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Eileen O'Mara
123:52 - 124:33
"What we've seen in other jurisdictions like the EU and the UK that have already obviously implemented direct access, is a wave of innovation that's happened on the back of that. And I think, you know, if we were to move forward with something like the PACE Act, we would very quickly see, you know, innovative solutions and companies that want to build and serve the American people with solutions that are difficult to do today."
“What we've seen in other jurisdictions like the EU and the UK that have already obviously implemented direct access, is a wave of innovation that's happened on the back of that. And I think, you know, if we were to move forward with something like the PACE Act, we would very quickly see, you know, innovative solutions and companies that want to build and serve the American people with solutions that are difficult to do today.”
- Speaker
- Eileen O'Mara
- Timestamp
- 123:52 – 124:33
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- June 24, 2026
From the transcript
I think the feeling we have at the moment is the infrastructure doesn't meet their ambitions. What we've seen in other jurisdictions like the EU and the UK that have already obviously implemented direct access, is a wave of innovation that's happened on the back of that. And I think, you know, if we were to move forward with something like the PACE Act, we would very quickly see, you know, innovative solutions and companies that want to build and serve the American people with solutions that are difficult to do today. In terms of the question on supporting the communities, we very much support community engagement.. And the PACE Act and any regulation similar to that, we would be delighted to be engaged in a conversation on how we can do that.