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Quoted moments from Alaska public meetings, hearings, and press conferences.
Mike Dunleavy
“the Glenn Farm was working with labor to negotiate an MOA. And the bill ends up going into law negotiating labor in, in the bill. And so, uh, I don't think that's something that is going to work. Um, and then there's a number of restrictions and triggers, uh, added to the bill.”Source · Jun 19, 2026
Mike Dunleavy
“We just had a record cold winter. We're running out of gas. Our bases are running out of gas. The world is in chaos.”Source · Jun 19, 2026
Mike Dunleavy
“this would be the largest non-recourse funded project ever, ever in Alaska. We've proven we can do big projects.”Source · Jun 19, 2026
Mike Dunleavy
“this project could help with that and we wouldn't have to import gas. We could be self-sufficient for 60, 70 years.”Source · Jun 19, 2026
Mike Dunleavy
“35 In the House. A number in the Senate, so the vast majority of legislators want to get stuff done, wanna get something done for the people of Alaska, not just something, but something good. We can do it tomorrow. If people are seriously interested in getting something done, it could be done tomorrow.”Source · Jun 19, 2026
Mike Dunleavy
“The Constitution doesn't say maximize revenue for government. It says manage your resources for the maximum benefit of the people.”Source · Jun 19, 2026
Gary Stevens
“by a vote of 43 yeas and 17 nays, the joint legislative session has overridden the governor's veto of CSRA House Bill 195 Finance.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260619-1230
Elvi Gray-Jackson
“online blogs and commentators mischaracterized this bill, spreading claims that were not only false, but harmful. Those misunderstandings ultimately found their way into the governor's veto message as well. The governor claimed this bill would place the state in the role of imposing upon school districts and mandating development of mental health education.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260619-1230
Elvi Gray-Jackson
“It didn't strip authority from local school boards. It didn't replace community values with one-size-fits-all mandate. In fact, it sought to provide communities with better tools to address a crisis that is impacting students in every corner of our state.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260619-1230
Elvi Gray-Jackson
“Governor Dunleavy has made this personal. And he made it personal because it's affecting our kids who, who are hurting, Mr. Speaker and Mr. President. So I rise today with disappointment. I'm shocked, and yet somehow I'm inspired, um, following the beat of Senate Bill 41, a bill that will save lives in this state both now and for generations to come.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260619-1230
Elvi Gray-Jackson
“Alaska has the highest suicide rate in the nation. In many rural communities, suicide rates are nearly 4 times that average, the national average. Teaching our students how to recognize mental health challenges, seek help, and support one another is one of the most basic and meaningful steps we can take to address this crisis.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260619-1230
Gary Stevens
“House Bill 52, relating to minors in psychiatric hospitals. Senate Bill 41, relating to mental health education.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260619-1230
Gary Stevens
“38 Yeas, 22 nays. And so by a vote of 38 yeas and 22 nays, the joint legislative session has failed to override Senate Bill 41.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260619-1230
Gary Stevens
“36 Yeas, 24 nays. Thank you. The joint legislative session has failed to override the governor's veto of House Bill 52.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260619-1230
Elvi Gray-Jackson
“our children are watching. They are watching. They are hoping that we hear their voices and understand their pleas for help. They're looking to us for leadership, compassion, and action.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260619-1230
Elvi Gray-Jackson
“That is simply, simply not what SB 41 would do. The bill wouldn't create a state takeover of local classrooms.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260619-1230
Jesse Kiehl
“This is a straight fixed cents per 1,000 cubic feet regardless of the value?”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
Alexi Painter
“This just fixes that rather than have it vary if capital costs change from what are projected now. And then this, again, these rates will all grow with inflation based on those 1 to 3% sideboards.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
Bert Stedman
“there has been a lot of dialogue with the administration, AGDC, and members here, and the other legislation that's been circulating around the building, trying to come up with something that focuses on getting to a gas line and not an obstacle to block construction of the gas line.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
James Kaufman
“Financing, because it leaves open the problem that one— one problem that pops up could possibly threaten that, and that is going to make it very hard for anyone that's going to finance this to consider that, because any force majeure— I don't know if that's covered here— a pandemic, something, an earthquake or whatever, could put them in jeopardy. And so I think And AGDC is right here in the room, but we are told that we have to take them at ease. We can't even bring them up to speak to potential concerns that might be in this piece of work”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
Lyman Hoffman
“I believe that there is going to be further deliberation both by the full body of the Senate and anticipate additional amendments at that time. But the reason that we're proceeding today with passing the committee bill out is so that we have ample time for members to draft any amendments that that they may see fit to improve the legislation for consideration of the full body.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
Bert Stedman
“the concern this morning was to get this legislation adopted on the table here so members could write amendments as needed and we'll have them discussed on the floor. But for the public, you can't write an amendment to a bill that doesn't exist until it gets out of Finance. So we had to get this bill adopted.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
Lyman Hoffman
“Our intent is to get action on all of these points. And that is the dilemma that we're facing. We've had extensive dialogue with the administration to date. And at some point, we need to proceed down the path of getting a bill across the floor.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
Pete Eklund
“the tax abatement and the AVT do not apply to a natural gas project if by January 1st, 2028, a final investment decision has not been made on Phase 1 of a natural gas project, or number 2 there, on December 31st, right, or by December 31st, 2032, construction of a gas pipeline associated with Phase 1 of the natural gas project has not been completed. So you have to come into FID by January 1st, '28, and complete Phase 1 by December 31st, 2032.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
James Kaufman
“We've got a big question on page 27 with respect to the construction timeline of it possibly being a deal killer with respect to finance.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
Jesse Kiehl
“So if the project's components end up costing a whole lot more than that, retaining some of that value, the mill equivalent will be lower and that will just be lower, right?”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
Alexi Painter
“Starting when this tax takes effect, which would be 5 years after Phase 1 first gas or 500 million per day average throughput. All tax rates grow at a rate equaling CPI, but not less than 1% and not more than 3%.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
Lyman Hoffman
“This morning we have only one item on today's agenda, that being HB 381, oil and gas property tax and municipal tax.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
Pete Eklund
“The most significant change is that the committee substitute in front of you does not use capital expenditures as a component of the tax rate or the collection of the tax. Instead, it returns to a single tax rate at each stage of the project. These rates were developed to match the effective tax rate under the House version of the bill based on the Department of Revenue's modeling of the bill. So during Phase 1, the committee substitute sets the tax rate at 6.2 cents per 1,000 cubic feet, which is a blend of the 6-cent tax on the pipeline and the other body's version, and the impact of the— we've been referring to a mini gas treatment plant, Mr. Chairman, that would be— have to be put in place in Phase 1.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
Pete Eklund
“These changes are intended to make the tax easier to understand and much easier to administer.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
Bert Stedman
“I think if they meet the previous date of final investment decision by January 1st of '28 and start construction, I think there'd be probably be some flexibility by the legislature in the event that there was some unforeseen black swan events or something that messed up the construction, slowed it down intentionally, or whatever to, you know, we can change these and modify these going forward. This is not in the Constitution.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
Pete Eklund
“Replaces the previous component-weighted base tax, as I stated earlier, on throughput with a single tax rate on throughput of the project, applying to the entire project, escalating over time.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
Alexi Painter
“Then that would double, so 4.8 mills, and then double again to 9.6 mills. Of course, property value is not going to be fixed over the life of the project. So it is possible that after 30 years, the project will be worth less because it will be 30 years old or they will have done work and the value will go up. It removes that variable.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
Pete Eklund
“it adds a new potential termination of the abatement period and the alternative volumetric tax if a final investment decision is not reached by January 1st, 2028, and if construction of the pipeline component is not completed by December 31st, 2032.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
Alexi Painter
“This initial tax will be— will go through the distribution in Box B. So this provides 48.4% of the tax to Kenai Peninsula Borough, 27% for the North Slope Borough, 9.5% by pipeline mileage. That again includes both of those local governments, but also others in the state. 9.5% To community assistance, and then 5.6% to the state as general fund revenue. And these amounts are again the approximate result of the House version of this bill, just without the weighting.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
Alexi Painter
“Starting in Phase 2, the tax rate is 10.6 cents per 1,000 cubic feet. This is the same as the effective tax rate as modeled by DOR under the House version.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
Alexi Painter
“So assuming the capital costs match the DOR projections, then this would make no substantial change, but it doesn't require collecting capital cost data. So then this bill has a couple of new provisions that were not in the House version. So the first is that after 10 years after Phase 2 begins, there is an additional levy. So in addition to the 10.6 cents, there is another 10.6 cents $10.6 million. So essentially, the tax doubles at that point.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026
Alexi Painter
“In 2060, the tax will double again, so going from 21.2 cents to 42.4 cents. And then the additional amount of revenue raised by that, that tax increase will go entirely to the general fund as UGF revenue.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 19, 2026 9:01am · Jun 19, 2026