Jon Tester: “I think it is critical that we get that number up, and I am sure you do too.”

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

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.

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.

I think it'd be a mistake, a -- really a mistake for national security and for food security.