The bipartisan settlement we are looking at today is the result of years of negotiations between the tribe, local elected officials, irrigators, State legislators, Federal agencies, and other stakeholders to hammer out a fair compromise.
Tester describes the collaborative effort behind the water settlement.
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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 am going to start by saying that, being 68 years of age, I oftentimes do things that may not be the smartest, and one of the things I did yesterday was play basketball due to the influence of my bald-headed chief of staff Dylan Laslovich…
Many years ago, my Native friends told me that water is life, and it is, for all lives.
I think it’d be a mistake, a -- really a mistake for national security and for food security.
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