James Kaufman
7:16 - 7:42
"suddenly committee hearings are being canceled and the majority's caught in a huddle apparently trying to figure out what they're gonna do. So I hope with all of my heart that we can get a clean bill to the floor and we can have a good up and down vote."
“suddenly committee hearings are being canceled and the majority's caught in a huddle apparently trying to figure out what they're gonna do. So I hope with all of my heart that we can get a clean bill to the floor and we can have a good up and down vote.”
- Speaker
- James Kaufman
- Timestamp
- 7:16 – 7:42
- Transcript
- Alaska Legislature: SMIN-20260617-1630
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- June 17, 2026
From the transcript
On things that were— other people had questions about previously. So I felt we were on a pretty good arc. Mm-hmm. Until just lately when suddenly everything kind of crashes and suddenly committee hearings are being canceled and the majority's caught in a huddle apparently trying to figure out what they're gonna do. So I hope with all of my heart that we can get a clean bill to the floor and we can have a good up and down vote.
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