0:52
DeLena Johnson
86:43 - 87:35
"my hope and my goal and my conversation has been that there will be a good faith effort to pass legislation that will continue the conversations that we're having, and that this won't be an excuse to not be here, that this will be— is just a method of being able to make things work well and work smoothly and acting in good faith and working with the other body to bring this legislation to a conclusion."
“my hope and my goal and my conversation has been that there will be a good faith effort to pass legislation that will continue the conversations that we're having, and that this won't be an excuse to not be here, that this will be— is just a method of being able to make things work well and work smoothly and acting in good faith and working with the other body to bring this legislation to a conclusion.”
- Speaker
- DeLena Johnson
- Timestamp
- 86:43 – 87:35
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Juneau
- Captured at
- July 20, 2026
From the transcript
So even though we've taken up 381 and we brought it back in the same condition, or we're getting ready to bring it back in the same condition that it's in. There may be an opportunity, or there may be some use for this other bill that the governor has, and whether that's put together in conference committee or in the future, my hope and my goal and my conversation has been that there will be a good faith effort to pass legislation that will continue the conversations that we're having, and that this won't be an excuse to not be here, that this will be— is just a method of being able to make things work well and work smoothly and acting in good faith and working with the other body to bring this legislation to a conclusion. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Representative Johnson. Your comments are as I understand them, so thank you for articulating all of the above.
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