Jon Tester

You shut down some of these smaller dealerships in some of these small towns that are making money... it's going to have an incredible impact on the economy.

If the dealership is making money, I don't see any criteria for shutting them down.

We need to quit thinking in Government in silos, we need to start thinking about the consumer.

So many questions, so little time.

If they get under this settlement or decision, if they get recognized, they still would be landless Indians.

If they were under Federal jurisdiction in 1934, they ought to continue to be able to do that.

I just want to know how it impacts those seven, if that is in your statement, and how the impact would be on the tribes.

What about land swaps that could occur... Would it prevent that?

The bar was pretty low on some of these previous budgets. I would just tell you that.

I have wanted to keep the auto manufacturing business in this country because I think it has been an important part of our history and an important part of our manufacturing based, and I do not want to lose it.

If we are putting taxpayers into a company that is going to transfer those jobs to China, I do not want to do it.

How is the Forest Service reaching out in these local communities to let people know how to be a part of the puzzle?

I think these folks are an asset, from my perspective.

I really appreciate that. I will tell you in the area I am talking about, you are talking unemployment up 16 percent and above.

I think it is important, Mr. Chairman, that we do this with regularity. I think it is very helpful.

Those monies are there for two reasons. Number one, it is to get people employed in areas where there is high unemployment and depressed economic conditions.

I would really like a commitment from you or at least a commitment to investigate what's going on here.

I think that if you dovetail your efforts together with Secretary Sebelius from HHS, I think that we can make a giant step forward in meeting some of the challenges that occur in Libby.

I think that with some attention by people like you, Administrator Jackson, I think we can get a big bang for the buck.

If there's one person in the Obama administration that can run an agency like I think it should be run, it's you.

I'm deeply concerned how DHS has done with procurement on IT ventures, kind of rolling back over the last few years.

clean water is a fundamental right, but a lot of small communities in States like Montana, really can't afford modern systems

The EPA is in the process of restoring the Clark Fork River by removing Milltown Dam.

I appreciate the fact that you will be pushing that forward.

I will be an advocate for the needs of native communities.