Jon Tester: “Will any of these dollars help with the in absentia rate?”

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.

I ask unanimous consent that the Tester- Daines substitute amendment at the desk be agreed to and the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 2074)…

This Crow Water bill in front of the Committee today is an excellent example of the good work that the Chairman is doing serving his tribe.

During my last two races the democratic Party was poison in my attempts to get re-elected.