Mike Johanns: “I think it is a bad idea, and the reason I do is because I think it is market distorting.”

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…

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?

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