Jon Tester

I do not understand what is going on here, and I do not understand where the accountability is.

I do not think we are spending enough on mitigation, and I think your testimony implied that.

I think that it is a no-brainer.

There is no housing. There is no affordable housing. None, zero, nada.

It really is going to require somebody that advocates and knows what they are doing.

I would say came from President Trump but was shepherded by Dr. Carson.

If we did a Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC), it would make it look like those clinics are underutilized.

If you do not hire people, you are going to, in fact, be privatizing the VA.

I just want you to know that. You have support on this Committee to do that.

I can tell you, as I go around Montana, there is a lot of frustration with GSA.

So we have a new Administration that has come on board, and you have an opportunity here to really make a difference.

I think Equifax must have--must be or been a good a company at one point in time, but this length of time on a breach this big in this day and age... is absolutely unacceptable.

This really stinks. I mean, it really smells really bad, and I guess smelling bad is not a crime.

I hope this all works, because I think it is absolutely essential that it works.

4.3 million people, by the way, is over 4 times the population of the State of Montana.

OK, Tim, the only time I get in fights with folks who are talking is when they do not give me a 'yes' or 'no' answer when I really ask it.

Will you commit to not use forced arbitration on accounts that were set up without the authorization of the customer?

It is long past the time we deal directly government-to-government with local tribes and get that money on the ground where it can do the most good.

Prostitution is illegal, but if these people were trafficked and forced into prostitution, why are we punishing those folks?

I want to thank you and the Vice Chairman for holding this important hearing.

I would sure like to know what happened to the folks who are doing the trafficking and if they are doing any time.

Hopefully the White House and Congress can work together to tackle what I believe is a very, very serious issue.

It is obvious we need better information. It is obvious we need to invest in resources that actually get to the ground and do some good.

We need to support the recovery of endangered species, there is no doubt about that, but blocking forest management across the board is not going to help our forests.

This bill is targeted as a bipartisan fix to this court case.