Mike Johanns: “I hope today we can begin the discussion here in the Banking Committee about the bipartisan Senate bill.”

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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…

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 just hope we are not over-engineering something here.