James Kaufman
28:44 - 29:18
“This getting to the point where suddenly things just collapse in committee and then we go into these caucus meetings, you know, behind closed doors. That was really kind of a breaking point that occurred that I think is unfortunate.”
- Speaker
- James Kaufman
- Timestamp
- 28:44 – 29:18
- Transcript
- Alaska Legislature: SMIN-20260617-1630
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
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From the transcript
This getting to the point where suddenly things just collapse in committee and then we go into these caucus meetings, you know, behind closed doors. That was really kind of a breaking point that occurred that I think is unfortunate. But I felt like we were on the arc of taking the good work that the House did, having the hearings, and yes, some of them were basic, but they were setting the framework so that the public could see that we were addressing all of that. And then moving on to a, I would say, a modest retouch of the House bill. Is what I anticipated.
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