Mike Johanns: “I want to say thank you for holding this hearing. We all agree on one thing: this is about as important an issue as we…”

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

I just hope we are not over-engineering something here.

I appreciate the fact that you have the Agricultural Advisory Committee up and running. Thank you for that.

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…