Jon Tester

I remain mostly focused on how we can better reach veterans in rural, remote, and underserved areas.

It is my focus to bolster the vaccine supply chain and ensure there is a system to distribute the vaccine quickly and efficiently to all veterans, regardless of where they may live.

I want to commend you in your efforts to administer more than two million doses to veterans and employees so far, outpacing the private sector.

Accreditation was essential for cultural and accessibility reasons.

Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) introduced, S. 2808, a simple bipartisan amendment to the IRA that would undo the damage Carcieri v. Salazar has inflicted on Indian country.

I very much appreciate your fight to keep the Fed independent.

I just kind of want to get your perspective on if you were not the head of the Fed but in the U.S. Senate, where would you pay most of your attention to?

This really could have ended our form of government if these guys had been successful. This is very serious thing that happened on the 6th of January.

This was a desperate attempt by the defense to distract Americans from a months-long drum beat of truly dangerous rhetoric that culminated in violent deadly attacks at our Capitol and came within a few hundred feet of destroying our…

I have a request for one committee to meet during today's session of the Senate. It has the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following committee…

So, I don’t think $1.9 trillion, even though it is a boatload of money, is too much money. I think, if we’re -- if we’re -- now’s not the time to starve the economy.

I hope that you have somebody in your agency that is willing to work with the BIA to make sure that we get some housing built in Indian country because, quite frankly, it is massively deficient.

Congress does need to act. But in the meantime, I would appreciate it if you can break down the silos in the housing arena in particular.

The power and the ability for any of us to serve in any of these positions... really relies with the family.

I appreciate all of you that are here, that are online.

You will be responsible for ensuring that the VA has everything it needs to treat our veterans.

We are going to continue to operate this Committee in a way that the veterans are No. 1.

I feel pretty damn strongly. I will also tell you this. I`m here to get things done. If all that happens is filibuster after filibuster, roadblock after roadblock, then my opinion may change.

Actions mean something, and especially if you're a United States senator or the president of the United States.

I think in order to get unity, there has to be accountability.

The greatest deliberative body hasn't been deliberating at all.

I look forward to next Wednesday when Joe Biden is sworn in as the next president of the United States.

I think he has put forth the proper tone since the Capitol got taken over by domestic terrorists a week ago and once again he's shown great leadership with this plan he's put forth.

I thank the minority leader. I would just say that the presumptive conditions that the fighting men and women were exposed to in Vietnam are real, and the fact of the matter is these folks are getting old enough now that these conditions…

Yes. The bill before us, H.R. 561, seeks to crack down on the unfair practice of using veteran and service-disabled owned small businesses as pass-throughs for larger contractors to secure Federal contracts. I would like to thank Senator…