The fact is, insurance companies are having to go to the State regulators as we speak to get insurance rates approved for 2018. That is the urgency we are experiencing here. Unless we act--and act in an expedited fashion--here, very soon…

It has been made clear to us that you don't want to participate in the process, and you are turning a blind eye to the millions of people being hurt today by outrageous premiums, deductibles they can't afford, and a loss of choices because…

if I thought that was a sincere offer, I would take it in a minute--in a New York minute, but it is not. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senate will be in order.

--that we have to resort to the budget reconciliation process which has a set of statutory provisions and rules. There will be a fulsome debate. There has already been a debate on a bill you haven't read. I suggest you take the time to…

I would say to the Senator from Michigan that we would be happy to work with you on high drug prices. That is a serious problem and one of the primary cost drivers of healthcare costs today. But this bill doesn't touch Medicare at all. We…

I enjoyed listening to the comments of my friend, the Senator from Minnesota, and I would just say a couple of things. One is that if 10 or so Democrats would have the courage to work with us, we could pass a true bipartisan healthcare…

maybe I misunderstood the question initially. I would suggest to the Senator from Michigan that it is the Democrats, under ObamaCare, who burned down the house because the individual market for healthcare has been decimated--decimated. And…

reserving the right to object, our colleagues are coming here today and saying they want to participate in the process to fix what is broken in the Affordable Care Act. Yet I have in my hand a newspaper article about a letter that the…

I am really taken aback by the characterization of the minority leader here. The minority has made it clear they don't want to participate in the process of rescuing the American people from the failures of ObamaCare. The ACTING PRESIDENT…

I would say, in response to my friend the minority leader, that it is as a result of their refusal to participate in the usual process of passing legislation through the regular order-- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senate will be…

I would ask the Senator from Washington if she is aware of the fact that under the budget reconciliation process, there will be an unlimited number of amendments that could be offered by either side to the bill which is ultimately filed?

I would say, in response to my friend from New York, the fact that we are having to conduct this under the reconciliation rules is a result of their refusal to participate in the process, thus necessitating Republicans doing this under…