Political Quotes

Jon Tester: “My last point would be this. If we are going to get the debt and deficit under control, one of the things we have to do…”

On the recordOctober 7, 2013
My last point would be this. If we are going to get the debt and deficit under control, one of the things we have to do is grow the economy. By stopping government with this continuing resolution, by talking, simply talking about increasing the debt limit, it does not do good things for our economy. In fact, it takes it in the wrong direction. We see businesses contract when they see what is going on here in Washington. It is time to start using some common sense. There are folks who claim to be business representatives out there. I talked to a bunch of businesses this afternoon.
Said by
Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana
Source
govinfo.gov
Oct 7, 2013

Share

More from Jon Tester

Jul 15, 2025

If that was possible it would already be done.

msnbc.com
May 31, 2026

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

cbsnews.com
Aug 6, 2026

During my last two races the democratic Party was poison in my attempts to get re-elected.

theatlantic.com
Jul 17, 2026

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.

cbsnews.com

Other voices in this conversation