Jon Tester: “It's time to take a breath, take a look at what you got, and then move forward.”

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.

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.

This has been a rubber stamp Congress so far.

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