Mike Johanns: “What I'm also extremely tired of is the treatment we get versus how we handle these things. Our borders get shut, their…”

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

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

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.

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?