Cuts to Medicaid are inescapable.

In Washington over the last few years, it’s become increasingly evident that leaders who are willing to embrace bipartisanship, compromise, and demonstrate independent thinking are becoming an endangered species.

You have to remember, you volunteer for this job, and you can leave anytime you want.

So, what do I tell 663,000 [North Carolina] people in two years or three years when President Trump breaks his promise by pushing them off of Medicaid because the funding is not there anymore, guys?

In Washington over the last few years, it’s become increasingly evident that leaders who are willing to embrace bipartisanship, compromise, and demonstrate independent thinking are becoming an endangered species.

It is inescapable that this bill in its current form will betray the very promise that Donald J. Trump [when he met with Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee]. He said, ‘We can go after waste, fraud and abuse’ on any programs.

Alright, so what do I tell 663,000 people in two years or three years, when President Trump breaks his promise by pushing them off of Medicaid because the funding’s not there anymore, guys?

I’m telling the president that you have been misinformed.

make sure that we do not break the promise of Donald J. Trump that he’s made to the people on Medicaid.

Republicans are about to make a mistake on health care and betraying a promise.

Too many elected officials are motivated by pure raw politics who really don’t give a damn about the people they promised to represent on the campaign trail.

What do I tell 663,000 people in two years or three years when President Trump breaks his promise by pushing them off Medicaid?

It is inescapable that this bill, in its current form, will betray the very promise that Donald J. Trump made in the Oval Office or in the Cabinet Room.

I think the people in the White House, those advising the president are not telling him that the effect of this bill is to break a promise…

Between the state-directed payments and the cuts scheduled in this bill—there’s a reduction of state-directed payments.

I said to them, we’ll play hide-and-seek, and I’ll run around in different places on the Senate floor.

The people in the White House advising the president … are not telling him that the effect of this bill is to break a promise.

I would not seek re-election after voting against advancing the 'big, beautiful bill.'

So what do I tell 663,000 people in two years or three years when President Trump breaks his promise by pushing them off Medicaid?

As many of my colleagues have noticed over the last year, and at times even joked about, I haven't exactly been excited about running for another term.

the reality is, let's fast-forward now to 2017. I was in this Chamber when we passed the TCJA. After we passed this, again, everybody was arguing this was all tax policy for the rich, but we unleashed an American economy that we had not…

It is inescapable that this bill, in its current form, will betray the very promise that Donald J. Trump made in the Oval Office.

Now, Republicans are about to make a mistake on health care and betraying a promise.

Senator Kennedy talked about Scooter, and Senator Scott talked about Bubba. I want to talk about Jelly Roll. It turns out, in a committee hearing with Jelly Roll--the country music rock singer--he grew up in Antioch, TN. I said: Do you…

I’m telling the president that you have been misinformed. You supporting the Senate mark will hurt people who are eligible and qualified for Medicaid.