Jon Tester

We are going to expand a facility that is probably going to have to be replaced in a year or two.

In the midst of all this, we had $1.4 billion cut out of the House VA appropriations bill, which I know we will deal with it in our own way over here that would result in less veterans getting care, more specifically, about $690 million…

I do not think there is a Senator that sits around this table or maybe even serves in the U.S. Senate that will not tell you that we need more mental health care professionals.

I have to tell you, as I look at the AMP program, this is about as close to the definition of insanity as I've ever seen.

I'm going to be introducing a bipartisan piece of legislation that does a couple of things.

Full-scale AMP is too costly and would prevent us from meeting those 2020 deadlines.

That synergy is an asset to both the Air Force and, in your case, the Guard? Is that correct?

As the world becomes more dependent on technology, protecting these networks is going to be critical.

My fear is that we end up with a fleet of 130s that are incapable of operating in domestic airspace.

I think the key here is funding. I mean, I don't think you want to waste a bunch of time if the money never comes.

Without Congress acting, without Congress doing the right thing... how can you spend a lot of time on something that is never going to happen unless we step up?

What is the justification for that proposed cut?

It's a good bill. It would not have passed without your support, and we appreciate that.

I really appreciate the job you have done since you've been here at Homeland Security.

We have the beginnings of a historic drought out West.

It increases manpower hours along the border, which I think we all think is more important, more predictable schedules for the employees and more predictable paychecks.

Transparency in Government is a good thing across the board.

In my opinion in this democracy it ought to be open.

I appreciate all your work, and you have got some people behind you that also work very hard.

We have limited money here; at least I think that is across the board, but I am not sure it is across the board.

I think we all want to have a secure border, but, look, if we want to get hung up on terminology, we can get hung up on terminology.

The fact that we need safe roads in Indian Country is no exception.

We need to work together to improve the safety of roads in Indian Country.

If we listen to you folks, I think we make better decisions.

It's becoming clear that the utilization of the Choice Program isn't as high as expected, at least not at this point.