Mike Johanns: “I think this makes so much sense that ultimately, we can get this done, the purpose of the hearing today.”

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…

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 just hope we are not over-engineering something here.

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.