Hoyer Discusses Today's TrumpCare Vote with CNN's “At This Hour”

“Well, I don't know if they have the votes because I’m not counting Republican votes, per se. But clearly they've had extraordinary difficulty getting Republican votes, which is an indication of how tenuous this bill is. There are an awful lot of Republicans that even if they get their arm twisted and they vote for it don't think this is a good bill, think it puts pre-existing conditions at great risk.”

“The reality is they're rushing to judgment because they think the facts are going to be against them. The facts are going to undermine their ability to pass this bill. We don't have a CBO score, which [Speaker] Paul Ryan in his book and in discussions regarding the health bill when it passed said, passing something without a CBO score is irresponsible and should not be done… Republicans are going to rue the day when they voted for this bill which will undermine the health care for 24 million people who are going to be kicked off health care.”

“There are 20-plus million more people who have insurance today than had it [before the Affordable Care Act]. We have the lowest level of uninsured people than we’ve had in a very, very long time. So from that standpoint, we believe the Affordable Care Act is working. We think it's been undermined from the very beginning of the Trump Administration and, therefore, destabilized the market. But the fact of the matter is, we're prepared to work with the Republicans on fixing the Affordable Care Act, making it work better.”

“I think the Democrats in the Senate are going to be against this bill because they know it will have a very adverse consequences on their people and on the insurance capability and access and cost for almost every American. So I think they're going to be against this bill. The issue is really whether Republican Members of the Senate are going to reflect what they know to be the case, that this is not a good bill, not good for the American people, or if they're going to vote based upon what they think is their political imperative. We'll see, but I don't think this bill is going to go anywhere in the Senate.”