Mike Johanns: “The White House needs to have a more visible role in addressing the crisis.”

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.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

But to anyone who might be listening in who is wondering if is it time to give up, it is not.

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…