"My hope is that House is going to look at this and recognize that we’re not there yet."
"Do I like this bill? No."
"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."
"We do not have a perfect bill, by any stretch of the imagination."
"Kill it and it’s gone."
"I struggled mightily with the impact on the most vulnerable in this country, when you look to Medicaid and SNAP."
"I have made clear very early on that we cannot move forward with a bill that makes cuts to Medicaid."
"It’s just entirely punitive to the wind and solar industry."
"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."
"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."