Mike Johanns: “The roots of successful development are there in rural communities in Nebraska and across this country.”

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

I think it would be beneficial.

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.

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…