Jon Tester: “I will make this painless with me. I only have one question, and that is--and it is a yes or no answer--do you believe…”

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

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.

In the end, do you think you can deliver this at or less of a cost the pipeline would have run you?

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.