Mike Johanns: “I see this hearing as that same sort of opportunity: an opportunity for me to listen; to think about the priorities as…”

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.

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.