Tester Slams US Budget

Senator Jon Tester took to the Senate floor today to call out the majority for pushing through a budget that spends billions overseas instead of making investments in America’s future.

Tester noted that the budget resolution guts Medicare, increases student loan payments, opens the door for selling off public lands, and gives tax breaks to the wealthy few.  He also pointed out that the budget would increase military spending overseas while slashing infrastructure spending here at home.

“We have folks here in Congress who think that roads build themselves,” Tester said. “We have folks here in Congress who eagerly swipe the nation’s credit card when it comes to investments in the Middle East. But these same members of Congress won’t even open up the wallet to fill a pothole next to a school.”

Tester called on Congress to pass a long-term highway bill, which would support thousands of jobs in Montana and give businesses needed certainty to plan for the future.  The current Highway Bill is set to expire on May 31.