Jon Tester

We can either get serious about this or we can turn the keys over to China.

We need to step up. We need to do something that is meaningful, and housing and transit is the right way to do it.

Nobody likes wasteful spending, and I will tell you that if you really believe the pacing threat to this country is China then we better get serious about infrastructure.

So in a previous life, I processed beef as an added value to the farm. And I can tell you that there is more demand out there from these small processors than they can fulfill right now.

Concentration in the food industry, and meat industry in particular in this case, has been a big concern of mine.

Last week, Grassley, Rounds, and myself dropped in a bill that creates a special investigator act.

And all we want is fairness. That is all we want.

You control food, you tend to control people that is a problem.

Look, a conversation we have had in the past deals around consolidation in the meat industry.

The Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act (S. 1811) would expand mental health services in low-income schools.

We urge the Committee to provide support for the implementation of integrated care programs by primary care providers.

I think getting to the bottom of what happened on January 6 is no different than a 9/11 commission.

I didn`t come to Washington D.C. to get nothing done. I came to try to work for the betterment of this country and for the state of Montana.

Folks have weaponized the filibuster.

I don`t know anybody that I represent, that wants to suppress people from voting.

The January 6 Commission that went down a couple of weeks ago to -- in a partisan vote is very upsetting to me, because quite frankly, we need to get to the bottom of what happened on January 6.

I think if they`re able to get done in a bipartisan way, I think we`re much better off because I think they`ll stand the test of time much, much better.

For me, the WIIN Act is key to developing long-term solutions to worsening drought and other extreme weather events.

Dam security remains a big priority of mine.

But the truth is all of our drain goes to a port, and if we can't get it out, we are done.

At some point in time we have got to figure out whether we just shut the dam thing down, and let the Milk River run dry 6 out of 10 years? Or are we going to fix it?

Once again, I will hold you to it.

I think the Chairwoman talked about it, for sure, in her opening remarks. That oftentimes I think that you guys low ballee is expecting Congress to increase them?

If we are looking at infrastructure being critical for national security, which I believe it absolutely is, then we ought not be playing games.

This budget is going to be critically important.