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July 11, 2019| View More
Tester Fields Questions from Montanans in Online Town Hall
Holding true to his commitment to transparency and accountability, U.S. Senator Jon Tester fielded questions from Montanans all …
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July 11, 2019| View More
Tester, Boozman Introduce Legislation to Help State Cemeteries Meet Federal Veteran Burial Standards
U.S. Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and John Boozman (R-Ark.) today introduced legislation to improve access to specialized training that would ensure the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) grant-funded cemeteries meet and maintain the National Cemetery Administration's (NCA) National Shrine Commitment.
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July 10, 2019| View More
Tester, Boozman Introduce Legislation to Ensure VA Repays Veterans Wrongly Charged for Home Loan Funding Fees
U.S. Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and John Boozman (R-Ark.) today introduced legislation to ensure veterans who were incorrectly charged fees for their Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) home loan are reimbursed.
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July 10, 2019| View More
Tester Announces More Than $20 Million to Upgrade Airports Across Montana
As part of his ongoing effort to #ConnectMT, U.S. Senator Jon Tester announced more than $20 million in federal funding to upgrade 15 airports across the state.
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July 10, 2019| View More
Tester, Isakson Introduce Bill to Increase Benefits for Veterans
U.S. Senators Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., ranking member and chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, today introduced the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2019, bipartisan legislation to increase veterans' disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
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December 30, 2018| View More
Transcript: Sen. Jon Tester on "Face the Nation," December 30, 2018
And if the president wants to continue to take a campaign promise that he made, which was to have Mexico pay for a wall and say no the rules have changed now we're still going to build a wall but we're going to have the American taxpayer pay for it …
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December 28, 2018| View More
Gazette opinion: More secrecy in political spending
Thanks to Tester, the fight for transparency continues and the public has a champion for their right to know about election spending.
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December 24, 2018| View More
Tester Rankled By Utah Senator Blocking Public Lands, Little Shell Bills
"If you take a look at the Yellowstone Gateway Bill, this is the headwaters of the Yellowstone on the border of Yellowstone National Park, an absolutely critical area of land which he could not even pick out on a map," Tester said. "If you take a look at the Blue …
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December 19, 2018| View More
Congress Grills Head of V.A. Over New Health Care Law
Senator Jon Tester of Montana, the ranking Democrat on the Senate veterans committee, complained that Congress had been "left trying to figure out why the V.A. is taking things in a different direction than what Congress intended."
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December 14, 2018| View More
Tester retains seat as Ranking Member on Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs
"The military has changed over the last number of years and the VA has been slow to make those changes," Tester said Friday. "We've got a lot of women that serve in our military - far more than 30 or 40 years ago. The VA needs to take care of …
