Jon Tester: “I am concerned that we are going to be in the same exact spot next year as we are at this year.”

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)…

So you may ask what do I see as my greatest accomplishment. As a U.S. Senator, I see my greatest accomplishment as a citizen legislator, having a real full-time job outside this body, in my case, as a farmer. This is what our forefathers…

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 know of no further debate on the bill, as amended. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill having been read the third time and there being no further debate, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The bill (S. 1987), as amended, was passed.