Jon Tester

They do a hell of a job with that money, quite frankly. That is not brag, that is fact.

If there is a way you can develop a plan, I think we can get people to support it to get it done.

Unless we wake up around here, we aren't going to have the resources to manage because they are all going to be burnt up.

You get one finger pointing that way, you have three fingers pointing back at Congress and that is no truer than in this situation.

I would just say a lot of these water projects, at least the two in Montana, are offsprings of the Water Compact Agreements.

I encourage you to support non-University and non-hospital affiliated research institutions throughout the country.

The Air Force has long considered the airspace near Great Falls--the Hayes Military Operations Area--an important national asset.

Perfect. Thank you, Senator Warren.

I do not think the Government is all that great an investor, and I think it is important to make sure that Government is properly compensated for taking on this risk.

I would like to call this hearing to order of the Securities, Insurance, and Investment Subcommittee titled Returning Private Capital to Mortgage Markets: A Fundamental for Housing Finance Reform.

I appreciate that. And I would hope that research would happen even before it's released into the ecosystem to find out what the potential of it happening out there is.

I think these public cultivars are very, very important.

I appreciate that. We'll work to give you the tools so you can do your job.

I want to go a little bit off this subcommittee but I know the chairman will let me do this--a different subcommittee, but your agency, and that's the Forest Service.

I appreciate that perspective. And I hope every day when you come to work, you keep that perspective in mind as we go forth, because with rural America drying up, I don't think it's a net positive for this country.

I just want to say thank you very much for the job you've done in the Department. I very much appreciate it, as somebody that's involved in production agriculture, the work that you've done and your commitment to rural America.

I'm actually very concerned we're not doing enough with our Federal dollars for research on publicly available, locally adapted seeds.

I think the interpretation is if you make a decision, this is where this is different, and the court makes another decision that says you did it improperly, you're required to stay with that original decision.

I think we need to increase timber harvest to meet the hazardous fuels out there, not reduce them.

This proposed legislation corrects an 'unintended consequence' of the children of disabled veterans not being included under the provisions of the Affordable Care Act.

We also express appreciation to Congresswoman Brownley for H.R. 1284 the companion House legislation for disabled SCI and blinded veterans.

Thanks Senator Tester for continuing to be the champion of improved means for veterans in rural and remote locations

Vietnam Veterans of America thanks Senator Tester for his continued leadership to ensure that veterans in rural and remote locales receive the support needed.

If there is something you can put in that water compact to force the negotiations on both sides, I think it would be absolutely helpful.

We all want to control our own destiny.