Mike Johanns: “I wish more of it would go building bridges instead of financial markets.”

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…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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.

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.