Jon Tester

I would rather have you guys do it than us but I guess push come to shove we could do it through appropriations or whatever.

Water is incredibly valuable, maybe our most valuable resource.

It is better to negotiate than to litigate.

The passage of the Blackfeet compact while he is here would be an incredible asset.

The Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement is a step forward for tribal sovereignty.

I want to have the people who are the decision-makers in the room.

What incentive does the BOR have to minimize cost, do it on a timely basis, all those kind of things?

I think that pressure needs to be put on, from what you said, the Administration to put members forward for these positions and for Congress to get off their duff and get some of these folks confirmed.

I think whenever there is an overpayment or an underpayment, we hear about it, and it is really tough to justify.

I think it's really important. I think your budget puts it forth as a priority, and hopefully, we can indeed make it that.

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Overall, by the time you get done, let's just assume the military makes the transfer. You get seven of these babies.

We need to get the biggest bang for the buck.

We've got to break the cycle. We're spending money on fighting fires when it would be much better to cut some wood and get us a permanent supply.

The reason I ask that is because at one point in time they were going to put C-27s at the Air National Guard in Great Falls, Montana.

I'm not for privatizing Government. But my problem is that there were better options on the table.

Look, as a regional forester in Region 1, the most important region, right?

Thank you for being here, Chief Tidwell. I appreciate the job that you do.

We've got some issues as far as mitigation of catastrophic wildfires.

I think 'effectiveness' is the key word here, and 'efficiency'.

I'm very encouraged to see the administration is putting some additional funding into renewable energy on public lands.

Sequestration has negatively impacted them in a big, big way.

That's why our fiscal year 2014 budget is so important. It would restore and increase and get us back to where we need to be with the tribes.