Mike Johanns: “You know, and I do not know if I should be reassured by that or not, because what you have just described for me is…”

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

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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 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…