James Kaufman
53:16 - 53:49
"I believe this bill should have been about trying to enable the gas line, keep it as tight as we could to this subject, and not veer off into the other issues that end up thwarting or at least stalling it. So I hope we can get there. I guess I don't think this will be it, so I'll be a no on this."
“I believe this bill should have been about trying to enable the gas line, keep it as tight as we could to this subject, and not veer off into the other issues that end up thwarting or at least stalling it. So I hope we can get there. I guess I don't think this will be it, so I'll be a no on this.”
- Speaker
- James Kaufman
- Timestamp
- 53:16 – 53:49
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- July 16, 2026
From the transcript
But I believe this bill should have been about trying to enable the gas line, keep it as tight as we could to this subject, and not veer off into the other issues that end up thwarting or at least stalling it. So I hope we can get there. I guess I don't think this will be it, so I'll be a no on this. For the reasons that I've mentioned. And I don't know how we're going to get there, but I certainly hope we do because, well, we have pro-choice.
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