Jon Tester

Congress established a distinct appropriations account to ensure sufficient funding to recruit and retain acquisition personnel.

Do you guys have a plan to fix the shortages that you perceive within the contracting. Yes, or no?

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.

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

Unfortunately, there is far too many people here who believe that government shutdowns are the way this place should work.

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.

I am very concerned about the security and stability situation in the region.

I do want to fix them and we need to make sure we're increasing the industrial base so that they can meet these goals.

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

Unfortunately, there is far too many people here who believe that government shutdowns are the way this place should work.

This proposal for funding for Homeland Security is inadequate.

I support the ongoing efforts of Senators Murray and Collins to chart a path forward that will work, and will work with anyone to get this job done.

We must be clear-eyed that this budget request would represent a real cut in funding for the Department of Defense as it fails to keep pace with inflation.

Eisenhower warned of the military industrial complex. The fact of the matter is, is that they're an important partner for us.

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?

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

Providing our guardsmen and reservists the best possible training and equipment, just like their active-duty counterparts, is a national security imperative.

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

I do not think it is acceptable to be continuing to say: Don't worry about this, it is coming.

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

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.

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.

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

I think this is totally inadequate. I think we have got to figure out a way to make sure, at this dangerous time, which I believe is the most dangerous time in the world since the early 1960s, that we give you the money you need and then…

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?