On the recordMay 25, 2017
first, let me thank my good friend from Illinois for, as usual, his articulate, compassionate, and outstanding work and for the great job he and others did yesterday when they invited the people here. I reiterate just what the Senator from Illinois stated; that is, once they take repeal off the table--they are having real trouble with repeal--we want to sit down and make our healthcare system better. It is not perfect. No one thought it was. It is better than it was. Many more people are covered. Preexisting conditions, college kids--kids get out of college, and they get healthcare. All of that is better. We don't want to get rid of everything, but we want to improve it. We are working. Forty-eight Senators, as my colleague from Illinois knows--every Democrat signed a letter to Leader McConnell saying we want to work with you to improve this system, not to sabotage the existing system, not to repeal the good things we have but to improve it. And we have gotten no answer in that regard.
