Mike Johanns: “None of you have to be intimidated by this. You are enormously qualified to do this job.”

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…

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.

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?