Jon Tester: “You touched on something that drives me crazy in Government, in that we reduce the workforce on one hand.”

I think it'd be a mistake, a -- really a mistake for national security and for food security.

I would say two things. Number one this administration has totally blown the opportunity to make government more efficient by going in with a -- with a -- with a meat cleaver and just hack up agencies.

I appreciate your hard work.

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. ____________________