Jon Tester: “Absolutely. It could have such a negative impact on the GDP that we could have a negative fourth quarter if this crazy…”

These are important bills that need to get advanced, and today is the start of that.

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.

That's between me and a ballot box.

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.