0:33
Justin Ruffridge
40:14 - 40:48
"this is not something that we heard it in committee before that is ready for prime time. You know, I think Speaker Edgeman talks about collaborative effort, and I mean, that is certainly a nice narrative to have, and there is obviously a lot of work that a lot of people have put forward to this bill, but collaborative it has not been. It has been essentially closed-door sessions, some work. This is— I saw this for the first time this morning."
“this is not something that we heard it in committee before that is ready for prime time. You know, I think Speaker Edgeman talks about collaborative effort, and I mean, that is certainly a nice narrative to have, and there is obviously a lot of work that a lot of people have put forward to this bill, but collaborative it has not been. It has been essentially closed-door sessions, some work. This is— I saw this for the first time this morning.”
- Speaker
- Justin Ruffridge
- Timestamp
- 40:14 – 40:48
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- July 16, 2026
From the transcript
And I think that that brings really forward the question of, you know, this is not something that we heard it in committee before that is ready for prime time. You know, I think Speaker Edgeman talks about collaborative effort, and I mean, that is certainly a nice narrative to have, and there is obviously a lot of work that a lot of people have put forward to this bill, but collaborative it has not been. It has been essentially closed-door sessions, some work. This is— I saw this for the first time this morning.
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