Video & Transcript : 'H.Res. 117' :

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US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, February 6, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The clerk will report the resolution: House Resolution 117, resolved that the following name member..
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Bills: HR117 , HR27
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, January 22, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I mean, a lot of my colleagues may not know this, but Congress actually passed a law, Public Law 117-
Bills: SB5 , HR165 , HR53 , HR55 , HR54
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, June 9, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I urge my colleagues to support H.Res. 137. I yield back.
  • I urge my colleagues to support H.Res. 137. I yield back.
  • I urge my colleagues to support H.Res. 137. I yield back.
  • I urge my colleagues to support H.Res. 137. I yield back.
  • I urge my colleagues to support H.Res. 137. I yield back.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, April 15, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The rule also provides for consideration of H.Res. 1156, expressing support for tax policies that support
  • The rule also provides for consideration of H.Res. 1156, expressing support for tax policies that support
  • The rule also provides for consideration of H.Res. 1156, expressing support for tax policies that support
  • The rule also provides for consideration of H.Res. 1156, expressing support for tax policies that support
  • We're debating H.Res. 1156. It's a two-page resolution. It's not particularly long.
Bills: HR1156 , HB6398 , HB6409 , HR965 , HR1174 , HR1176 , HCR40
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Again, as was mentioned, AB 117 is a trailer bill on transit.
  • And so I think that’s what AB 117 is, is more focused on.
  • My question on AB 117...
  • We'll start with AB 117 and go on to AB 107.
  • We urge your strong support for AB 117.
Summary: The Senate Budget Committee heard two bills: AB 107, a budget bill junior making largely technical changes to the 2023, 2024, and 2025 Budget Acts, and AB 117, a trailer bill authorizing a regional transit loan package for Bay Area agencies. Department of Finance staff said AB 107 contains no new state money or new policy items, but makes adjustments such as extending encumbrance periods, updating federal authority, moving $20 million in tourism promotion funding from Visit California to GoBiz, and adding an APA exemption for certain climate bond program guidelines. AB 117 would allow CalSTA to loan up to $590 million from unallocated Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program funds to MTC, which would then lend to BART, Muni, Caltrain, and AC Transit; the loans would run 12 years with two years interest-only, and the state said the structure is intended to be cost-neutral and protected by repayment safeguards. Committee discussion focused heavily on transparency, oversight, and whether the transit loan could jeopardize future projects or become a de facto bailout if a Bay Area sales tax measure fails. Several senators questioned the need for the APA exemption in AB 107, arguing that emergency or existing public processes might provide better oversight, while supporters said the exemption was needed to get voter-approved climate bond funds out the door and that the language had already been agreed to in the budget process. On AB 117, senators raised concerns about declining ridership, fare evasion, safety, post-pandemic travel patterns, repayment sources, and the impact on other TIRCP projects such as BART Phase 2. Finance staff and transit representatives responded that ridership changes were driven by COVID-era shifts, labor and safety issues, and changing commute patterns, and that the loan would be secured against existing state transit assistance streams rather than general fund dollars. Public comment was largely supportive of both bills. Water, natural resources, and environmental groups backed the APA exemption in AB 107, saying it would speed implementation of Proposition 4 funding for water recycling, wildfire, coastal resilience, and related projects. Transit agencies and labor groups supported AB 117, saying the loan is needed to stabilize operations and preserve service while local revenue measures and efficiency efforts are pursued; San Francisco, Caltrain, BART, and AC Transit all testified in favor, though San Jose asked for stronger protections for previously approved TIRCP-funded projects. The committee first passed AB 107 and AB 117 on 8-4 and 9-4 votes, placed them on call, then later lifted the calls and both bills ultimately passed with 11 votes each and were sent out of committee.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee Feb 17th, 2026

Budget and Fiscal Review

Transcript Highlights:
  • AB 117 is a trailer bill on transit.
  • My question on AB 117...
  • We'll start with AB 117 and go on to AB 107.
  • We urge your strong support for AB 117.
  • Then I would ask if you please call the roll on Assembly Bill 117. AB 117, the motion is due pass.
Summary: The Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee heard two measures: AB 107, a budget bill junior making largely technical changes to the 2023, 2024, and 2025 budget acts, and AB 117, a trailer bill authorizing a $590 million loan structure to support four Bay Area transit agencies through the Metropolitan Transportation Commission using unallocated Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program funds. Finance explained AB 107 included technical fixes such as extending encumbrance periods, updating federal authority, correcting fiscal language, moving $20 million for California travel promotion from Visit California to GoBiz, and adding an APA exemption for implementation of already-approved climate bond programs. AB 117 was described as a cost-neutral regional solution with a 12-year loan term, two years interest-only, and repayment secured through existing state transit funding streams, with oversight by CalSTA, CTC, and MTC to limit impacts on other projects. Members raised concerns about transparency, competitive bidding, and whether APA exemptions and no-bid or emergency processes could reduce oversight, while supporters argued the exemptions were needed to get voter-approved climate and wildfire-related funds out the door. On AB 117, senators questioned whether the loan could become a de facto bailout if a Bay Area sales tax measure fails, whether post-pandemic ridership declines and safety/fare-evasion issues are temporary or structural, and whether the loan could jeopardize TIRCP-funded capital projects such as BART Phase 2. Transit agencies and local representatives testified in support, saying ridership is recovering, the loan is critical to avoid service cuts, and the Bay Area economy depends on transit stability. The committee first passed AB 107 on a 9-4 vote and AB 117 on a 9-4 vote, then held both bills on call. After recess, absent members returned and both measures were lifted from call and passed with 11 votes each. The committee then adjourned.