Jon Tester: “I just hope that we learn from this going forward, because I just don't think this is really--the optics are horrible.”

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.

This has been a rubber stamp Congress so far.

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