Mike Johanns: “I know you feel very passionately about getting this right. That is what we want to do.”

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…

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.

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