i'd also like to thank our ranking member on the appropriations committee, senator leahy, who worked so diligently with his staff and his ranking members on these issues, as well as senator murray, who's been our beacon on health issues where we've made real progress today. the budget deal is a win for the american people. it will also do so much good for our military and for so many middle-class americans. and finally consign the arbitrary and pointless sequester caps to the ash heap of history. and a final point, madam president. our work here in congress on this budget deal between the republican leader and i, between the senate and the house, was completed without a great deal of help from the white house. while president trump threatens shutdowns and stalemates,