Jon Tester: “Although these proposed increases are encouraging, we must also acknowledge that these are harsh financial times.”

I appreciate your hard work.

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'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.

In the end, do you think you can deliver this at or less of a cost the pipeline would have run you?