Jon Tester

My advice is to be as aggressive as you possibly can.

Staffing is a problem. Doctors, nurses.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I'll use it.

I want to, first of all, thank you for being here, Secretary Vilsack.

Rural America has been declining, and is going to continue to decline unless we do some things a little differently.

What I am for is add more competition to the marketplace.

Capitalism doesn't work in situations like that.

This may be the worst year since then.

Last week you reasserted your position that you believe it is important to have a larger Army but that you would prefer quality over quantity.

China is a top pacing threat. This requires our military to be modernized with emphasis on nimble distributed operations.

We appreciate your leadership of our Nation's Army and we look forward to discussing with you the Army's priorities for fiscal year 2023.

The Army is attempting to drive transformation to the Army of 2030, recognizing a strategic pivot from a focus on counterterrorism to an army ready to meet the top pacing challenge in China and the acute threat of Russian aggression.

What power you have.

We are interested in hearing about the lessons learned from the war in Ukraine from the type of threats you are seeing to how you may adjust soldier training going forward.

We want to make sure we fully understand the rationale for and the operational impact of this proposed adjustment.

This is a massive issue. It's an issue that's been ignored for far, far, far too long and you guys need to step up and get this done.

There is some urgency. There's been urgency for 15 years, maybe longer, to get people to the border that are trained, qualified, and able to do the job.

I got a statement and then I got--with the Chairman's consent.

We will continue to push that envelop with McDonough and everybody else we can.

Consultations from the States and Federal Government is also critically important as we move forward to make sure that everybody has broadband access

Billions of dollars in funding doesn't mean a doggone thing if we are not prepared to work with the tribes

For years, through different administrations, I have heard from the Northern Cheyenne Tribe about the BIA's failure to provide adequate law enforcement on that reservation.

Thank you, Secretary Haaland, for being in Montana last week, I think it was a week ago tomorrow, as a matter of fact.

I just think it is a waste of money. We ought to be dealing with this long before we get to this point.

I hate building prisons. I hate it.