voted for in the past. what do you say to those folks? i would say the forefathers have it right. they believe in the citizen legislature and that is why i continued to farm while i have this job. i have two jobs. one is trying to feed the world on a family farm and the other is crafting good policy that helps montana remain in the position it is. that is all i can tell folks. i go home every weekend and i drive a little tractor, combine, depending on what season of the year it is and if the work doesn t get done on the farm that means i did not do it. consequently it is hard to turn into a washingtonian when in fact i m writing the checks for the diesel we are buying, writing the checks for the equipment we are buying and making decisions on when we plant and when we harvest. senator, i don t know a washingtonian who thinks you are a washingtonian, that s for sure. like i said, lawrence, they
the world through production agriculture and the other is crafting good policy that helps montana remain in the position it is, which is the last best place and that is all i can tell folks is that i go home every weekend. i meet with montana s, i drive a tractor combine depending on what season of the year it is and if the work doesn t get done on the farm that means i didn t do it and so consequently, it is really hard to turn into a washingtonian when in fact, i am writing the checks for the diesel we are buying. i m writing the checks for the equipment we are buying and quite honestly making decisions on when we plant and when we harvest. senator, i don t know a washingtonian who thinks you re
a washingtonian, that s for sure. you won t be able to find one of them saying that. like like i said, they re going to try to make me into something i m not so they can run against that person. they don t want to run against jon tester, the third- generation montana farmer who has a great record of accomplishment in the united states senate. what is your agenda for your next term in the senate? what do you want to go back there to do? well, look, we ve done a lot of good things for veterans as i pointed out and we ve done some amazing work with clinics and making sure toxic-exposed veterans now are getting the benefits in the healthcare they ve earned. that doesn t mean we are done with the va. we still have a lot of things to do in the va to make sure we have enough mental health care professionals, enough doctors in rural areas in this country, to make sure we are helping americans. montana has the second highest per capita of veterans in the country. we have people who like to
morning. by the end of the day, the omb director young had said she would use that to defend the president s regulatory the priorities. the regulatory pay as you go measure means nothing because it s waiveable at the discretion of the biden administration. maria: wow. what about this 1% sequestration situation if the work doesn t get done on time? does defense take a much more substantial cut than everything else if that 1% goes in place? what about that? and everything you re saying, by the way, senator, is making you feel like you just keep going off against this tsunami of the democrats and losing. what are you going another? to do? well, we should have stuck and we should stick in the future to the plan that was put forward with limit-save-grow where we aggressively ask for reforms, and we stand on the fact that they can t raise the debt ceiling would want the
morning. by the end of the day, the omb director young had said she would use that to defend the president s regulatory the priorities. the regulatory pay as you go measure means nothing because it s waiveable at the discretion of the biden administration. maria: wow. what about this 1% sequestration situation if the work doesn t get done on time? does defense take a much more substantial cut than everything else if that 1% goes in place? what about that? and everything you re saying, by the way, senator, is making you feel like you just keep going off against this tsunami of the democrats and losing. what are you going another? to do? well, we should have stuck and we should stick in the future to the plan that was put forward with limit-save-grow where we aggressively ask for reforms, and we stand on the fact that they can t raise the debt ceiling would want the