Jon Tester actually said...

"the taxpayer gets the biggest bang for the buck."

"The National Guard and Reserves have always done more with less, fewer full-time personnel, smaller budgets, older weapons systems and vehicles, and aging IT infrastructure and facilities."

"I hope that when you are in the highest levels of the Pentagon, that you discuss this candidly."

"A full-year continuing resolution (CR) would be a fiscally unsound way of funding the Department, the Navy, the Navy Reserve and government as a whole."