McConnell speaks after 'skinny repeal' fails

WITHOUT OBJECTION.
>> SO, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS
CLEARLY A DISAPPOINTING MOMENT.
FROM SKYROCKETING COSTS TO
PLUMMETING CHOICES AND
COLLAPSING MARKETS, OUR
CONSTITUENTS HAVE SUFFERED
THROUGH AN AWFUL LOT UNDER
OBAMACARE.
WE THOUGHT THEY DESERVED BETTER.
IT'S WHY I AND MANY OF MY
COLLEAGUES DID AS WE PROMISED
AND VOTED TO REPEAL THIS FAILED
LAW.
WE TOLD OUR CONSTITUENTS WE
WOULD VOTE THAT WAY.
AND WHEN THE MOMENT CAME, WHEN
THE MOMENT CAME, MOST OF US DID.
WE KEPT OUR COMMITMENTS.
WE WORKED HARD, AND EVERYBODY ON
THIS SIDE CAN CERTAINLY ATTEST
TO THE FACT THAT WE WORKED
REALLY HARD.
TO TRY TO DEVELOP A CONSENSUS
FOR A BETTER WAY FORWARD.
AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY IN
THIS CONFERENCE FOR THE ENDLESS
AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY SPENT
TRYING TO ACHIEVE THE CONSENSUS.
TO GO FORWARD.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE
PRESIDENT AND THE VICE PRESIDENT
WHO COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE
INVOLVED AND MORE HELPFUL.
SO, YES, THIS IS A
DISAPPOINTMENT.
A DISAPPOINTMENT INDEED.
OUR FRIENDS OVER IN THE HOUSE,
WE THANK THEM AS WELL.
I REGRET THAT OUR EFFORTS WERE
SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH.
THIS TIME.
NOW IMAGINE MANY OF OUR
COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE ARE
CELEBRATING.
PROBABLY PRETTY HAPPY ABOUT ALL
THIS.
BUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
HURTING AND THEY NEED RELIEF.
OUR FRIENDS ON THE OTHER SIDE
DECIDED EARLY ON THEY DIDN'T
WANT TO ENGAGE WITH US AND IN A
SERIOUS WAY, IN A SERIOUS WAY,
TO HELP THOSE SUFFERING UNDER
OBAMACARE.
THEY DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD
TO PREVENT THE SENATE FROM
PROVIDING A BETTER WAY FORWARD,
INCLUDING SUCH THINGS AS READING
AMENDMENTS FOR ENDLESS AMOUNTS
OF TIME.
SUCH THINGS AS HOLDING UP
NOMINATIONS FOR KEY POSITIONS IN
THE ADMINISTRATION.
BECAUSE THEY WERE UNHAPPY THAT
WE WERE TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO
SOMETHING BETTER.
THAN OBAMACARE.
SO I EXPECT THAT THEY ARE PRETTY
SATISFIED TONIGHT.
I REGRET TO SAY THAT THEY
SUCCEEDED IN THAT EFFORT.
SO NOW I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE
TO ASK WHAT ARE THEIR IDEAS.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE.
WHAT THEY SUGGEST.
AS THE WAY FORWARD.
FOR MYSELF, I CAN SAY, AND I BET
I'M PRETTY SAFE FOR SAYING FOR
PEOPLE ON THIS SIDE OF THE AISLE
THAT BAILING OUT INSURANCE
COMPANIES, BAILING OUT INSURANCE
COMPANIES WITH NO THOUGHT OF ANY
KIND OF REFORM IS NOT SOMETHING
I WANT TO BE PART OF.
AND I SUSPECT THAT NOT MANY
FOLKS OVER HERE THAT ARE
INTERESTED IN THAT.
BUT IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO
SEE WHAT THEY HAVE IN MIND.
QUADRUPLING DOWN ON THE FAILURES
OF OBAMACARE WITH A SINGLE PAYER
SYSTEM.
WE HAD THAT VOTE A LITTLE
EARLIER THANKS TO THE SENATOR
FROM MONTANA.
ALMOST EVERYBODY VOTED PRESENT.
APPARENTLY THEY DIDN'T WANT TO
MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHETHER
THEY WERE FOR OR AGAINST
SOCIALIZED MEDICINE.
THE GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF
EVERYTHING.
EUROPEAN HEALTH CARE.
ONLY FOUR OF THEM WEREN'T AFRAID
TO SAY THEY DIDN'T THINK THAT
WAS A GOOD IDEA.
SO MAYBE THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT
TO OFFER.
WE'LL BE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT
DEBATE WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
SO IT'S TIME FOR OUR FRIENDS ON
THE OTHER SIDE TO TELL US WHAT
THEY HAVE IN MIND.
AND WE'LL SEE HOW THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THEIR IDEAS.
SO I REGRET THAT WE'RE HERE.
BUT I WANT TO SAY AGAIN I'M
PROUD OF THE VOTE I CAST
TONIGHT.
IT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE
TOLD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WE'D
TRY TO ACCOMPLISH.
IN FOUR STRAIGHT ELECTIONS, IF
THEY GAVE US A CHANCE.
AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY
COLLEAGUES ON THIS SIDE OF THE
AISLE FOR EVERYTHING THEY DID TO
TRY TO KEEP THAT COMMITMENT.
WHAT WE TRIED TO ACCOMPLISH FOR
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WAS THE
RIGHT THING POUR THE COUNTRY.
AND OUR ONLY REGRET TONIGHT, OUR
ONLY REGRET IS THAT WE DIDN'T
ACHIEVE WHAT WE HAD HOPED TO
ACCOMPLISH.
I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO REGRET THAT WE COULDN'T
FIND A BETTER WAY FORWARD.
AND AS I SAID, WE LOOKED FORWARD
TO OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER
SIDE SUGGESTING WHAT THEY HAVE
IN MIND.
SO NOW, MR. PRESIDENT, IT'S TIME
TO MOVE ON.
AND I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT
AT 10:00 A.M. ON FRIDAY, JULY
28th, THAT'S TOMORROW, THE
SENATE PROCEED TO CONSIDERATION
OF CALENDAR NUMBER 175

McConnell speaks after 'skinny repeal' fails

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