Mike Johanns: “I am very, very proud to be a cosponsor, and I think the lead Republican on that effort.”

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

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…

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.