Jon Tester

I expressed my strong opposition to a proposal by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that would prevent small farmers from selling their products at farmers markets.

Do staffing challenges make it difficult for you to do your reviews on time?

And will it have additional recommendations in it?

Thank you very much. But it would have been nice to have the Fed, and hopefully they will take a look at the testimony that you guys put forth, because I think it was very good.

It would have been nice to have the Fed, and hopefully they will take a look at the testimony that you guys put forth.

I appreciate that, and I also appreciate all the testimony by all the folks on the panel today.

Our desire is not to build a big stand-alone bank but to use it as a way to serve our existing policy holders better.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet on Thursday, March 13, 2014, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 10 a.m., to conduct an oversight hearing to receive testimony on ``Tribal…

I very much look forward to working with you to ensure that we do not force insurers into a bank-centric regulatory model.

Thank you for putting yourself forward for this job, and congratulations on a historic confirmation.

I know we can accomplish that, because it is not about the limitations of the child, it is about the limitations of the system.

I know we will discuss in further depth today is the ability of our programs to support Native languages and help preserve and protect these important connections to Native culture and identity.

We share your commitment to advancing early learning and making improvements to ensure the programs serving Native communities are the most efficient and effective as possible.

I am looking forward to taking action on the important legislation that is so meaningful for our constituents.

I know that every member of this Committee shares my commitment to ensure the tribes in Indian communities have every opportunity to succeed and grow.

I am humbled by the responsibility to serve it in this position.

I believe that improving these opportunities can be a starting point for addressing many of the issues that are so prevalent throughout much of Indian Country.

Today marks my first hearing as Chairman of this Committee, and I look forward to working with each of my colleagues.

Every child deserves a strong start in life.

When we invest in early childhood, we are investing not only in the child but the family and the community around him or her.

I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, February 26, 2014, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct an oversight hearing…

If the deductible was raised small companies would leave the market, which I agree with, who write nearly half the policies, and private capital would not come to the marketplace in as large of amounts.

If we had no TRIA program, if the TRIA program was not there at all, could you explain what the risk to taxpayers would be then?

I just want to say thank you for your service, not only to Indian Country, but to the Country.