Jon Tester: “Why not? It just seems to me--and just tell me Mr. Williams or Mr. Mayes, if you can tell me what you do now.”

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.

If that was possible it would already be done.

Was totally figuratively speaking.

I know of no further debate on the bill, as amended. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill having been read the third time and there being no further debate, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The bill (S. 1987), as amended, was passed.