Mike Johanns: “I just wanted to put on the record again today that the situation specifically with Japan is not yet solved.”

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.

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

I appreciate the fact that you have the Agricultural Advisory Committee up and running. Thank you for that.