Jon Tester

I have repeatedly called upon Secretary Mayorkas, and President Biden, and Congress, to step up and fix what is going on in the southern border.

The Kremlin's war poses a direct threat to security in Europe and beyond.

legal immigration, they are okay with; illegal immigration needs to end, and needs to end yesterday.

How can we look at the request for only one Virginia Class Submarine in fiscal year 2025, as anything but a pretty enormous step back for our industrial base?

The Sentinel Project is a project that is near and dear to both Senator Hoeven and me.

But we have failed miserably in getting the budget done on time.

I want to thank you all for your testimony and your concise answers with the questions.

I just returned from a trip with Senator Moran, and some others, and we were all over the place: Finland, Sweden, Egypt, Greece.

I want to thank the folks for their testimony here today. We are going to work very, very hard to get this budget out on time.

We have allies and they're friends of ours.

I strongly believe that competition drives better acquisition outcomes: it fosters innovation and keeps prices low.

It is apparent the status quo has not worked and is not working currently.

We've got challenges out there in this acquisition sphere whether it's competition, whether it's workforce, whether it's timelines, whether it's meeting costs, whether it's the continuing CR baloney, and I'm being generous when I say…

The fact is, the border needs to be fixed, and we need to step up as Congress.

I think that is ineptness on Congress' part, not on yours, and we tend to tie your hands behind your back when we don't get budgets done on time.

This is despite unprecedented support by Congress.

The fact that some of these corporations are using the money to buy stocks back without building capacity first is incredibly irresponsible.

I just think it is critically important, and I think that if we don't get a good solid timeline about when things are going to happen, and I anticipate that is going to happen in June, then we can anticipate that we will never hit that…

We need to coordinate between defense, diplomacy, and development to be as effective as possible.

Congress dropped the ball on that because that would have changed things dramatically, but some folks want it to be used as a political tool.

We need to understand what risks this lower budget creates for our military personnel, our operations around the globe, and our modernization efforts.

The proposed inventory divestments and cuts to ship vehicle and aircraft procurement included in the President's budget request would require us to incur excessive risk without there being any discernible reduction in the threats facing…

It is important to us to make sure you have modern equipment so you are ready when you are called upon.

It is long past time to get these funds signed into law.

The proposed inventory divestments and cuts to ship vehicle and aircraft procurement included in the President's budget request would require us to incur excessive risk without there being any discernible reduction in the threats facing…