Jon Tester: “I think the bottom line is this, we need to get some VA personnel on the ground listening to Montanans.”

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.

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.

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.