Senator Jon Tester

With energy production and exploration booming in the Bakken oil shale formation in eastern Montana, Senator Jon Tester wants to increase the number of flights to the region.

Senator Jon Tester’s bipartisan bill to prohibit insider trading on Capitol Hill passed the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee today. The committee overwhelmingly approved Tester’s Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act.

Senator Jon Tester is calling on the VA to safeguard the health of American veterans by establishing a list of burn pits used by the military in Iraq and Afghanistan to dispose of waste materials.

Senator Jon Tester is trying stop the U-S Postal Service from closing any post offices for at least six months.

c/o dipity.com Montana will not seek a waiver from federal No Child Left Behind education requirements.

Senator Jon Tester is calling on Congress to embrace major steps toward full transparency, saying the government must be “totally clean” to earn the public’s trust.

With more U.S. troops returning from the battlefield, Senator Jon Tester is striving to improve VA mental health care and eliminate barriers to treatment.

Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester are hammering home the importance of the U.S. Postal Service’s mail processing centers for Montanans who depend upon the reliable delivery of necessary goods and services. Both Senators have written letters to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe today, urging him to take the plan off the table...

The tax credit for businesses to hire veterans cleared final passage in the House of Representatives. After passing the Senate last week, the measure is now headed to the President’s desk to be signed into law. At 20.1 %, Montana currently has the 4th highest unemployment rate among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in the nation...

Congressman Denny Rehberg and Senator Jon Tester co-sponsored a measure to prevent taxpayer funded bonuses for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The government sponsored enterprises recently approved nearly $13 million in compensation for their top executives after taking $141 billion in taxpayer-funded bailout funds.