I voted to confirm Kennedy only after intense conversations that included Kennedy’s promise to maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ recommendations without changes.

Elon was a big contributor in the last election, but this was a whole team effort.

I believe in redemption. I hope we can resolve it, get everybody together again.

To say it has bipartisan support is an underestimate.

We’ve gotta get it done, and I think Elon understands the weight of that. I hope he comes around, and I’d love to talk to him this week, and I hope he calls me back today.

We're not buying the CBO estimates.

I know that the [electric vehicle] mandate is very important to him. I know that has an effect on his business and I lament that.

Am I concerned about the effect of this on the midterms? I’m not.

People will not lose their Medicaid unless they choose to do so

This bill will actually reduce the deficit if you recognize the historical economical growth that has always been there.

The primary emphasis is on the work requirements.

This is the key to the economic resurgence of America. It’s going to be jet fuel for the economy.

The House is eager and ready to act on DOGE's findings so we can deliver even more cuts to big government that President Trump wants and the American people demand.

For him to come out and pan the whole bill is, to me, just very disappointing, very surprising.

there are no Medicaid cuts

I just deeply regret that he's made this mistake.

They are protected in what we're doing because we're preserving the resources for those who need it most.

We are not cutting Medicaid.