HB3234 , HB1993 , HB3726 , HB2954 , SB2393 , HB3482 , HR1352 , HB4684 , HB2252 , HB6506 , HB7432 , SB4530
Keywords:
housing, affordable housing, homeownership, rental assistance, HUD, Department of Housing and Urban Development, zoning reform, land use, building codes, single-stair buildings, point-access block, infill development, housing supply, housing affordability, HOME Investment Partnerships, CDBG, Community Development Block Grant, FHA, Federal Housing Administration, small-dollar mortgage
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses May 7th, 2026
Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm the Chair of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business, and I have the honor
- Having two Latinos from Gateway Cities working on community development has been truly historic and a
- institutions, and community members to develop locally focused, targeted plans.
- My day job, I am the Executive Director of One Holyoke Community Development.
- Organizations like community development corporations that exist to change places, build communities,
Keywords:
ENOUGH Act, ENOUGH fund, anti-poverty, poverty reduction, community development, place-based grants, distressed neighborhoods, economic mobility, housing and livable communities, community schools, cradle-to-career, child poverty, intergenerational poverty, social services, workforce development, education equity, public health, behavioral health, mental health, affordable housing
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:01:44.119><c> finance</c> labor and Workforce Development finance labor and Workforce Development
- </c><00:15:24.160><c> to</c> wasn't going to be a direct Grant to wasn't going to be a direct Grant to
- , scholarships, and supports community efforts, and has since expanded to include workforce development
- and Community College this Technical and Community College this nationally<00:23:30.960><c> recognized
- Community efforts um I myself have Community efforts um I myself have worked<00:40:33.000><c> with</c
Keywords:
HF1439, Minnesota Grocers Association Foundation, Carts to Careers, workforce development fund, DEED, Department of Employment and Economic Development, grocery industry, food industry, food retail, retail workforce, job training, career pathways, scholarships, certifications, workforce pipeline, one-time appropriation, industry training, labor shortage, youth employment, apprenticeship
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs Mar 24th, 2025
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Additionally, our Funds for Veterans Assistance grant program provides grants. to community partners
- But in short, the Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant Program is an infrastructure grant program
- strong foundation for our community.
- These grants and any future grants would be done in conjunction with a community-wide effort, where water
- Grant Program.
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
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- This particular bill deals with Community Development Districts.
- We've got a Community Development District bill that goes statewide.
- Statewide, we add those particular Community Development Districts.
- Years ago, when this particular Community Development District came in, there was a tax on any alcohol
- Give me one second, but it goes to support education, civic, and community activities within the county
Committee:
Senate Tourism
Keywords:
SB25, community development district, community development districts, alcoholic beverage tax, alcohol sales tax, sales tax proceeds, county treasury, special fund, grant distribution, tourism funding, economic development, local grants, education grants, civic activities, community activities, tourism activities, Alabama Code 35-8B-5, county revenue, legislator recommendation, local government finance
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- grants and federal funds by the Department of Economic Security.
- House Bill 2148 grants the legislature the authority to appropriate non-custodial federal monies.
- So there's the $760 million for the Border Security Grants federal reimbursement.
- There was a lot of community pushback against that.
- There was a lot of community pushback against that.
Keywords:
stormwater, recharge mapping, water resources, groundwater, appropriation, Arizona, HB2116, Colorado River, litigation fund, water rights, Arizona water law, general fund appropriation, state budget, interstate water compact, Colorado River Compact, water litigation, A.R.S. 45-119, natural resources, water policy, river management
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Mar 11th, 2026
Ways and Means General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- He said it could be for a community, county, industrial development board, economic development board
- It could be a community, uh a community.
- It could be a community, county,<00:13:17.920><c> industrial</c><00:13:18.560><c> development</c><00:
- 13:18.959><c> board,</c> county, industrial development board, county, industrial development board,
- ><c> e</c><00:13:21.360><c> a</c> economic development board, an e a economic development board, an e
Committee:
House Ways and Means General Fund
Keywords:
campus chaplain, chaplain, school chaplain, volunteer chaplain, public schools, public K-12 education, public charter schools, local control, teacher support, student support services, religious volunteer, faith-based support, church-state separation, background check, sex offender registry, school volunteer, education policy, district attorney, compensation, constitutional amendment
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Feb 4th, 2026
Ways and Means General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs.
- State grants may not exceed 50% of the total project cost.
- </c><00:09:47.920><c> State</c><00:09:48.320><c> grants</c><00:09:48.640><c> may</c><00:09:48.880><c>
- State grants may not 20% of total cost.
- </c> we're now doing with our airport grant we're now doing with our airport grant process.<00:11:33.279
Bills:
HB247 , HB317 , HB318 , HB253 , HB271 , HB135 , HB247 , HB317 , HB318 , HB253 , HB271 , HB135
Committee:
House Ways and Means General Fund
Keywords:
Gulf of America, name change, state compliance, educational materials, local resources, historical reference, age verification, parental consent, consumer protection, app store regulations, data privacy, Internet filters, digital safety, minors protection, civil liability, device manufacturers, obscenity, aircraft tax, aviation tax, sales tax exemption
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- They have been working over the last year and a half with about a dozen community colleges around the
- By collaborating with community colleges and industry partners, they have created a workforce that meets
- So, what this bill does is protect the men and women who protect us in our communities.
- Firefighters and peace officers put their lives on the line every day to serve our community and keep
- You know, it stands to reason that, the way cancers and other serious diseases develop, you're not...
Committee:
House S/C on Workforce
Keywords:
peace officers, firefighters, employment protection, worker's compensation, job security, maximum medical improvement, government employment, firefighter cancer benefits, emergency medical technicians, compensation claims, cancer exposures, firefighting hazards, workforce training, rural development, grant program, job-specific training, Texas Workforce Commission, child care, single-parent, subsidized
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:02:40.400><c> have</c> in Minnesota which communities have in Minnesota which communities have
- </c> economic and community benefits to Duth. economic and community benefits to Duth.
- our community and the communities<00:45:12.880><c> around</c> communities around communities around
- The Chanhassen Bluffs Community Center is the direct result of extensive community engagement.
- We need community DCT quicker. We need community facilities<01:23:39.199><c> after.
Bills:
HF333 , HF2712 , HF1064 , HF1069 , HF1113 , HF2207 , HF204 , HF2867 , HF2924 , HF746 , HF1530 , HF2587 , HF1078
Committee:
House Capital Investment
Keywords:
HF333, Duluth, Lot D, redevelopment, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, bond proceeds, public infrastructure, seawall repair, utility connections, demolition, debris removal, transportation improvements, site preparation, soil correction, economic development, DEED, capital appropriation, general obligation bonds
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- So $300,000 is for statewide historic and cultural grants to cultural community organizations, historical
- The $300,000 is for statewide historic and cultural grants to cultural community organizations, historical
- </c> community so that they each community community so that they each community knows<00:28:44.799><
- building and skill mission of community building and skill development.<00:47:10.560><c> To</c><00:47
- This funding will also allow CLUES to emphasize Latino heritage by developing programs that are community-based
Committee:
House Legacy Finance
Keywords:
cultural heritage, funding, White Earth Nation, tribal community, construction, Delano, sesquicentennial, community events, fall of Saigon, Saigon anniversary, Vietnam War commemoration, Vietnamese Minnesotans, Cambodian Minnesotans, Lao Minnesotans, Southeast Asian refugees, Asian American heritage, cultural heritage fund, Minnesota Humanities Center, Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans, equity funding
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/03/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- AAM is a development system that allows new technologies, light drones, to flourish, safely and efficiently
- It was just such a tangible demonstration of that technology that we've developed to make that possible
- Chair, members, House Bill 2148 grants the legislature the authority to appropriate non-constitutional
- The money's appropriated in instances—for instance, block grants to counties.
- Granted, the appropriation, you need the money, but the other part would allow DPS to employ outside
Keywords:
federal funding, state budget, appropriation, block grants, noncustodial funds, legislative authority, Arizona attorney general, Department of Public Safety, DPS, consumer fraud revolving fund, consumer protection fund, gang and immigration intelligence team enforcement mission fund, public safety appropriation, supplemental appropriation, outside counsel, state agency legal representation, legal services, state settlement proceeds, general fund, A.R.S. 41-192
TX
Committee:
House Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Keywords:
library grants, construction, public libraries, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, community resources, livestock, rodeo, grant program, agricultural education, county fairs, funding, economic development, prescribed burn, Texas A&M Forest Service, Parks and Wildlife Department, fire safety, environmental management, agricultural conservation, land preservation, environmental protection
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Feb 3rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Postsecondary Education & Workforce
Transcript Highlights:
- as a reminder expands Washington College House Bill 2458, as a reminder, expands Washington College Grant
- This removes the provision that an exemption from accreditation for a degree-granting institution may
- This removes the provision that an exemption from accreditation for a degree granting institution may
- work together to determine the maximum college grant award for this particular program.
- I've spent a lot of my career working in workforce development and think that this is a great bill.
Committee:
House Postsecondary Education & Workforce
Keywords:
education, scholarship, early childhood, funding, higher education, early education, support, degree seekers, private security, security guard, armed security guard, security company, licensing fees, license renewal, endorsement fee, fingerprints, background check, workforce retention, low-wage workers, public safety
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Mar 3rd, 2026
Ways and Means Education
Transcript Highlights:
- It says disperse 50% of the total grant award upon entering into the grant contract and then 50% grant
- And what we've learned is, you know, the traditional economic development pipeline for rural communities
- . community. community.
- The community itself, whether that be a municipality, a county, or an economic development authority,
- , workforce, and talent development or community development.
Committee:
House Ways and Means Education
Keywords:
underground damage prevention, one-call notification system, utility locating, excavation safety, dig safe, call before you dig, utility lines, underground utilities, pipeline safety, gas pipeline, electric utility, telecommunications, water utility, wastewater, cable television, locate request, premark, tolerance zone, positive response, contract locator
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> district the company that has developed district the company that has developed this<00:02:09.119
- </c><00:10:22.240><c> a</c> take a lead position on developing a take a lead position on developing a
- </c><00:14:41.560><c> um</c> there should be competitive grants um there should be competitive grants
- ><c> established</c> Minnesota maid grant program established Minnesota maid grant program established
- </c> house file 1701 it would be a grant house file 1701 it would be a grant program<00:18:05.000><c>
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
Keywords:
HF1621, CelluComp, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, appropriation, grant, commercialization, fiber-based barrier packaging, packaging materials, PFAS, perfluoroalkyl substances, polyfluoroalkyl substances, plastic reduction, sustainable packaging, environmental health, materials innovation, bio-based packaging, food packaging, agriculture finance, one-time grant, state subsidy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- larger grants.
- grants.
- , or the CVSO grants.
- Then of that, there's $1.5 million per year for community festival grants.
- Then of that, there's $1.5 million per year for community festival grants.
Committee:
House Ways and Means
Keywords:
agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Mar 12th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- use the money because we love local control and we're going to let the organizations and economic development
- across the entire state of Oklahoma who apply for a grant and get it use it as they see fit.
- This bill does help rural communities who could not afford to incentivize Americans to move from out
- Leader, 1687 reiterates the service Oklahoma can grant the right to give written tests to the driver's
Keywords:
SB1696, Oklahoma Talent Attraction and Relocation Program, Oklahoma Talent Attraction and Relocation Revolving Fund, Department of Commerce, economic development, workforce development, community development, relocation incentives, talent recruitment, in-migration, population growth, household relocation, grant program, revolving fund, local government grants, municipalities, counties, nonprofit organizations, economic incentives, residency