Mike Johanns: “The VA is a treasure. We want to protect that, enhance it and do everything we can to improve it.”

I just hope we are not over-engineering something here.

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 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…

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.