Jon Tester

You touched on something that drives me crazy in Government, in that we reduce the workforce on one hand.

Fires are a fact of life. But we all know we need to handle them in a way--because there's a lot of people that live out there, there's a lot of forest communities.

Are we cutting a fund when, in fact, it could save us money if we utilize that money before we get to a crisis situation?

With no funds requested in the President's budget request for fiscal year 2012, what is your vision for how the ILCP will be implemented and when will that begin?

You need to be commended for that. You are partnering with landowners, local nongovernmental organizations, community groups, local businesses, and others to protect the way of life in the Rocky Mountain front for generations to come from…

I firmly believe any conservation in Montana must have solid local support before anything happens.

Your vision for water... is our most valuable resource.

If people within the EPA give as much weight to people that live outside the area and outside the State, as folks who have lived there, it could be a real problem.

We had visited earlier about this issue. I was assured that Montana would receive authority last month in an expedited process.

There cannot be a new monument or refuge on the Missouri River in eastern Montana. Period.

It is our most valuable resource.

It is a critically important issue, as you know, that we get Montana's hunt approved as soon as possible.

I think we reviewed seven very significant projects for wetlands and wildlife.

I appreciate your vision for public lands and keeping them public for access.

This bill would bring Senate campaign reporting and transparency into the 21st Century.

This is a rare opportunity that we have in both cutting spending and improving transparency here in Washington.

I think Congress has an obligation to be as transparent and as open as possible.

I feel so strongly about adding more accountability to Senate campaigns.

The system is redundant and it is wasteful.

In Montana, accountability and transparency are expected from our elected officials and candidates for public office.

We look for common sense measures in the Senate to be done.

I still have some major concerns about the $150 million that is included in the President's budget for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility.

There was a 70-percent chance that a release of foot-and-mouth disease would result during this 50-year lifetime. That would be catastrophic.

I think that if we could get some of that technology implemented, it could really save us some money and make the border more secure in the process.

I think from a homeland security standpoint there are a lot of small airports along the Northern tier that have done this in the past.