Mike Johanns: “At the end of the day, we in the United States do not dictate the pace of events.”

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

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

Somehow we have got to figure out a better way, because at the most important time in this person's life, when they are crying out for help, it should be a simple, straight-forward pathway to access that help.

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…