You can either say, ‘I don’t like it,’ and not try to help my state, or you can roll up your sleeves.

Do I like this bill? No. Because I tried to take care of Alaska’s interest.

My hope is that the House is gonna look at this and recognize that we’re not there yet.

And so when, when people suggest that federal dollars go to one of our 50 states in a quote, bailout, I find that offensive.

Many of us are looking at that and saying, it makes no sense to put a greater burden on the most vulnerable in our communities when it comes to health care and access to health care.

My hope is that House is going to look at this and recognize that we’re not there yet.

It just came about like it was airdropped into the bill.

I had to look on balance. We do not have a perfect bill by any stretch of the imagination.

It’s just entirely punitive to the wind and solar industry.

I have made clear very early on that we cannot move forward with a bill that makes cuts to Medicaid.

This is probably the most difficult and agonizing legislative 24-hour period that I have encountered.

My hope is that the House is gonna look at this and recognize that we’re not there yet.

That weighs very, very heavily, and so what I tried to do was to ensure that my colleagues understood what that means when you live in an area where there are no jobs.

Kill it and it's gone. There is a tax impact coming forward. That's gonna hurt the people in my state.

We do not have a perfect bill, by any stretch of the imagination.

When people suggest that federal dollars go to one of our fifty states in a quote, ‘bailout,’ I find that offensive. I advocated for my state’s interests.

The decision process, Murkowski told reporters after the vote, had been “agonizing,” and she “struggled mightily with the impact on the most vulnerable in this country, when you look to Medicaid and SNAP.”

There is a tax impact coming forward. That’s gonna hurt the people in my state.