senator bozeman said -- quote -- he would very much like to see a conference. senator wicker said weeks ago that -- quote -- "by the end of next week, we should be ready to go to conference." so we have known for a while that blocking regular order, especially after calling for it so eagerly just a matter of months ago, was not sitting well with a number of our republican colleagues. and now according to "politico," more republicans appear to favor heading to conference than blocking it. madam president, i welcome that. we need to move this to conference. it is the regular order. it will allow us to solve our country's problems, and we -- we truly need a process to allow us to deal with our nation's problems. madam president, senator mccain is on the floor, and i want to thank him because he understands the importance, not just for this bill but for all legislation in the senate, that we come here, we compromise, we fight hard for what we believe in, but at the end of the day just saying my way or the highway, even if you're a small minority, doesn't move this