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

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.”

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

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.

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 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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Kill it and it’s gone.

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

I still have concerns about SNAP and Medicaid.

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.

There may be that possibility.

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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