Jon Tester: “I want to thank you for all the good work that you've done over the last 2 years.”

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 that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nebraska. ____________________

This is -- what's gone on the last two weeks or so, 10 days, has been nothing short of craziness.

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.