Rep. Tuck’s Community Connection: Public Testimony Opportunities: Oil Tax Proposal; Constituent Meeting
The House Finance Committee will be holding its first public hearings on the Governor’s oil tax bill (HB 110) this Thursday and Friday. This proposed bill would give more than $10 billion over the next 5 years to the oil industry in a bid to get more oil in the pipeline.
I am very supportive of more oil production and more jobs for Alaskans. However, information discovered during review of HB 110 has raised serious questions about the best way to spur more oil production and jobs. Below is a longer discussion of the oil tax issue.
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Rep. Tuck’s Community Connection: Town Hall Meeting- I Want to Know What’s On Your Mind!
Please join me, Senator Kevin Meyer, and Representative Charisse Millett at a town hall meeting to discuss issues important to you and your family:
Town Hall Meeting
Saturday, March 26th, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Elim Café, 561 W. Dimond, between C St. and Arctic
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Rep. Chris Tuck’s Community Connection: Snow Plowing Alert
I just received notice that Anchorage and MatSu are receiving a hefty amount of fresh snow.
The State Department of Transportation has assured legislators that they have all available plows out to clear state-maintained roads for safe travel as soon as possible.
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House Passes Resolution Urging TSA to End Invasive Procedures
New procedures go too far, sacrifice dignity
JUNEAU – Today, The Alaska House of Representatives passed a resolution (HCR8) by Representative Chris Tuck (D-Anchorage) urging the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) to end its recently implemented invasive pat-down procedures and immediately revert to its prior, less invasive, protocol. Representative Sharon Cissna (D-Anchorage), who recently earned national attention for refusing to participate in a TSA pat-down, co-authored the resolution.
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Alaska Democrats Push Federal Bureaucrats to Allow NPR-A Oil Development
JUNEAU – Today, fourteen Democratic members of the Alaska Legislature called on the Obama Administration to resolve permit issues that are delaying ConocoPhillips’ efforts to develop a new oil field in the National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska (NPR-A). Last year, the Army Corps of Engineers rejected Conoco’s permit application to build a bridge across the Coleville River that the company needs to access the new field just west of its Alpine oil field, the third largest in Alaska.
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