Jon Tester: “We need to deal with the backlogs in disability claims. It is a big issue, and hopefully we can do something about that…”

So you may ask what do I see as my greatest accomplishment. As a U.S. Senator, I see my greatest accomplishment as a citizen legislator, having a real full-time job outside this body, in my case, as a farmer. This is what our forefathers…

I appreciate the recognition. I rise today to talk about an issue that is a disaster. Earlier this week, we saw a water diversion project, that takes water from the St. Mary drainage and puts it in the Milk River, literally blow up. That…

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.

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.