Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) wrote to his colleagues on Friday that he only regards upcoming draft legislation from his bipartisan working group as a “starting point” and will encourage input from other senators on amendments.
“Like all legislation of this magnitude, it should be reviewed and scrutinized thoroughly by numerous interested parties well before the first vote is taken,” he wrote. He added that “defend the right rights of every senator, myself included, to conduct this process in an open and detailed manner” if senate leaders tried to interfere with the amendment process.
