Mike Johanns: “I am disappointed this budget does not make the necessary strides to addressing our Nation's debt.”

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

It is Congress who will create the next housing finance system and that the next housing finance system is not the conservatorship of the FHFA.

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…