Lamar Alexander actually said...

"The hope is, now that we have put a proposal on the table, that the Senate will consider it, that the house will consider it, and the President will consider it."

"I talked with the President last night, and he encouraged the process, which he asked me to begin, and said he looked forward to considering it."

"I want to thank Senator Murray for her leadership and being a straightforward, tough negotiating partner on our efforts to present to the Senate a limited, bipartisan bill to stabilize the insurance m..."

"opening statement"