Jon Tester: “Without Congress acting, without Congress doing the right thing... how can you spend a lot of time on something that is…”

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the flexibility.

That's between me and the ballot box.

There's plenty of examples of it. The Mission Act is a prime example. The fastest growing part of the V.A. budget. Why? Because we privatizing V.A. health care and its costing us more money, not less.

I appreciate the recognition. I rise today to talk about an issue that is a disaster. Earlier this week, we saw a water diversion project, that takes water from the St. Mary drainage and puts it in the Milk River, literally blow up. That…