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Kameron Perez-Verdia

101:01 - 101:26

"I can't support this amendment as it stands. I want us to move forward, and I believe that you and your organization and this community can find agreement without us interfering in this way."

I can't support this amendment as it stands. I want us to move forward, and I believe that you and your organization and this community can find agreement without us interfering in this way.
Speaker
Kameron Perez-Verdia
Community
Alaska News
Location
Anchorage
Captured at
July 7, 2026

From the transcript

And so I hope my colleagues will join me in doing everything we can to make sure that we don't lose the opportunity to have you join this community and continue to be a part of it. So I can't support this amendment as it stands. I want us to move forward, and I believe that you and your organization and this community can find agreement without us interfering in this way. So thank you. Thank you, Chair.

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