Mike Johanns: “I am coming to the conclusion that this farm bill is about risk management.”

Our job is to try to figure out how we deal with that puzzle, that very difficult issue of how to provide services to people who need it.

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…

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

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.