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" I will tell you, in the case of education, you have to make the investment if you're going to get the return. There's no doubt about that. It's a proven fact the return is there if you make the investment. It really is about priorities. "

Jon Tester

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Education

Doubt

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" Montana's ranchers raise the best cattle in the world. If Taco Bell needs to beef up, they can give their customers the highest quality meat around by using Montana beef, and in the process, supporting agriculture jobs in Montana. "

" I take my vacation on the combine and tractor. "

" Montanans believe in the right to make a good life for their families. How they define a family should be their business and their business alone. I'm proud to support marriage equality because no one should be able to tell a Montanan or any American who they can love and who they can marry. "

" Healthcare is very much a high priority for me. Healthcare is also a huge issue for business, both big and small. "

Jon Tester

High

Business

" I think corporations are a whole lot different than people. I mean, I don't know a corporation would be put in prison. I do know people would be put in prison. "

" I was helping my mom grind meat at our butcher shop, and it just hypnotized me. I don't remember sticking my hand in, but it sheared off the three middle fingers and left me with a pinkie and a thumb. "

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Meat

Grind

" I didn't get this physique by not eating tacos. "

" It brings me back to reality. The combine doesn't care if you're a senator or not. It breaks down whenever it wants to break down. "

" Montanans elected me to the Senate to do away with shady backroom deals and to make government work better. "

Jon Tester

Work

Make

" A well-trained workforce is critical to small-business success. What I hear from business is that it's hard to find help that meets their needs. "

" You've got to have a good public education system so small-business owners, when they locate to an area, are confident their kids are getting the best education possible. I feel strongly about local control in school districts. "

" I have great faith in the people of Montana; they can't be bought. "

" As a policymaker, as a public servant, I come to Washington, D.C., and I make difficult decisions and I make difficult decisions every day. And sometimes those decisions upset people. "

" I don't know how the other senators see me. I hope they see me as a farmer. That's really what I am. But I don't think they see me on a tractor or fixing equipment. I hope they see me grounded, as somebody who has common sense. "

Jon Tester

Farmer

Think

" I really think that people's right to happiness shouldn't be dictated by some policymaker in Washington, D.C. I've come to know a lot of people that - sexual orientation is such where they're in love with people from the same sex, and I just don't think it's our role in the government to say, 'No you can't be married.' "

" I'm a farmer. I always will be a farmer. When I die, I'll be a farmer. It's something that I've wanted to do since I was 8 years old. I can tell you also that I see opportunity slipping away for our kids. "

" I think if you're going to get anything done in the Senate, you have to be on the same sheet of music. If you don't get people on the same sheet of music it comes out pretty horrible. "