Jon Tester

I want to echo the statements by many of the folks here thanking you all for your work.

The regime in Iran represents an incredible threat to American interests and not in a good way.

I would love to, in just an overall kind of a snapshot of what is in the U.S. as far access, in Indian Country, on reservations.

I think that is a laudable goal, I think there are some real benefits in that.

In these days, cell phone and the Internet affects just about everything that we do.

But if they don't have the broadband, they don't.

Access to it is critical. Without access, businesses cannot compete in today's global economy.

There is probably a greater need for telecom access across Indian Country, particularly in geographically isolated parts.

I think there is an opportunity here to make the dollars go further in areas where we are in tight budget times.

I am of the belief that with tele-health, you can deliver a product, it may not be as good as the eyeball to eyeball product, but in some cases it could be better.

We are going to have to get on the same page.

If the President of the United States would step forward and give a clear signal to the Super Committee that he is willing to be engaged in this, he is willing to endorse this, he is willing to say early on that he would sign legislation…

I think there is a willingness on this panel and in this Senate and both ends of the Capitol to do something tough at this moment of divided Government.

I think there is a realization by everybody up here and a whole lot of folks in the Senate that tough decisions are going to have to be made.

It is a huge challenge and one that cannot be addressed by tinkering around the edges.

One of the most important issues facing the Congress and facing our economy is the size and the scope of our deficit.

It is imperative that we sustain this momentum, not only on TLOA implementation, but on other Indian Country public safety initiatives as well

We commend Congress for passing this historic legislation last year

We are urging the Committee to continue your oversight role, to be able to make sure that that report comes timely

We are concerned that it is only a matter of time before somebody uses negatively the effect of safety on our reservations

We need to be working together on these cases and really addressing them.

We can't arrest our way out of this, which by the way I agree with.

What kind of outreach did you do to let folks know on the ground what was available to them?

We haven't done a very good job protecting Indian Country and the disparities were incredibly disturbing.

We've done a terrible job of protecting Indian communities from crime.