Jon Tester: “There are some places where we should mine, and there are some places we should not.”

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.

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.

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.