Jon Tester: “I appreciate you holding this important hearing to examine the proposals before the Committee and their potential to…”

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's really important for food security. The folks -- this is a ban against China, Russia, North Korea and Iran, folks who don't want to see us exist anymore as a nation.

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.