I will always do what is in the best interest of North Carolina, even when that puts me at odds with my own party.

The loss of rural hospital funding.

It would result in tens of billions of dollars in lost funding for North Carolina, including our hospitals and rural communities.

I will vote against the motion to proceed and the final bill assuming it does not change.

My state stands to lose tens of billions of dollars if the provider tax is capped.

600,000 people could lose access to health care as a result of Republicans’ changes to Medicaid.

Deep Medicaid cuts could result in disaster for Republicans in the midterms.

We’ve got to get to a point where elected officials have to take some responsibility for their actions.

It just disturbs me that we’ve got somebody in detention who served — by all accounts admirably — alongside American servicemen.

I think we owe it to this person to get him out of detention and into some status.

Mr. President, I understand the Senate has received H.J. Res. 75 from the House. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Ricketts). The Senator is correct.

I move to proceed to H.J. Res. 75. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Motion to proceed to H.J. Res. 75, a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under…