Mike Johanns: “I applaud that. I am very interested in hearing about the progress we have made in the past year.”

Just a word or two to both leaders. Thank you so much for your kind words. I also want to say thank you for mentioning my wife Stephanie. This has been a remarkable partnership for a lot of years, and I could not have done what I did…

I will continue to push this legislation, but many of its provisions are things that HUD has the flexibility to implement on its own.

Somehow we have got to figure out a better way, because at the most important time in this person's life, when they are crying out for help, it should be a simple, straight-forward pathway to access that help.

Could you do that and make it crystal clear to the public that you confirm that the role of conservator... is to be the bridge builder?