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

My hope is that the House is going to 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.

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

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

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.”

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.

Do I like this bill? No. In many parts of the country, there are Americans that are not going to be advantaged by this bill.

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

Did we make some changes in the SNAP provisions that will allow for a delay, that will allow for greater flexibility to the state? Absolutely.

I still have concerns about SNAP and Medicaid.

There may be that possibility.

Do I feel that within my Republican conference, I always feel like I’m right here in my political home? No.

Trump wants to be seen as special and uniquely capable. He seems to have a deep psychological need for that kind of approval.

If the Republican Party has become nothing more than the party of Trump, I sincerely question whether this is the party for me.

We are all afraid. It’s quite a statement. But we are in a time and a place where I certainly have not been here before.

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