Video & Transcript : 'national interest' :
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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, January 8, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, July 17, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> republic for which it stands, one nation republic for which it stands, one nation under<00:08:29.759
- </c> interest inside our own government. interest inside our own government.
- </c> conflicts of interest. Lack of action." conflicts of interest. Lack of action."
- </c> to give this business interest a leg up. to give this business interest a leg up.
- </c> interest of the dollar and our country. interest of the dollar and our country.
Keywords:
defense appropriations, military funding, national security, Department of Defense, fiscal year 2026, House of Representatives, election, Speaker, Clerk, Congress, budget authority, rescission, fiscal policy, government funding, impoundment, Federal Reserve, digital currency, monetary policy, financial services, privacy
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, July 14, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
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- </c> and strengthen our national security. and strengthen our national security.
- </c> the future of our nation. I thank Mr. the future of our nation. I thank Mr.
- White River National Forest. The White River National Forest.
- </c> Nungury National Wildlife Refuge. Nungury National Wildlife Refuge.
- </c> nation can become. nation can become.
Bills:
SB1596 , HB1770 , HB1709 , HR504 , HR410 , HR1044 , HB1729 , HB2316 , HR900 , HB3657 , HB1765 , HB1717 , HB2037 , HB1455 , HB1766 , HB1618
Keywords:
Jocelyn Nungaray, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, national wildlife refuge, Texas, Houston, refuge renaming, commemorative naming, federal land, US Fish and Wildlife Service, public law 119-30, immigration, illegal aliens, Tren de Aragua, memorial, wildlife refuge act, Consumer Safety Technology Act, AI for Consumer Product Safety Act, Blockchain Innovation Act, Digital Taxonomy Act, Consumer Product Safety Commission
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Jan 16th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Environment, Energy & Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- These were from the National Conference of State Legislatures, the National Association of Regulatory
- These were from the National Conference of State Legislatures, the National Associations of Regulatory
- Utility Communers, the National Conference of State Legislatures, the National Associations of Regulatory
- I have no financial interest in any nuclear energy companies.
- I have no financial interest in any nuclear energy companies.
Committee:
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology
Keywords:
nuclear energy, energy strategy, advanced technology, sustainability, state policy, renewable energy, public entities, electric generation, contracting, SB 6010, Washington energy siting, EFSEC, Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, tribal consultation, government-to-government consultation, federally recognized tribes, energy facility siting, RCW, clean energy, alternative energy
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, November 19, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> is essential to preserving our national is essential to preserving our national readiness<03:08:
- Douglass reminded us, "The life of the nation is secure only when the nation is honest, truthful, and
- Douglass reminded us, "The life of the nation is secure only when the nation is honest, truthful, and
- </c><11:08:11.520><c> while</c> munitions to foreign nations while munitions to foreign nations while
- Guard in service to our nation.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- I mean, our pension funds are the second or third in the nation, best benefits in the nation.
- When we have labs that we can rent space for national security so they can do quantum computing, and
- Secondly, we Technology for the benefit of New Mexico and frankly, the nation.
- security and larger national strategic missions.
- Because of the national security implications, you wouldn't want, I don't know.
Committees:
Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance
Keywords:
corporate income tax, franchise tax, gross receipts tax, tax credit, tax deduction, controlled foreign corporation, CFC, bonus depreciation, interest expense, apportionment, unitary group, high-wage jobs tax credit, local journalism, news media, newspaper printer, physician incentive, health care workforce, affordable housing, multifamily housing, construction materials
NM
Committee:
Senate Senate Finance
Keywords:
corporate income tax, franchise tax, gross receipts tax, tax credit, tax deduction, controlled foreign corporation, CFC, bonus depreciation, interest expense, apportionment, unitary group, high-wage jobs tax credit, local journalism, news media, newspaper printer, physician incentive, health care workforce, affordable housing, multifamily housing, construction materials
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Feb 12th, 2026 at 06:05 pm
Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
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- I'm from Sandia National Laboratories, and I lead our economic development program.
- I'm from Sandia National Laboratories, and I lead our economic development program.
- I am the technology engagement and entrepreneurship team lead at Los Alamos National Lab.
- It also highlights that New Mexico is the fourth lowest in the nation.
- It also highlights that New Mexico is the fourth lowest in the nation.
Committee:
Senate Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
Keywords:
horse racing, program training, program owning, state licensing, racehorses, regulation, local news, newspaper printing, journalism, media tax credit, print media, digital news, news publisher, newsprint, press operator, printing industry, local journalism, tax credit, income tax, corporate income tax
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Feb 12th, 2026 at 06:04 pm
Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
Committee:
Senate Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
Keywords:
horse racing, program training, program owning, state licensing, racehorses, regulation, local news, newspaper printing, journalism, media tax credit, print media, digital news, news publisher, newsprint, press operator, printing industry, local journalism, tax credit, income tax, corporate income tax
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Feb 12th, 2026 at 06:04 pm
Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
Committee:
Senate Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
Keywords:
horse racing, program training, program owning, state licensing, racehorses, regulation, local news, newspaper printing, journalism, media tax credit, print media, digital news, news publisher, newsprint, press operator, printing industry, local journalism, tax credit, income tax, corporate income tax
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Jan 23rd, 2026 at 10:30 am
Environment, Energy & Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- So does this bill kind of assume that the utilities aren't already working in the best interests of their
- Jeremy Takala here with the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation.
- data centers to help grow the economy while managing the impact on local communities that are not interested
- He identified himself as an interested citizen and a proud constituent in the 35th District.
Committee:
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology
Keywords:
energy facilities, large energy consumers, regulation, environment, sustainability, retail bags, pollution, customer impact, consumer-owned utilities, clean energy, port districts, market customers, energy transformation, renewable energy, public entities, electric generation, contracting, SB 6010, Washington energy siting, EFSEC
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Feb 26th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Commerce & Economic Development Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- The national lab structure depends on how you look at it.
- But as I broke into that, if our messaging as a nation is reliability, if our messaging as a nation is
- We see on the news pushback against data centers nationally.
- Nationally, the ultimate high ground from a national security sense is space.
- We know nationally, if you look at Oak Ridge National Lab in Knoxville, Tennessee, for instance, the
Bills:
HB2445 , HB2123 , HB3048 , HB3176 , HB3239 , HB3263 , HB3794 , HB3796 , HB4265 , HB4266 , HB4317 , HB4321 , HB4322 , HB3673
Keywords:
HB2445, Route 66, Oklahoma Route 66 Centennial Forward Commission, centennial, historic highway, preservation, tourism, historical society, scenic byway, National Historic Trail, Route 66 Alliance, Route 66 Association, Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, historic preservation, heritage tourism, public-private partnership, sunset extension, commission extension
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, June 3, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:20:09.760><c> Speaker,</c> to our nation. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, to our nation.
- And now, in the interest of my constituents, I will repeat my remarks in Spanish. interests. interests
- </c> labor standards, and economic interest. labor standards, and economic interest.
- </c> great nation. And I yield back. great nation. And I yield back.
- </c> ticks in interest. ticks in interest.
Keywords:
7(a) loan program, Small Business Administration, SBA, small business lending, loan brokers, loan consultants, referral agents, loan intermediaries, fraud oversight, transparency, reporting requirements, loan fees, referral fees, interest rates, business financing, small business loans, lender oversight, application assistance, Congressional reporting, small business
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Feb 5th, 2026 at 04:18 pm
Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- But I just want to point out something in the FIR that's very interesting.
- But I just want to point out something in the FIR that's very interesting.
- I would say yes, being that we're nationally recognized as well.
- With respect to the interest rate cap, again, that interest can be carried forward.
- It's an investment interest, just the same as stocks and bonds are.
Bills:
SB190 , SB152 , SB77 , SB150 , SB151 , SB156 , SB172 , SB182 , SB185 , SB212 , SB170 , SB133 , SB174 , SB163
Committee:
Senate Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
Keywords:
cancer treatment, revenue bonds, Gila Regional Medical Center, Nor-Lea General Hospital, healthcare funding, telecommunications, low-income assistance, lifeline, broadband, rural broadband, universal service fund, public regulation commission, PRC, 911 surcharge, telecommunications relay service, VoIP, mobile service, internet affordability, digital equity, digital inclusion
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, December 1, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> coke oven facilities across our nation. coke oven facilities across our nation.
- </c> and our national security. and our national security. Thank<00:13:22.720><c> you.
- As a 31-year National Guard veteran, myself with three National Guard sons, our sympathy to the family
- </c> businesses in manufacturing and national businesses in manufacturing and national security<02:54
- </c> and interest provisions. and interest provisions.
Bills:
HB4423 , HB5348 , HB4430 , HB4431 , HB4429 , HB3716 , HR225 , HB5349 , HB5346 , HB5345 , HB5284 , HB4313 , HR1262 , SB616 , HR176 , HB2159 , HB4323 , HB2066 , HB4549 , HB4495 , HB4491 , HB3174
Keywords:
Burma, Myanmar, World Bank, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD, foreign aid, sanctions, military coup, democracy, development financing, multilateral lending, Treasury Department, Executive Director, international financial institutions, human rights, junta, national interest waiver, Social Security, SSN, Social Security number
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Health & Long-Term Care Jan 30th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Health & Long-Term Care
Transcript Highlights:
- They've been trained, licensed, and ethically bound to act in the best interest of their patients.
- is Stephanie Chayesky, and I'm the executive director of the Academy of Doctors of Audiology, a national
- These coverage metrics are endorsed by the National Alliance of Health Care Purchaser Coalitions.
- And experts like the former head of the National Institute of Mental Health had this to say.
- psychiatric treatment, not creating health, as noted by Thomas Insel in 2011, former director of the National
Committee:
Senate Health & Long-Term Care
Keywords:
SB 6226, Washington, audiology, audiologist, hearing aid specialist, speech-language pathologist, telehealth, teleaudiology, clinical autonomy, clinical judgment, in-person care, remote care, Board of Hearing and Speech, hearing instruments, hearing aids, dispensing hearing aids, standards of care, professional licensure, health professions regulation, patient-centered care
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Labor & Workplace Standards Jan 23rd, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Workplace Standards
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- And we now rank as ninth worst in the nation for wage theft.
- That work group was created by the Legislature and comprised representatives from the National Federation
- State Labor Council, the Association of Washington Businesses, Columbia Legal Services, and the National
- Nationally, workers are losing billions of dollars in stolen wages every year, and studies have shown
- In the interest of time, I'm just going to highlight some of the key changes.
Bills:
HB2479 , HB2091 , HB2105 , HB2107 , HB2151 , HB2190 , HB2191 , HB2218 , HB2243 , HB2303 , HB2345
Committee:
House Labor & Workplace Standards
Keywords:
unpaid wages, wage theft, wage recovery, labor standards, Department of Labor and Industries, L&I, worker protection, low-wage workers, back pay, interest on wages, civil penalties, retaliation, immigration status coercion, gig workers, transportation network companies, rideshare drivers, app-based drivers, employment law, wage complaint, payroll enforcement
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It's an interesting question, but it's the investment strategy within the ESF. It's not separate.
- It is likely going to... continue to grow even should it hit the cap to the extent that any interest
- Legislature through the years that have looked at the rate of return and the interest rates on the ESF
- We're just earning simple interest. Is that y'all's understanding?
- There's also a section in here about conflicts of interest.
Committee:
House Appropriations
Keywords:
Texas Future Fund, investment review board, economic stabilization, innovative technology, national defense, HB 2054, Texas volunteer fire department assistance fund, Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program, volunteer fire departments, wildfire mitigation, wildland fire, rural fire protection, insurer assessment, insurance premium tax, state appropriations, firefighting grants, emergency services, high-risk wildfire areas, Texas Comptroller, Texas Government Code
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- I know you and I both have a great interest in making sure that the Opportunity Scholarship Fund Act
- The senator down, you remember, and I appreciate you saying you're not really interested in expanding
- The national average in the United States exceeds 180, and we are at 166.
- This doesn't even get us to the national average. This gets us from the 166 to 173.
- So, that's not something that I have forgotten or that I'm not interested in.
Bills:
HB2210 , HB2398 , HB2959 , HB3006 , HB3026 , HB3151 , HB3315 , HB3372 , HB3467 , HB3590 , HB4268 , HB4359 , HB4427
Committee:
Senate Education
Keywords:
youth apprenticeship, career education, workforce development, high school programs, mentorship, vocational training, state oversight, credential of value, education, labor market, government reporting, school abuse reporting, child abuse, neglect, mandatory reporting, student safety, school employee misconduct, administrator reporting, superintendent, law enforcement notification
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 13th, 2026 at 05:31 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
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- She is an expert from the National Resources Department Council on industrial decarbonization.
- production incentive or the grant with any sort of 45Q CCS tax credit, if a manufacturer would be interested
- So the National Asphalt Pavement Association works with an EPD developer, and the National Ready Mix
- So if a project owner of a LEED certified building, if they were interested in wanting to procure lower
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance
Keywords:
distance learning, virtual instruction, public education, student enrollment, school funding, education standards, pandemic education response, low-carbon construction, construction materials, rebate, environmental product declaration, EPD, embodied carbon, carbon intensity, greenhouse gas emissions, decarbonization, industrial incentives, clean manufacturing, cement, concrete