Jon Tester

I have had a number of Farm Bill listening sessions since this is a Farm Bill year, and these haven't been invitation, this has been opening the doors and let folks in to speak their mind.

If the regulators were asleep at the wheel we need to hold them accountable.

300 grand a patrol agent seems a bit high to me.

The truth is that what these folks are doing to the people of this country, it'd be hard for me not to classify it as a terrorist act because we're killing folks right and left.

I look forward to working with all three of you, as do Senator Collins, to make sure that when this budget hits the ground, we all know what is in it, and we all know what to expect the results of it are, because I think it is a critically…

It is a system-wide problem within Ag, within the Veterans Affairs (VA), a number of other agencies, if not every other agency.

I have had bills to ban it, I think it is a bipartisan concern.

If you don't have people on the ground we are screwed.

It is very, very important that those ports remain open because it is our Number 1 trading partner

Despite repeated investments in the defense industrial base and the shipbuilding industrial base in particular, we don't really see improvements towards ships being delivered on cost and on time.

Despite repeated investments in the defense industrial base and the shipbuilding industrial base in particular, we don't really see improvements towards ships being delivered on cost and on time.

I don't think you would disagree with the fact, that we raise the best beef in the world.

Democracies don't work very well when you have a population that is hungry.

If the regulators were asleep at the wheel we need to hold them accountable.

I come from Rural America. You touched on it a little bit with the Ranking Member, but when we spoke last year we talked about the importance of ensuring good health outcomes in Rural America.

The Marine Corps remains postured and prepared to serve as the Nation's crisis response force, providing credible forces where the Nation is least ready.

In 2008, I voted against the bailouts of the big banks because I do not support taxpayer bailouts.

I want to thank the Chair and Ranking Member for holding this hearing and I want to congratulate you on being appointed to run this committee.

Look, I think predictability in the industrial base is really, really important.

The Marine Corps remains postured and prepared to serve as the Nation's crisis response force, providing credible forces where the Nation is least ready.

It better be fixed. If it is the regulators' fault, it better be fixed. If it is the regulation fault, it better be fixed.

We need no less than 31 Amphibious Warfare Ships to enable Marine Corps Title 10 missions in support of the joint force.

I have talked to a lot of bankers who said if this would have happened before Dodd-Frank the regulations would have stopped this from happening.

So at what point in time do the Fed regulators drop the hammer on this outfit?

Look, I think predictability in the industrial base is really, really important.