Mike Johanns: “Assure me that that is not happening, if you can.”

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…

I will continue to push this legislation, but many of its provisions are things that HUD has the flexibility to implement on its own.

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.