Jon Tester

I've tried to advocate for some of the money set forth in food research and, by the way, we have been very remiss from public dollars going into research for seeds.

I would love to be able to fill out my maps and do everything at home on my kitchen table but we're not even close to that yet.

If offices are closed and there's a tardiness in getting... we're setting ourselves up for an explosion in rural America.

The Pentagon's USFSPA study recommendations are a good starting point for reform.

I would hope that, since we're out of sequestration now, that those vacancies might be able to be filled.

If we're going to have a free market system, a capitalistic system in agriculture, GIPSA is pretty damn important from my perspective.

Can you tell me what's in this budget that you're proud of, you're particularly proud of that is going to help rural development.

I have watched farmers get bigger and smaller and rural communities dry up.

I think what I am seeing as a farmer and I am still actively engaged in Agriculture is I'm not seeing a lot of options out there as far as public.

It has been criminal, as a matter of fact.

I have seen evaporate. The way of life we've had in agriculture, when I graduated from high school, is leaving exponentially fast.

The modernizing the system language has been around for 25 years and it hasn't been done yet.

I would just say be very, very, very careful because these agencies are very helpful.

I think you are spot-on. And I think what you do to encourage the small producers of local food systems is very, very important.

I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, April 2, 2014, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a legislative hearing to…

I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet on Wednesday, March 26, 2014, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``the President's Fiscal Year 2015…

I wish to talk about two amendments I will call up on S. 1086, the child care and development block grant bill. The first one I will speak to is amendment No. 2834, which Senator Murkowski and I are offering in relation to tribal childcare…

The infrastructure needs in Indian Country are great, and for Indian communities to increase economic development and opportunities on reservations, we must invest in improving and expanding transportation infrastructure.

Motor vehicle accidents are the number one cause of death of American Indians age 1 through 34 and the third overall cause of death for all American Indians.

Chairman Tester, the Fort Peck Tribes support the efforts of the Tribal Transportation Unity Caucus in seeking comprehensive consensus changes to our Tribal Transportation Program.

The federal government has a responsibility to support the infrastructure needs of Native American tribes.

I think it has got tremendous upsides.

The backlog is always a big thing, and we will be talking about the backlog until we get it down to a point where we do not have to talk about it anymore.

I think that is the way it should be.

A great concern at the end of October was if the shutdown continued we would put at risk all the benefits checks that were already decided and veterans receive every month.