Mike Johanns: “But my point is that in areas of extreme disaster they are going to wait an eternity for any kind of help.”

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…

Our job is to try to figure out how we deal with that puzzle, that very difficult issue of how to provide services to people who need it.

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…