Jon Tester: “So the bottom line is you think we are competitive in our pay scale with the private sector even though we hear stories…”

That's because I don't want this race to be nationalized any more than they want it to be nationalized. I'm going to talk about Montana. That's what this race is about.

I think it is a very important piece of legislation.

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.

In the end, do you think you can deliver this at or less of a cost the pipeline would have run you?