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May 23, 2019| View More
Tester’s Bipartisan Veterans Priorities Gain Momentum
The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee yesterday debated six bipartisan bills authored by U.S. Senator Jon Tester, the Committee's Ranking Member. Among the bills were legislation aimed at improving mental health care and preventing veteran suicide, boosting health care resources for women veterans, and ensuring Guard and Reservists can access mental …
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May 23, 2019| View More
After Relentless Effort, Tester Ensures Port of Raymond Will Remain Open 24 Hours a Day
After a relentless effort, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today announced that the Port of Raymond in northeast Montana will remain open 24 hours a day and seven days a week.
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May 22, 2019| View More
Tester Fighting Foreign Interference in U.S. Elections
(U.S. Senate) - With foreign interference in U.S. elections at an all-time high, U.S. Senator Jon Tester is backing legislation to help states protect voting systems and bolster election security.
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May 22, 2019| View More
Tester to Bernhardt: Beyond Unacceptable to Eliminate Funding for LWCF
(U.S. Senate)-U.S. Senator Jon Tester today defended Montana hunters and anglers by holding the Trump Administration accountable for proposing massive cuts to the popular Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF).
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May 22, 2019| View More
Tester Welcomes Trooper Palmer Home to Montana
(U.S. Senate)-U.S. Senator Jon Tester today welcomed Montana State Highway Patrol Trooper Wade Palmer back home:
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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 …
