Mike Johanns: “I have very high hopes for this pilot program, because there is, in some cases at least, capacity in some rural areas.”

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

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?

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.

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