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January 18, 2019| View More
Tester, Sullivan Urge VA to Explore Medicinal Cannabis as an Alternative Treatment for Veterans
"The VA needs to listen to the growing number of veterans who have already found success in medicinal cannabis in easing their pain and other symptoms," said Tester, Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee. "Our bill will make sure the VA takes proactive steps to explore medicinal cannabis …
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January 17, 2019| View More
Tester, Daines, and Gianforte Congratulate Bozeman's Reinhardt on Acceptance to West Point
U.S. Senators Jon Tester and Steve Daines and Representative Greg Gianforte announced today that Aiden Reinhardt, a senior at Bozeman High School, has been accepted to the prestigious U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
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January 16, 2019| View More
Tester Introduces Bill to Bolster Transparency, Accountability of VA
Ranking Member Jon Tester today introduced legislation to dramatically increase transparency at the VA and bolster efforts to hold it more accountable to veterans and taxpayers.
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January 16, 2019| View More
Tester, Bennet Press Administration to Update Hemp Policies Following Legalization
U.S. Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) this week pressed the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) to strengthen opportunities for hemp growers across the country. Due to the ongoing government shutdown, implementation of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Farm Bill)-which legalizes hemp cultivation nationwide-is stalled, increasing uncertainty for …
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January 16, 2019| View More
Tester: If They Won't Protect Montanans, Then We Will
"A bunch of unelected bureaucrats have decided to rewrite the law of the land and threaten the health and safety of thousands of Montanans," Tester said. "If they won't protect Montanans, then we will."
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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 …
