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Kevin McCabe

29:21 - 29:38

“Is there a specific statute we're leaning on or is it just some sort of opinion that the Ethics Committee has had that we're going to have members supply their legislative reasoning?”
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Alaska News
Location
Juneau
Captured at
June 26, 2026

From the transcript

Right. Okay. Mr. Chair, so Representative McCabe here. Is there a specific statute we're leaning on or is it just some sort of opinion that the Ethics Committee has had that we're going to have members supply their legislative reasoning?

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