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"The internet must be a level playing field where success is founded on the best ideas, not the deepest pockets. Yet once again, the Trump Administration is acting to stack the deck for the powerful special interests and against the interest of the public.
"Dismantling net neutrality will chill competition, hurt consumers, and punish entrepreneurs. A month after allowing internet service providers to sell Americans' private browsing history and intimate personal information, the Administration is moving to destroy the openness and dynamism of the internet.
"Our major concerns in these negotiations have been about funding for the wall and uncertainty about the CSR payments crucial to the stability of the marketplaces under the Affordable Care Act. We've now made progress on both of these fronts.
"More progress needs to be made on some of our priorities, and we continue to be concerned about poison pill riders that are still in this legislation. Our appropriators are working in good faith toward a bipartisan proposal to keep government open."
"TrumpCare means higher costs, less coverage, gutting key protections, a crushing age tax, and stealing from Medicare – and Republicans continue to make it even more cruel and costly for America's families.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer also deflected by saying, "I think it's got to be kept in context."
"At some point, we get to a place where we've got to move on and start focusing on the things that the American people care about, and I don't think this is it."
Meanwhile, a new NBC News/WSJ poll shows nearly three-quarters of Americans overwhelmingly support having an outside, independent commission to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election.