Jon Tester: “I do not think it is acceptable to be continuing to say: Don't worry about this, it is coming.”

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.

Well, I think it's really bad. All you got to do is look at the market. But the truth is, is that if you're a businessman, you understand that what you need in the marketplace is certainty.

That's between me and a ballot box.

I ask unanimous consent that the Tester- Daines substitute amendment at the desk be agreed to and the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 2074)…