
Senator · Alaska State Senate · District B
5 articles · 20 transcripts · 10 clips
“They reduce risk. They reduce cost overruns. If nothing else, they make labor costs predictable.”
“how much help will your department be able to give a future legislature in this scenario? Will you be able to see all the way down into the corporate structures, all the way into the —gas sales agreements, potential gas supply arrangements, the equity terms on which other investors are entering. What— will you, will the Department of Revenue be able to give us fully informed advice, or will you be modeling based on what we mostly think?”
“First up, the judicial branch, the Alaska Court System trial courts, submitted a fiscal note with a general fund cost of $369,200, so $369,200 of unrestricted general funds and 2 permanent full-time positions for pro tem judge work.”
“The fiscal notes with the fiscal impact, Mr. Chairman, For fun, I added them up. We'll go through and get an aggregated total of just under 1.1 million in 8 full-time positions”
“this bill really moves the needle. There are no perfect solutions to any complicated problem, but this is a material difference.”