Jon Tester: “Does that mean all the folks that got rated before 2008 we should call them back up and have them re-rated?”

“During my last two races the democratic Party was poison in my attempts to get re-elected.”

It is so really, really important that you guys have the home Senators on board for this stuff.

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.

I ask that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nebraska. ____________________