Jon Tester

Thank you very much. Appreciate both your testimonies.

Where is the Governor in support of this bill?

Thank you for your leadership on a number of things, including this.

We believe reflects the benefits that we have sought and that we believe is a fair amount, yes.

We remain committed to that open dialogue. We do want to address their concerns.

We are very appreciative of all of the work that you have done on all the Indian water rights settlements that have come up from Montana.

It has been the policy in Montana and the United States to negotiate rather than litigate water rights.

The G-20 met recently and they set up a timeframe for deficit reduction.

Ultimately, we are going to have to make some tough decisions.

I want to step back to some questions that were asked earlier, and you said--I think it was in response to Chairman Dodd.

I rise today in strong support of the Wall Street reform conference report. The Senate will make history when we pass this legislation that finally holds Wall Street accountable and finally cleans up the schemes and abuses that nearly…

Disability claims filed by Guardsmen have a 14 percent rejection rate, compared to a 5 percent rejection rate for active duty claims.

It takes a great deal of time to get new claims processors trained and contributing.

The number of claims exceeding 125 days in review is up. The accuracy of the claims is down.

I hear them tell me that they fear the VA is trying to outlive them.

I think the people who serve this country deserve better.

It is critical that we get them done quickly and accurately.

Shame on us if we fail. These are real folks and struggling families behind those 500,000 disability claims.

It has been an urgent problem for a while and I wished we could have an immediate solution.

I think this is a very key moment for the VA on the claims issue.

Housing is a huge issue.

I think there is--all of Montana is rural, all right.

It would just seem to me that it makes just too much sense to say--you know.

I honestly think we are going to see some out-migration into real frontier areas.

Kudos to you on that. I think you get more synergy, a better program the more you can work together.