Mike Johanns: “I voted against TARP, the second tranche of TARP. Quite honestly, I do not think we should put the taxpayer in that…”

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

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.

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…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.