Jon Tester: “We must be clear-eyed that this budget request would represent a real cut in funding for the Department of Defense as it…”

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

This is -- what's gone on the last two weeks or so, 10 days, has been nothing short of craziness.

Well, I think it's really bad. All you got to do is look at the market. But the truth is, is that if you're a businessman, you understand that what you need in the marketplace is certainty.

I know of no further debate on the bill, as amended. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill having been read the third time and there being no further debate, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The bill (S. 1987), as amended, was passed.