Jon Tester: “These are important bills that need to get advanced, and today is the start of that.”

This Crow Water bill in front of the Committee today is an excellent example of the good work that the Chairman is doing serving his tribe.

Not at all. Uh-uh. No. I mean, the case was laid out and I was part of the jury and make the call.

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…

There's plenty of examples of it. The Mission Act is a prime example. The fastest growing part of the V.A. budget. Why? Because we privatizing V.A. health care and its costing us more money, not less.