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Jill Tokuda: “There is nothing in this budget that you're putting forward…”

Featuring: Jill Tokuda, Democratic | U.S. House Hawaii, 2nd Congressional District

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'Has The Army Made Any Actual Offers?': Tokuda Asks General About Leases In Hawaii

Published | Video Starts at 01:01

I can tell you that publicly. There has been no offer, no discussion of an extension of a lease at all or renegotiation of. Renegotiation of a lease, no dollar amount. There is nothing in this budget that you're putting forward to even indicate that it would have been a consideration to provide a financial offer for a lease renegotiation for Phakaloa. There is nothing right now. We are 40 months away from the expiration. Given the prematurity of even talking about eminent domain, even through threatening condemnation on a state and … (01:01–01:13)

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Asserts that the current budget does not include considerations for a financial offer for Phakaloa lease renegotiation.

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