Jon Tester: “Thanks for holding this legislative hearing to discuss the bills we have before us today.”

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.

There's plenty of examples of it. The Mission Act is a prime example. The fastest growing part of the V.A. budget. Why? Because we privatizing V.A. health care and its costing us more money, not less.

During my last two races the democratic Party was poison in my attempts to get re-elected.

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