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• Possible, and that lack of communication leads to wasted taxpayer dollars.
• That is a waste of money and a failure of leadership. Mr.
• TO REVIEW THE ETHIC, PRACTICE, FUNDING AND FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMISSIONS.
• THIS IS ALL ABOUT HURTING ALL OF US. FUNDING TO THE INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, CUTTING CANCER RESEARCH.
• And now here we are on the verge of the third set of receipts of a funding shutdown, which is imminent

Bills: HB2181 , HB1510 , HR1000 , HB3425 , HB3424 , HB3428 , HB3423 , HB3055 , HB2591 , HB4550

Keywords: Inspectors General, removal standard, government oversight, accountability, transparency, IG, watchdogs, federal oversight, executive branch, presidential removal, for-cause removal, independent oversight, anti-corruption, waste fraud and abuse, malfeasance, gross mismanagement, gross waste of funds, abuse of authority, inefficiency, neglect of duty

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• So, finally, this bill makes sure that we're never left without proper oversight of funds.
• So, finally, this bill makes sure that we're never left without proper oversight of funds.
• Yet every year, the federal government loses hundreds of billions of dollars to fraud, waste, and abuse
• </c><03:04:31.680><c> fally</c><03:04:32.160><c> funded</c> state administration of fally funded state
• administration of fally funded programs. programs. programs.

Bills: HB9238 , HB8340 , HB8467 , HB8464 , HB8312 , HB7892

Keywords: financial management, accountability, government oversight, taxpayer funds, federal agencies, budget, performance metrics, improper payments, fraud prevention, payment integrity, government waste, waste, fraud, and abuse, financial loss, federal spending, federal programs, OMB Circular A-123, Do Not Pay Initiative, Treasury Department, Office of Management and Budget, Inspector General

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• to</c> billion package of funding for ICE to billion package of funding for ICE to continue<00:43:02.400
• The federal government spends excessively, and much of these funds are wasted.
• itself determines are not required for its stated purpose can bring that of these funds are wasted.
• The bonuses of these funds are wasted.
• wasteful spending, stopping the funding of radical agendas, holding agencies accountable, implementing

Bills: HB8428 , HB8466 , HB5248 , HB6338 , HB7668 , HB8665 , HB7037 , HB6230 , HB6297 , HB1744 , HB3429 , HB2505 , HB6028 , HR428 , HB8107 , HB8340 , HB8467 , HB6916 , HB8463

Keywords: fraud prevention, improper payments, anti-fraud training, government oversight, federal program administration, grants management, internal controls, waste and abuse, Treasury Department, Office of Management and Budget, Office of Personnel Management, GAO fraud framework, OMB Circular A-123, Do Not Pay, data analytics, payment integrity, state and local governments, tribal governments, federal grants, program integrity

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• of both SNAP and Medicaid because of whatever… Medicaid because of whatever shows up on the database
• We have done a lot of harm to a lot of people. Thank you, Senator.
• ... of the most of the kids in Title I schools.
• We are literally just looking at receipts that are coming off of the tabulators at the end of... ...of
• this type of audit.

Bills: SB245 , SB246 , HB30 , HB30

Committee: Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund

Keywords: SB245, public assistance, Medicaid, SNAP, food assistance, Alabama Medicaid Agency, Department of Human Resources, eligibility verification, self-attestation, data matching, fraud prevention, improper payments, program integrity, benefit eligibility, income verification, residency verification, asset verification, electronic benefit transfer, EBT, cross-checks

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• It's just that's the part we don't know how much is assimilated, the toxic waste with each stage of that
• That's all Coming from these waste wastewater treatment plants out of Oklahoma City, Tulsa has similar
• The problem is if you have spreading this municipal waste over all of this land, accumulating over time
• And then The latter half of the bill, sections 6 through 11, do establish a revolving fund.
• So the last half of the bill establishes a revolving fund.

Bills: HB3005 , HB3007 , HB3403 , HB1907 , HB3175 , HB3986 , HB3466 , HB3411 , HB4246

Committee: Senate Energy

Keywords: climatology, emergency declaration, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, environment, weather data, public policy, state governance, natural resources, advisory councils, sunset law, water quality, hazardous waste, solid waste, radiation management, public health, biosolids, land application, environmental quality, agriculture, wastewater treatment

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• of caution.
• ><c> to</c> and and out of abundance of caution to and and out of abundance of caution to keep<00:12:
• Um, I just don't like the fact that we're holding 25% of the funding.
• Um, I just don't like the fact that we're holding 25% of the funding.
• I just don't like the fact that we're holding 25% of the funding.

Bills: SB271 , HB511 , SB271 , HB511

Committee: House State Government

Keywords: SB271, Alabama, municipalities, city fees, town fees, franchise fees, utility franchise, natural gas, manufactured gas, gas utility, public streets, public places, right-of-way, municipal consent, gross receipts tax, license tax, privilege tax, Public Service Commission, PSC, utility regulation

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• , but to act when gross incompetence, malfeasance, or a complete breakdown of responsibility, results
• Gross misconduct and incompetence committed while in office can be a lot of different things than what
• office of a felony or malfeasance or gross misconduct while in such office.
• But if he was guilty of gross misconduct or malfeasance, then yes, you should bring it and you should
• A whole host of things could be considered malfeasance or gross misconduct.

Bills: HB1011 , SCR11 , SB41 , SB49 , SB107 , SB123 , SB224 , SB292 , SB425 , SB479

Committee: House House and Governmental Affairs

Keywords: tax credits, higher education, workforce development, brain drain, economic incentives, public meeting minutes, transparency, government accountability, publication deadlines, open meetings, SB49, Louisiana elections, party primary, primary elections, BESE, State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, school board elections, election law, candidate qualification, ballot access

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• Because of that, I'm going to take the first bill, SB 347, and move that to the end of the agenda.
• That's not part of the budgetary matters that we can deal with today. To the end of the agenda.
• Do we have any copies of this? We can get copies of this for you all.
• the Youth Services Reimbursement Fund for the Department of Youth Services for diversion programs for
• of monies.

Bills: SB143 , SB144 , SB145 , SB152 , SB153 , SB154 , SB162 , SB226 , SB146 , SB143 , SB144 , SB145 , SB152 , SB153 , SB154 , SB162 , SB226 , SB146

Committee: Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund

Keywords: SB143, solid waste, garbage collection, trash fees, refuse collection, municipal fees, county fees, fee exemption, veterans benefits, veteran household, disabled veteran, VA benefits, Social Security exemption, low-income households, poverty level, county commission, municipal governing body, Alabama solid waste law, certificate of exception, public health

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• It creates an account for matching fund awards, and it requires a study of available federal funds.
• of federal grants available, the amount of matching funds that would be needed to obtain those federal
• It's got a lot of great projects there and a lot of opportunities for people to find grant funding.
• We appreciate that the bill requires recipients of funds to report on the economic impact of awards.
• with the Latino Community Fund of Washington and strong support of HV-2351.

Bills: HB2186 , HB2351 , HB1170

Committee: House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans

Keywords: economic development, federal funds, state funding, infrastructure, grants, local government, emergency responders, emergency response, disaster response, obstruction of law enforcement, gross misdemeanor, public safety, incident command system, emergency operation zone, emergency management, law enforcement restrictions, warrant requirement, search and seizure, civil liberties, due process

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• I know there's a lot of issues.
• Um, I do kind of see it as a way of oversight to just kind of maybe make sure that the fees are correct
• </c> I do kind of see it as a way of I do kind of see it as a way of oversight<00:12:46.480><c> to</c
• </c> government out of uh using of services government out of uh using of services as<00:14:01.600><c
• We'll take a percentage of it, then we'll pay the rest of it.

Bills: SB223 , SB271 , SB223 , SB271

Committee: Senate State Governmental Affairs

Keywords: expungement, nonviolent felony, criminal record, restoration of rights, human trafficking, SB271, Alabama, municipalities, city fees, town fees, franchise fees, utility franchise, natural gas, manufactured gas, gas utility, public streets, public places, right-of-way, municipal consent, gross receipts tax

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• I mean, that's a lot of heat. That's a lot of heat. That's a lot of heat.
• taste of the filth because of the amount of sweat.
• At the same time, killing some of the inmates because of the heat. So what is the cost of life?
• Most of our— a lot of our units have conventional systems.
• As a part of this reinstatement, Pell-funded education programs have to be evaluated within two years

Bills: HB1826 , HB2854 , HB3006 , HB4614 , HB5261 , HB5639

Committee: House Corrections

Keywords: mental health, women's health, county jail, depression screening, criminal justice, HB 2854, Pokuaa-Flowers Act, parole, mandatory supervision, electronic monitoring, releasee, parole officer, hospital visit approval, general hospital, law enforcement notification, DSHS, Department of State Health Services, corrections, public safety, liability immunity

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• Our first General Fund Committee meeting of the year.
• We thank you for all the members of this committee and the districts they represent. ...and all of us
• who have the responsibility of paying attention to the needs of the people of our state.
• I had intended to get around and get to most of you, so I hope most of you have seen it.
• that is part of it.

Bills: HB30 , HB35 , HB72 , HB89 , HB30 , HB35

Committee: House Ways and Means General Fund

Keywords: elections, post-election audit, election audit, risk-limiting audit, ballot audit, election integrity, voter confidence, Secretary of State, judge of probate, canvassing board, poll watchers, ballot containers, manual tally, recount, county election, statewide election, general election, absentee ballots, provisional ballots, election transparency

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• deposited in fund within 30 days of receipt. >> Okay.
• As introduced, HB 224 would increase the amount of funds to the Department of Human Resources Trust Fund
• </c> initiative fund to the Department of initiative fund to the Department of Finance,<00:21:46.880>
• Fund to the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs in the amount of $30 million and to
• </c> fund to the Alabama Department of fund to the Alabama Department of Economic<00:24:10.640><c> Develop

Bills: SB146 , SB143 , SB144 , SB145 , HB224 , SB152 , SB153 , SB154 , SB162 , SB226 , SB146 , SB143 , SB144 , SB145 , HB224 , SB152 , SB153 , SB154 , SB162 , SB226

Committee: House Ways and Means General Fund

Keywords: supplemental appropriation, FY2025 budget, general fund, Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy, Unified Judicial System, court automation, advanced technology and data exchange, judiciary funding, transportation debt service, highway bonds, bridge bonds, Alabama Department of Transportation, ALDOT, public highways, federal matching funds, state appropriations, bond principal and interest, special funds, budget amendment, SB143

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• spending, which resulted in $238 million of forecast savings just to the general fund over a four-year
• forecast savings just to the general of forecast savings just to the general fund<00:32:01.360><c> over
• </c><00:47:25.200><c> and</c> the impact of of doing that and and the impact of of doing that and and
• been uncovering of of $9 billion we've been uncovering of of $9 billion possibly<00:48:14.800><c> more
• If a significant loss of funds happens under an agency's watch, the commissioner has to take an immediate

Bills: HF3676 , HF3683 , HF3395

Committee: House State Government Finance and Policy

Keywords: Safe at Home, address confidentiality, domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, harassment, victim privacy, survivor protection, confidential address, protected address, secret address, identity protection, residential confidentiality, program participant, nondiscrimination, court disclosure, protective order, service of process, driver's license, state ID

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• of State funds so but it's the recipient of State funds so uh<00:26:09.559><c> if</c><00:26:09.640><
• </c><00:26:35.520><c> those</c><00:26:35.960><c> funds</c> grantees recipients of those funds grantees
• the</c> unlawful use of public funds to the unlawful use of public funds to the appropri<00:37:48.200
• funds going on, and you're in the middle of an investigation.
• ><c> but</c><00:53:17.559><c> is</c> recipient of State funds includes but is recipient of State funds

Bills: HF1 , HF779 , HF1034

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices, government transparency, accountability, law enforcement referrals, sanctions, debarment, payment withholding, public assistance fraud

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• Uh, if there is a loss of federal funds or reduction in revenues between a 5% level, so a more minimal
• Uh, if there is a loss of<00:08:05.680><c> federal</c><00:08:06.000><c> funds</c><00:08:06.560><c> or
• </c><00:08:07.039><c> reduction</c><00:08:07.440><c> in</c> of federal funds or reduction in of federal
• funds or reduction in revenues<00:08:08.639><c> between</c><00:08:08.960><c> of</c><00:08:09.120><c>
• funding, of course, we've seen as state funding, of course, we've seen with<00:11:34.959><c> the</c>

Bills: HB245 , SB16 , SB59 , SB62 , SB79 , SB88 , HB245 , SB16 , SB59 , SB62 , SB79 , SB88

Committee: Senate Finance and Taxation Education

Keywords: inhalants, controlled substances, butyl nitrite, nitrous oxide, amyl nitrite, health, public safety, SB16, four-point restraint, hog-tie, hog tie, prone restraint, law enforcement, police, sheriff, use of force, restraint techniques, positional asphyxia, arrest procedures, detention

Bills: SB903 , SB2101 , SB2550 , SB2983 , HB2433 , SCR8 , SCR20 , SCR28 , SCR32 , SCR40 , SCR48 , SCR55 , SCR57 , SCR69 , SCR74 , SCR83 , SCR87 , SCR94 , SCR99 , SCR114 , SCR139 , SCR160 , SCR165 , SCR177 , SCR178 , SCR179 , SCR41 , SCR78 , SCR90 , SCR130 , SCR159 , SCR162 , SCR173 , SB2024 , SB2075 , SB2730 , HB2581 , SB2050 , SB2471 , SB2466 , HB1163 , HB1514 , SB3082 , SB2135 , SB2727 , SB3097 , HB1696 , HB2021 , SR20 , SCR110

Keywords: public land trust, Hawaiian affairs, OHA, ceded lands, financial reporting, income settlement, trust responsibility, organic waste, solid waste, waste diversion, composting, bioconversion, recycling, food waste, green waste, food-soiled paper, wood waste, landfill diversion, waste reduction, waste management

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• Basically, it's based on the load or the amount of industry and the amount of waste.
• There's other kinds of waste that's out there, electronic waste, all kinds of waste that's out there
• Then it allows them to say, 'This kind of equipment is because of this kind of waste,' and then you could
• attach it to that kind of waste.
• But What we want to do is make it so if they can allocate a cost of the waste in managing the waste,

Bills: SB2106 , SB1471 , SB2139 , SB2154 , SB1619

Committee: Senate Local and County Government

Keywords: zoning, municipal compensation, property rights, financial impact, reversion ordinance, solid waste management, municipal authority, regulatory fees, waste reduction, environmental impact, restrictive covenants, discriminatory covenants, racially restrictive covenants, housing discrimination, Fair Housing Act, plats, subdivision plats, residential additions, county clerk, municipal ordinance

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• And the last bill we will consider is House Bill 2186, supporting the acquisition of federal funds to
• It limits those requirements to be required if there's a specific appropriation of legislative funds.
• intelligence companion chatbots, and House Bill 2186, supporting the acquisition of federal funds to
• Since deployments are unbudgeted expenses, we're not only drawing out of our fund reserve, but we also
• , we're taking out of our reserve to fund them.

Bills: HB2397 , HB2417 , HB2157 , HB2186 , HB2225 , HB2351

Committee: House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans

Keywords: fire services, reimbursement, state agencies, local jurisdictions, mobilization plan, military justice, victims' rights, militia, Washington code, legal protections, artificial intelligence, AI regulation, algorithmic discrimination, high-risk AI, machine learning, generative AI, synthetic content, impact assessment, risk management policy, consumer protection

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• a suspicion of fraud, cannot shut off funding.
• a suspicion of fraud, cannot shut off funding.
• a suspicion of fraud, cannot shut off funding.
• And I think one of the things that we've talked about is, you know, loss of federal funding.
• > everybody</c> a loss of federal funds but everybody a loss of federal funds but everybody here<01:27

Bills: HF1 , HF1384

Committee: House Children and Families Finance and Policy

Keywords: Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices, government transparency, accountability, law enforcement referrals, sanctions, debarment, payment withholding, public assistance fraud