Jon Tester: “The National Guard and Reserves have always done more with less, fewer full-time personnel, smaller budgets, older…”

I think it is a very important piece of legislation.

That's because I don't want this race to be nationalized any more than they want it to be nationalized. I'm going to talk about Montana. That's what this race is about.

So you may ask what do I see as my greatest accomplishment. As a U.S. Senator, I see my greatest accomplishment as a citizen legislator, having a real full-time job outside this body, in my case, as a farmer. This is what our forefathers…

I think we need to take these things seriously. I think the president and I think, more importantly, the military are taking it very, very seriously.