Jon Tester: “I say to Senator Manchin that I think everybody in this body wants to have real job creation. They want to see this…”

“I say to Senator Manchin that I think everybody in this body wants to have real job creation. They want to see this unemployment rate go down. I think most everybody realizes that if we cannot get the unemployment rate to go down, the chances of paying off our debt and getting the budget under control will be severely diminished. The Senator has offered some potential amendments to S. 1723, as I have--assuming we get cloture on this bill. In a previous life, the Senator from West Virginia was a Governor. When I was in the State legislature, oftentimes, money came to us from the Federal Government, and we very much appreciated it. But we took an administrative cost right off the top, as a natural procedure--anywhere from 3 to a much higher percentage rate than that. Is that something they did in West Virginia? How would the Senator's amendment impact things such as administrative costs and will you be able to get more of your money to the ground out of these dollars?”