On July 14th of 2016, Vice Chairman Tester introduced S. 3261, the Native American Business Incubators Program Act.

I just want to continue real quick. I actually am going to be very interested to hear Dr. Cassidy's questions on this because you are in the business.

We all know and we agree that accountability of VA is critically important, whether we are talking about delivering quality and timely care or whether we are talking about IT initiatives such as electronic health records and scheduling…

We are obviously very interested in the direction VA is heading in terms of modernizing VistA, and whether we are talking about going to a commercial off-the-shelf system or developing a hybrid of the two.

You will have access to x-rays, CAT scans?

The question is when and at what point in time are we going to be interoperable to the point where the information that the DOD has, and by the way, if it is not good information coming to you, you do not have good information, but…

I want to thank the Senator from Alaska. I also want to thank Lieutenant Colonel and Senator Ernst for her service to our Nation. Senator Ernst is the first female combat veteran to ever serve in the Senate. It is an honor to serve with…

it is certainly an honor to think that we are standing here as Senators with two distinguished veterans: Lieutenant Colonel Ernst and Senator Sullivan, who served in the U.S. Marines. In fact, tonight I will be at the Iwo Jima memorial, at…

I really appreciate also how we motivate and encourage students who may want to go to a two year vocational training.

There's a lot of conversation about the future of space travel, as we've heard today, and this public-private-commercial kind of partnerships...

We don't have a port on any of our borders. The transportation sector, in fact, moving people and goods, directly employs about 20,000 Montanans.

Investments in these facilities pay off. They pay off in many respects for the communities that take a leadership there.

the burden that these privacy rules will place on small businesses.

So, again, this is a concern where I think they're chasing the ISP issue right now, but look to where are consumers increasingly headed more so?

So are ISPs the most extensive conduits of consumer information with access to highly sensitive information?

I want to recognize SGT David Thatcher, a member of the Greatest Generation and a true American hero, who sadly passed away on June 22, 2016, in Missoula, MT. Born on July 31, 1921, in Bridger, MT to homesteaders, Joseph and Dorothea…

Skate to where the puck is headed, not where it's at.

The state of Montana has the largest recoverable coal reserves of any state in these United States.