House Floor Hearing For SB25-003 | The 2nd Syndicate Live Stream

Chapters

1. 00:00Opening Remarks on Constitutional Rights
2. 00:36Representative Bottoms Speaks on Amendment
3. 01:01Bill as Attack on the People
4. 01:30Second Amendment vs. Tyrannical Government
5. 02:07Colorado as Tyrannical Government
6. 02:46Extreme Powers and Second Amendment
7. 03:12Amendment's Importance for Government Restraint
8. 03:51Senate Bill 003 as Tyranny
9. 04:25Amendment to Stop Tyranny
10. 04:30Oath to Uphold the Constitution
11. 04:44Bill Shredding Second Amendment Rights
12. 05:07Federal Government Intervention Expected
13. 05:32Amendment Addresses Oath of Office Violation
14. 06:07Representative Degraph Introduced
15. 06:14Oath of Office Recitation
16. 06:30Interpreting the Oath of Office
17. 07:14Bill Against the Constitution
18. 07:26No Negotiations on Second Amendment
19. 07:35Amendment Holds Accountable
20. 07:44Federal Challenge and Taxpayer Suffering
21. 08:16Reminder of Oath of Office
22. 08:34Urging Yes Vote on Amendment
23. 08:39Representative Degraph on Amendment L99
24. 08:45Substitute Amendment L99
25. 08:52Defending Rights Against Tyrannical Government
26. 09:21Reverence for Supreme Ruler and Constitution
27. 09:42Support for Amendment
28. 09:55SB003: Control Under Guise of Public Safety
29. 10:10History of Tyrants Controlling People
30. 10:47Second Amendment for Affecting Change
31. 10:58Second Amendment Text
32. 11:07SB25-003: List of Infringements
33. 11:20Majority Party's View on Infringements
34. 11:40Questioning Government Fear of Citizens
35. 11:56Individual Sovereignty
36. 12:10Declaration of Independence Principles
37. 12:42Consent of the Governed
38. 12:50Oath to Support and Defend Constitution
39. 13:07Defense of the People to Govern Themselves
40. 13:23Support for Amendment: Individual Control
41. 13:38Government Molding Citizens
42. 14:10Goal: Flock of Industrious Animals
43. 14:28Tyranny in the Making
44. 14:41History as a Warning
45. 14:52Gun Grabs Leading to Genocide
46. 15:05Honoring Oath of Office
47. 15:22Subjugating the People of Colorado
48. 15:39Despicable Actions
49. 15:41Recommendation for Amendment
50. 15:51Representative Johnson Supports Amendment
51. 16:06First Oath of Office Experience
52. 16:40Dusty Johnson's Oath of Office
53. 16:58Doing the Will of the People
54. 17:14Upholding Fundamentally Guaranteed Rights
55. 17:21Avoiding Perjury
56. 17:36Serving House District 63
57. 17:39Urging Yes Vote
58. 17:41Representative Basenecker
59. 17:51Request for Title Ruling
60. 18:02Brief Recess for Title Ruling
61. 20:25Committee Returns to Order
62. 20:27Ruling on Substitute Amendment L099
63. 20:40Comments on L66
64. 20:43Representative Luck on Underlying Amendment
65. 20:49Representative Tagert's Concerns
66. 21:03Reading of Amendment L66
67. 21:16Amending Appropriations Committee Report
68. 21:39Striking Financial Details
69. 21:49Amendment's Continuous Appropriation Clause
70. 22:09Striking Continuously Appropriated Language
71. 22:35Final Financial Impact of SB 25-3
72. 22:59Fiduciary Responsibility for State Funds
73. 23:09Fiscal Realities of Bill and Amendment
74. 23:23Initial Fiscal Estimates vs. Reality
75. 23:30Estimated 50,000 Applicants vs. 75,000
76. 23:51Bill Increases Demand
77. 24:03State Expenditures Exceeding $8 Million Annually
78. 24:23Ongoing Costs: $6.6 Million
79. 24:26Breakdown of Costs: Background Checks
80. 24:32System Development and Administration Costs
81. 24:38Legal Challenges Costs
82. 24:46Amendment Strikes Annual Appropriation
83. 24:51Substitution with Continuous Appropriation
84. 25:03System Management: 35 State Employees
85. 25:28Revenue Side: Fees from Applicants
86. 25:35Estimated $5.5 Million Annually
87. 25:39Shortfall of $3 Million
88. 25:57Continuous Appropriation from Fund
89. 26:06Shortfall Covered by General Fund
90. 26:12Financial Impacts Beyond State Expenditures
91. 26:19Local Mandate on Sheriffs and Law Enforcement
92. 26:34Increased Administrative Workloads
93. 26:39Additional Resources and Training
94. 26:45Compliance Oversight Costs
95. 26:51Local Mandates Not Reimbursed
96. 26:57Budgetary Standpoint Concerns
97. 27:03Amendment Removes Costs
98. 27:19Continuous Appropriation Issue
99. 27:30Ensuring Justified Costs
100. 27:35Efficient Program Design
101. 27:43Amendment's Impact on Statute
102. 27:56Problem with Base Funding for Next Year
103. 28:04Prior Year Legislation
104. 28:07Body Must Come Up with Dollars
105. 28:11Expense of Other Programs
106. 28:18Discussion on Difficult Subjects
107. 28:26Need for Fiscal Responsibility
108. 28:29Amendment Not Fiscally Responsible
109. 28:33End to Legislation
110. 28:38Representative Degraph's Comments
111. 28:45Clarification on Program Permanence
112. 28:51Temporary Government Program
113. 28:54Colorado's Revenue Problem
114. 29:03Undercutting Foundational Economies
115. 29:08Hydrocarbons and Ground Resources
116. 29:13Increasing Administrative State
117. 29:26Economy Struggling
118. 29:34Bills Pretending to Help Industries
119. 29:39Restaurant Industry Closures
120. 29:53Inflation Devaluing Wages
121. 30:01Debt Spending and Bidomics
122. 30:06Devaluing Currency
123. 30:08Shell Games and Hidden Funding
124. 30:23Spending Imaginary Money
125. 30:31Devaluing Wages and Increasing Costs
126. 30:42Federal Government Printing Money
127. 30:51Colorado Debt: $1.2 Billion
128. 30:58Balancing Debt with Reserves
129. 31:02Majority Party Spending Without Limit
130. 31:13Bill as Another Expense
131. 31:15$4.5 Billion Hole
132. 31:20Taxpayers' Role
133. 31:26Difference in Opinion: Citizens vs. Widgets
134. 31:41Republican Party Treats People as Citizens
135. 31:49Getting Rid of TABOR
136. 31:52Dislike of Bill of Rights
137. 31:56To the Amendment
138. 32:00Amendment for Fiscal Responsibility
139. 32:07US Solar Companies
140. 32:15Cannot Keep Asking Taxpayers for Money
141. 32:23Bill as Cut to the Economy
142. 32:32Bleeding the Economy Out
143. 32:34Intentional Economic Damage
144. 32:39Winning Battle of Democracy to End It
145. 32:45Purpose of Promising Everything
146. 32:50Urging Yes Vote on Amendment
147. 32:52Improve Fiscal Responsibility
148. 32:55Insert Modicum of Fiscal Responsibility
149. 33:03Urge No Vote
150. 33:07No Takebacks
151. 33:15Fiscal Responsibility Needed
152. 33:17No More Permanent Temporary Programs
153. 33:25Need for Responsibility
154. 33:28Treat Citizens as Citizens
155. 33:30Not Taxpaying Widgets
156. 33:35Representative Hartsuk
157. 33:37Opposition to Amendment
158. 33:45CPW Costs: $1.4 Million
159. 33:51OIT Costs
160. 33:54Where is the $100,000 Coming From?
161. 33:57CPW Costs Breakdown
162. 34:01Staff and FTEs
163. 34:06Ongoing Costs: $500,000 Annually
164. 34:15Staffing and FTEs
165. 34:21Record System Costs
166. 34:26System Development and Implementation
167. 34:37Estimated Vendor Cost: $900,000
168. 34:49Million to System, $900k to Vendor
169. 34:58Taxpayers on the Hook
170. 35:00Accomplishments So Far
171. 35:02System After System
172. 35:06Taking $100,000 for OIT
173. 35:12Office of Information Technology (OIT)
174. 35:18OIT's Overwhelmed State
175. 35:23Problem with OIT
176. 35:26OIT Behind the Power Curve
177. 35:30Securing Systems and Stopping Cyber Attacks
178. 35:38Adding More Systems to OIT
179. 35:46Giving OIT $100,000 for a Broken System
180. 35:56Throwing Good Money After Bad
181. 36:05OIT Cannot Track
182. 36:09Audit Reports on OIT Failures
183. 36:15Failures to Protect Systems
184. 36:20Creating Entire Database
185. 36:25Dislike of Database Idea
186. 36:30Inability to Perform Current Job
187. 36:36Cannot Protect Systems from Hackers
188. 36:44Massive Workload for OIT
189. 36:48$100,000 Taxpayer Money
190. 36:51900,000 to Vendor
191. 36:54Math Doesn't Make Sense
192. 36:59Business Development Experience
193. 37:01Looking at Numbers
194. 37:08$100,000 to Department
195. 37:14Establish and Set Up System
196. 37:21Folks Doing Things with Little
197. 37:27OIT Behind, New Database
198. 37:40Makes No Sense
199. 37:40Legality and Constitutional Effect
200. 37:43Creating Database on Firearms
201. 37:49Taxpayer Funded Numbers Not Doable
202. 37:52Firearms Database Not Doable
203. 38:00OIT Consistently Rated with Problems
204. 38:07New Requirements on OIT
205. 38:11Continuous Funding Year After Year
206. 38:15On Top of $500,000 Annually
207. 38:17On Top of $1.4 Million This Year
208. 38:21All Taxpayer Funded
209. 38:25Cannot Provide Other Services
210. 38:29Healthcare and Other Obligations
211. 38:37Taxpayer Funded Money for System
212. 38:42Cannot Meet Other Obligations
213. 38:46Doesn't Make Sense
214. 38:49Urge No Vote on Amendment
215. 38:51Representative Luck
216. 38:57Appropriations Committee Member
217. 39:00Importance of Cost Specifics
218. 39:17Amendment Concerns
219. 39:23Appropriations Committee Irrelevant
220. 39:26Work Unessential
221. 39:34Specific Dollar Amounts
222. 39:39Authority as Appropriations Committee
223. 39:55Handing Details to Joint Budget Committee
224. 39:57Six Most Powerful People
225. 40:04Determining Money Spent
226. 40:10Advancing Program
227. 40:13Ability to Give More or Less
228. 40:23Continuously Appropriated
229. 40:30Body Will Not Look Year-Over-Year
230. 40:38Concerning in a Limited Fund Year
231. 40:42Competing for Dollars
232. 40:47$1.2 Billion Budget Cut
233. 41:01Teachers Protesting
234. 41:05Unions and Other Groups
235. 41:10Requests Not to Cut Programs
236. 41:16Prioritizing This Over Other Things
237. 41:23Lack of Information on Spending
238. 41:43Reject This Amendment
239. 41:48Adopt Substitute Amendment
240. 41:51Understanding Policies and Costs
241. 41:56Making Knowing Decisions
242. 41:59Embrace Priorities
243. 42:04Move Amendment L112
244. 42:07Substitute for L066
245. 42:13Display Amendment
246. 42:35Representative Lee on L112
247. 42:41Committee Expectations
248. 42:4450,000 Applicants Expected
249. 42:48Three Full-Time Employees
250. 42:5050,000 Number Reasonable
251. 43:05CBI Statistics Challenge
252. 43:14CBI InstaCheck Unit Statistics
253. 43:182019-2024 Average Background Checks
254. 43:25400,000 Background Checks Annually
255. 43:31340,000 in 2019
256. 43:41501,000 in 2020
257. 43:47450,000 in 2021
258. 43:50396,000 in 2022
259. 43:55367,000 in 2023
260. 43:58344,000 in 2024
261. 44:02Over 900 Background Checks Pending
262. 44:08A Thousand Pending Checks
263. 44:1250,000 Number Minimal
264. 44:15Actual Experience
265. 44:19Half of People Desire Purchase
266. 44:27Amendment Multiplies Appropriation by 8
267. 44:36Original Number 50,000
268. 44:39Looking at 400,000
269. 44:41Eight Times as Many Applications
270. 44:52Budget for Unalienable Right
271. 44:56Coverage Necessary for Services
272. 44:58Avoid Huge Backlogs
273. 45:03Other Fundamental Rights in Backlog
274. 45:06CBI Forensic Data
275. 45:10Different Tests
276. 45:15Not End Up in Boondoggle
277. 45:18Fully Fund Policy
278. 45:23Eliminating General Appropriation
279. 45:28Number Aligned with Reality
280. 45:41Responsibility of Money Allocation
281. 45:46Monies Go
282. 45:49From $1.1 Million
283. 45:54Full $1.25 Million
284. 46:00To $9.3 Million
285. 46:03Lot of Millions
286. 46:05Other Projects
287. 46:07District People Clamoring
288. 46:09Urge Yes Vote
289. 46:12Representative Kelty
290. 46:24Amendment for the People
291. 46:27People Know What's Going On
292. 46:33Coloradoans Need Truth
293. 46:37Taxpayers Need Truth About Money
294. 46:41Deserve to Know the Truth
295. 46:44Busy Day to Day
296. 46:47Not Paying Attention
297. 46:51Have Jobs
298. 46:56Making Money We Spend Wisely
299. 47:00Lately We Don't
300. 47:07Know What, How Much, Where Money Is
301. 47:10Reality of Money
302. 47:12Ridiculous Amount of Money
303. 47:15Since Day One
304. 47:18Smart Meetings
305. 47:21Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
306. 47:24Hidden from the People
307. 47:29No Idea Where Money is Going
308. 47:35Convoluted
309. 47:37Boondoggled
310. 47:40Bill and Previous Amendment
311. 47:44Luck's Amendment Sound
312. 47:47Representative Lux Amendment
313. 47:50Displays the Truth
314. 47:55People Need to Know
315. 47:58Work Too Hard for Money
316. 48:00Not Your Money, Their Money
317. 48:08Ashamed and Embarrassed
318. 48:12Responsibility of Taking Care of Money
319. 48:16Day After Day, It is Wasted
320. 48:19Apology to Colorado
321. 48:27Fighting to Not Waste Money
322. 48:31Out of Our Hands
323. 48:37Fighting for Coloradans
324. 48:39Good Amendment
325. 48:41Representative Degraph
326. 48:46Support for Amendment
327. 48:51Truth in the Bill
328. 48:56A Start
329. 48:58Based on Actual Numbers
330. 49:04Signaling Intent to Make Purchase Impossible
331. 49:14Self-Defense of Home, Life, Liberty, Property
332. 49:27Eighth of People Qualified
333. 49:33Makes Sense
334. 49:36Bill Intended to Have Cooling Effect
335. 49:41Citizens or Taxpaying Widgets
336. 49:46Limit Ability of Taxpaying Widgets
337. 49:51Purchase Firearms for Self-Defense
338. 49:59Lowballing the Number
339. 50:02Not Based on Reality
340. 50:07Putting Reality in the Bill
341. 50:11Why Colorado Can't Balance Budget
342. 50:13$4.5 Billion in the Hole
343. 50:30Majority Party Members
344. 50:35Empty Seats
345. 50:37Decision Already Made
346. 50:41Colorado Rights Bulldozed
347. 50:47Majority Party
348. 50:51Eagle's Head Hanging Low
349. 50:58Former Free State of Colorado
350. 51:02Effort to Honor Citizens
351. 51:06Citizens, Not Taxpaying Widgets
352. 51:11Insert Honesty into Bill
353. 51:16Insert Fiscal Integrity
354. 51:20Sorely Lacking
355. 51:23Wakeup Call
356. 51:26Why We're $4.5 Billion in the Hole
357. 51:36Absolute Travesty
358. 51:39What is Being Done with Your Money
359. 51:42Representative Richardson
360. 51:46Awesome Amendment
361. 51:48Provides Clarity to the People
362. 51:53Assurance to Those Tasked
363. 51:58Carry Out Horrendous Bill
364. 52:00If It Truly Takes 24 FTE
365. 52:02Not Three
366. 52:06Over $9 Million vs. Over One
367. 52:09To Do This Right
368. 52:13Bill Should Reflect That
369. 52:18Building Inefficiency and Inability
370. 52:21Serve the People
371. 52:24Further Delaying Ability to Obtain Firearms
372. 52:32Truly Their Right to Have
373. 52:36Inserting Major Speed Bump
374. 52:3925 or 30 or 35,000
375. 52:42Lot in This Bill Keeps Changing
376. 52:44Steps to Obtain a Firearm
377. 52:47Applications Can't Be Processed
378. 52:52Training Can't Be Tracked
379. 52:54Not Enough Money Appropriated
380. 52:55Not Enough People to Do Work
381. 52:58Whole Thing Could Crash and Burn
382. 53:00Infringement on Rights
383. 53:03Require Bill to Be Overturned
384. 53:07Bad Bill with Good Amendment
385. 53:10Urge Yes Vote
386. 53:16Representative Frlick
387. 53:18Sponsor Wants to Spend $8 Million More
388. 53:23Fiscal Note Process
389. 53:34Amendments Shared with Fiscal Analyst
390. 53:38Last Minute
391. 53:40Ask for No Vote
392. 53:48Representative Degraph Clarification
393. 53:50Sponsor Wants Zero Dollars Spent
394. 53:53Unconstitutional Bill
395. 53:58Amendment Reflects Current Estimates
396. 54:05Estimates of 50,000
397. 54:08Probably 1/8 of What Should Be
398. 54:12About 12.5% of What Should Be
399. 54:1512.5% of What Should Be
400. 54:17Not Sponsor Wanting to Spend More
401. 54:20Wanting Bill to Have Fiscal Integrity
402. 54:23What Cost Will Actually Be
403. 54:33Numbers Not Hard to Find
404. 54:36Why Estimated So Low
405. 54:40Lowballing
406. 54:45Restrictions on Bill
407. 54:48Purpose of Bill
408. 54:51Make Nearly Impossible to Execute Right
409. 54:57Right to Self-Defense
410. 55:00Life, Liberty, or Property
411. 55:02Continual Risk
412. 55:03Deprived by Criminals
413. 55:08Common or Elected Criminals
414. 55:11Not Matter of Motive
415. 55:15Clarification: Sponsor Wants No Money Spent
416. 55:17Colorado
417. 55:20Majority Party Hiding Money Amount
418. 55:24Season of $4.5 Billion Deficit
419. 55:33Growing Deficit
420. 55:40Amendment for Fiscal Integrity
421. 55:42Bill is for Smoke and Mirrors
422. 55:46Representative Luck
423. 55:52Fiscal Notes Process
424. 55:57Bill Folders in Pink
425. 56:01Nonpartisan Staff
426. 56:03Preparing Fiscal Impact Sheet
427. 56:07Making Good Decisions
428. 56:11Information from Departments
429. 56:13Working Since September/October
430. 56:15State Cutting Dollars
431. 56:18Curious Fiscal Notes
432. 56:22Policies Supported by Executive Branch
433. 56:24Little to Zero Fiscal Impact
434. 56:27Continuous Appropriations
435. 56:32Policies Not Fond Of
436. 56:34Enormous Cost to Departments
437. 56:37Data Provided to Fiscal Analysts
438. 56:42Somewhat Spun
439. 56:44CBI Instacheck Unit Statistics
440. 56:50400,000 Purchases Per Year
441. 56:53Background Check Requests
442. 57:09Fiscal Note Contemplates 50,000
443. 57:11Future Years
444. 57:15Significantly Reduced from Reality
445. 57:17$8 Million Deficit in First Year
446. 57:19Ability to Protect Yourself
447. 57:21Infringement on Unalienable Right
448. 57:26Only 1/8 of Current Number
449. 57:30Continue to Exercise Right
450. 57:34Significant Problem
451. 57:37Latter Conversation for Later
452. 57:43Ensure Necessary Resources
453. 57:49Effectuate Policy
454. 57:52People Exercise Right to Defend Themselves
455. 57:53Families, Homes, Neighborhoods
456. 57:59Underlying Amendment Strips Amounts
457. 58:02Open Door for Funding
458. 58:08Questioning Fiscal Note Accuracy
459. 58:11Urge Yes Vote on Amendment
460. 58:13Funding Ability for Self-Defense
461. 58:16Make Communities Safe
462. 58:52Representative Degraph
463. 58:57Clarification on Sponsor's Intent
464. 59:00Sponsor Wants Zero Dollars Spent
465. 59:03Unconstitutional Bill
466. 59:05Amendment Reflects Estimates
467. 59:08Estimates of 50,000
468. 59:101/8 of What Should Be
469. 59:1212.5% of What Should Be
470. 59:15Not Sponsor Wanting to Spend More
471. 59:17Fiscal Integrity
472. 59:20Actual Cost
473. 59:23Numbers Not Hard to Find
474. 59:26Lowballing
475. 59:31Restrictions on Bill
476. 59:34Purpose of Bill
477. 59:36Make Nearly Impossible to Execute Right
478. 59:39Right to Self-Defense
479. 59:41Life, Liberty, or Property
480. 59:44Continual Risk
481. 59:47Deprived by Criminals
482. 59:50Common or Elected Criminals
483. 59:53Not Matter of Motive
484. 59:56Clarification: Sponsor Wants No Money Spent
485. 59:58Colorado
486. 01:00:00Majority Party Hiding Money Amount
487. 01:00:03Season of $4.5 Billion Deficit
488. 01:00:06Growing Deficit