Jon Tester

I mean, these guys could be--literally lose the farm.

The issue when it comes to infrastructure is it is expensive, and it is needed.

$19.5 million is not even close to keeping up with the rate of inflation.

By fall, the growing season is over. So is there anything we can do? Talk to me, please.

I will take that as an endorsement. Thank you.

I think the request this year is $19.5 million for construction on those six projects.

I hope we plus this up again.

I appreciate you trying to get back to the $900 million figure. It actually should have been indexed so it would be more than that now, in my opinion.

Thank you for being here.

I think we need to be careful to not make producing Federal coal completely uneconomical.

I think that it is critical that we get a fair return on those coal dollars.

There are some who want to transfer our Federal lands to our States.

I believe in transparency. I believe in a fair return to the taxpayer.

I am fighting like hell to keep that border station open, but, man, it is tough to fight.

I thank you all for being here.

Are we really doing anything for rural development with the farm bill?

I wanted to give you a little history. Back in the 1930s, if it would not have been for FDR's work with the farm program, I would not be on the farm today.

I will fight for it until the last dog is hung, and so will Moran and so will Merkley.

I agree with what you said.

Senator Moran and I try to get every nickel we can out of it.

In the 1960s when I was growing up, my folks, I remember them specifically saying that they were going to sign up for the farm program because it was the patriotic thing to do.

Public education, family farm agriculture, if we lose either one, this country is changed and not for the better.

You shared this with folks, it is kind of like the Olympics.

Do the airlines understand that after 9/11, there was nobody flying? Do they understand that if we have an issue like this, it will have incredible--and nobody wants to see it--incredible economic impacts not only on airlines but across…

I think it is critically important. It is our job to make sure that the folks who are flying are kept safe in this country.