Mike Johanns: “I think it is just a great honor to serve your Nation in this capacity.”

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.

Just a word or two to both leaders. Thank you so much for your kind words. I also want to say thank you for mentioning my wife Stephanie. This has been a remarkable partnership for a lot of years, and I could not have done what I did…

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

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