Jon Tester: “The naval record alone should have brought up some red flags.”

It is always good to have you in front of the Committee.

I think it is a very important piece of legislation.

I think it's really important for food security. The folks -- this is a ban against China, Russia, North Korea and Iran, folks who don't want to see us exist anymore as a nation.

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.