necessary. we are either doing this -- there's either a need or it's not. if your budgetary priorities are either moved by a moral compass where they are not. and this is an outrageous place for them to take a stand and because, once again, pain and heartache and suffering within a community that has felt so much of that over these past few years and is going to be suffering more. >> bret, what people see as a major defeat today is a minor setback and it's just going to propel us to a bigger win and we are confident that after meeting with mitch mcconnell, that he's kept his word and he's working diligently to get this bill on the floor for a straight up-and-down vote. that's what we always wanted. the unanimous consent was easy, but we want a straight up-and-down vote because we didn't get it in 2010, we didn't get it in 2015 and we want to walk out watching the fruition of our work come to an end. >> it's the same song and dance they've given us for 14 years now. this program has proven itself. it has shown itself to be