Mike Johanns: “How much today would the taxpayers be on the hook for when it comes to Fannie and Freddie? Everything, right?”

It is Congress who will create the next housing finance system and that the next housing finance system is not the conservatorship of the FHFA.

I think it would be beneficial.

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 ask for the yeas and nays. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Joseph S. Hezir, of Virginia, to…