Jon Tester actually said...

"We should not allow the large businesses to come in and elbow out the small ones to get those contracts that are set aside for the small businesses."

"I will be the first one to tell you that low bidder is sometimes low bidder for a reason."

"It seems to me that large national firms have an advantage over large local firms on Federal projects."

"I want to welcome the Committee members. This is a great panel, half a dozen folks who can really answer, I think, a lot of questions that need to be answered as we address issues of natural disasters..."