U.S. Sen. James Lankford said Tuesday morning that Republicans can and must pass health care reform legislation this session.
Speaking on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends,” Lankford said: “I’m still optimistic that we can because we must. This is kind of a ‘no fail’ moment (when) we have to resolve all of these issues.”
Lankford said Republican leadership should “get all the people that disagree in one room and let’s hammer this out in one moment.”
“For whatever reason we have not been allowed to do that. … We have all been negotiating one at a time. If we can get everybody together at one time and finish this, I think we can get it done.”
Lankford said he expects a “skinnied-down” bill would emerge from those discussions that might not make all the changes Republicans want but will move the discussion forward.
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He also said the 2015 bill that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he’ll bring up for a vote is not a full repeal of the Affordable Care Act and that the Senate does not have the 60 votes required.
