Mike Johanns: “I ask you to be persistent in trying to work together and coordinate with your fellow regulators.”

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…

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?

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

I just hope we are not over-engineering something here.