Jon Tester: “Guess what? I didn't get a response. So we are going to start again, okay?”

I rise to congratulate Kate M. Kaufer, the fearless leader of my defense staff, on more than 20 years of distinguished Federal service and on her well-earned retirement. For the last 4 years, it has been a privilege of a lifetime to serve…

I appreciate the recognition. I rise today to talk about an issue that is a disaster. Earlier this week, we saw a water diversion project, that takes water from the St. Mary drainage and puts it in the Milk River, literally blow up. That…

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.

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