Mike Johanns: “I think we have a window of opportunity here, but I think that window closes for a whole variety of reasons.”

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…

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.

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.

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