CORKER STATEMENT ON SENATE HEALTH CARE DEBATE

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement regarding the Senate health care debate.

"My strong preference was for Congress to advance legislation I supported earlier this week to repeal Obamacare after a reasonable transition period," said Corker. "I sincerely believed that was the best path forward and would have taken us back to a level playing field where, by a date certain, all sides would have had incentive to work together to develop a health care replacement that would generate broad support and stand the test of time. Unfortunately, that amendment failed to achieve the votes necessary to advance."

"I am disappointed that the Senate failed this morning to advance legislation that would allow us to continue our work to repeal and replace Obamacare, which is driving up costs and limiting choices for families in Tennessee and across our country," added Corker. "It is my hope that we will expeditiously move to a process that will generate an outcome that is better for the American people than what is in place today."

Corker voted on Wednesday to repeal Obamacare. The amendment failed to advance by a vote of 45 to 55. On Friday, Corker voted for the Health Care Freedom Act, which would have allowed Congress to continue its work to repeal and replace Obamacare. The legislation failed to advance by a vote of 49 to 51.

Read this original document at: https://www.corker.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-list?ID=BBAD06B0-F9BB-4F5C-8115-B495781AB5CA