Do I like this bill? No.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Do I like this bill? No. But I tried to take care of Alaska's interests.

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

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

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.

I have an obligation to the people of the state of Alaska, and I live up to that every single day.

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.

When I saw the direction that this is going, you can either say, ‘I don’t like it,’ and not try to help my state, or you can roll up your sleeves, and do so.

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.”

I struggled mightily with the impact on the most vulnerable in this country, when you look to Medicaid and SNAP.