Jon Tester: “Taking the taxpayers off the hook and getting it out of conservatorship is really important.”

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.

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

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