Hello Whitefish - Senator Jon Tester (Episode 12)

Today’s guest is Senator Jon Tester - a 3rd generation Montana farmer, former school teacher and the only Democrat who holds statewide office in Montana.  

He is the Chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee and Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. He also serves on the Senate Banking Committee, the Senate Commerce Committee, and the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Jon and his wife Sharla still farm the same land that was homesteaded by Jon’s grandparents in 1912.

We covered a broad range of topics including affordable housing, climate change, MMIW, veterans issues, the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East…we even talked about UFOs!