Sen. Rand Paul discusses the GOP health care bill before a TV interview on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March, 15. | AP Photo Rand Paul: I hope the GOP pulls back the health care bill today

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul said Wednesday he hopes the GOP will pull the American Health Care Act from consideration ahead of an expected vote on the bill's passage tomorrow.

“My hope is they will pull the bill today sometime and that when they pull the bill, we’ll have a serious conversation with conservatives at the table,” he said during an appearance on Fox Business. “And we’ll come to an agreement. We want to come to an agreement, and that agreement is for complete repeal.”


President Donald Trump and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan have been pushing the bill aggressively, as holdouts from moderate and conservative wings of the party threaten the bill’s passage. A vote on the bill is expected to occur Thursday.

Paul blasted Ryan and the rest of the Republican leadership for proposing a bill which maintains some aspects of Obamacare.

“That’s not what we ran on, that’s not what we voted for,” he said. “If there is a fault to be had, it’s in the leadership putting forward something that is not what we ran on.”

The Kentucky senator said grassroots conservatives do not like the bill, which he called “Obamacare-lite.”

“I think there is a little tone deafness up here, they’re not realizing,” he said. “I saw go home and listen to people on both sides of the equation. Nobody likes the bill.”

Paul added there is no rush to pass the bill.

“There’s not a rush to do it in one day,” he said. “I think we could have a week, a couple of weeks of discussion. The most important thing is conservatives should have a seat at the table.”

