and i want to publicly thank gayle fountain, jessica arden frederick, diane miller, bob ross, marlee breckman, gabriel backman, jessica barry, jeremy wyrick, gin tou icen, alec mccarthy, rachel milburg, stacey mcbride, rachel jones, james christopher son, alan cutler, goodlo sutton, heidi savment mariti, carl barriyc, and mike clark. they are the ones who should be receiving the medal this evening. mr. president, this conference report is a combination of a process that includes countless hours of hearings, markups, debate, and negotiations and posting online -- and i underline this -- all of the hearing testimony and legislative text for any citizen to review. and finally, mr. president, it represents the one essential ingredient to a functioning democracy that has been in short supply in recent months: compromise. so, mr. president, i urge my colleagues to vote in favor of this measure and send it to the president for his signature. i yield the floor. mr. cochran: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from mississippi. mr. cochran: mr. president, this conference report contains agreements between the house and senate on three appropriations bil