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Senator Jon Tester's Public Statements on Health and Health Care

Jon Tester
Full Name: Jon Tester
Office: U.S. Senate (MT) - Jr, Democratic
First Elected: 11/07/2006
Last Elected: 11/06/2012
Next Election: 2018
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Sharla; 2 Children: Christine, Shon
Birth Date: 08/21/1956
Birth Place: Havre, MT
Home City: Big Sandy, MT

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May 14, 2013 Senator Blunt Joins Bipartisan Group Of Colleagues To Mark National Women's Health Week By Fighting To End Breast Cancer Washington, DC
April 26, 2013 Letter to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki - Call for Improved Emergency Care for Veterans Big Sandy, MT
April 24, 2013 Tester: 'On the Ground' Partnerships Will Help Veterans Washington, DC
April 19, 2013 Tester: Improve Access to Breast Cancer Screening Washington, DC
April 14, 2013 The Billings Gazette - Legislation Aims to Expand Access to Mental-Health Treatment Unknown
April 10, 2013 NBC "Hardball with Chris Matthews" - Transcript - Guns Unknown
April 9, 2013 Veterans Join Senators to Call for Passage of Mental Health Legislation as Part of Gun Safety Package Unknown
April 9, 2013 USA Today - Mental Health Advocates Worry About Gun Legislation Unknown
April 2, 2013 Tester Improving Access to Care for Severely Disabled Veterans Big Sandy, MT
March 25, 2013 Klobuchar, Tester Introduce Legislation to Help Wrongly Discharged Veterans Get the Benefits They Deserve Washington, DC
March 22, 2013 Concurrent Resolution on the Budget, Fiscal Year 2014 Washington, DC
March 20, 2013 Tester: Time to 'Stop Running From' Veterans' Mental Health Issues Washington, DC
March 19, 2013 Tester Introduces Bill to Bring More Medical Professionals to Montana Washington, DC
March 12, 2013 Recognizing RxImpact Day Washington, DC
March 12, 2013 Blunt, Tester Pair Up to Battle Prostate Cancer Washington, DC
March 1, 2013 Tester, Baucus Introduce Bill to Recruit Health Specialists to Libby Washington, DC
Feb. 21, 2013 Tester Addresses Rural Water Systems Conference Great Falls, MT
Feb. 20, 2013 Senator Stabenow, Author of Bipartisan Mental Health Legislation, Applauds Announcement to Expand Mental Health Services Unknown
Feb. 1, 2013 Tester, Baucus Improving Montana's Mental Health Care Great Falls, MT
Jan. 14, 2013 Montana Legislature Address Helena, MT
July 12, 2012 Tester: Health Insurance for Wildland Firefighters the "Right Call' Washington, DC
July 9, 2012 Letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Washington, DC
June 28, 2012 Tester Statement on Supreme Court's Health Care Ruling Unknown
June 20, 2012 Tester Increasing Health Services for Women Veterans Unknown
June 12, 2012 Billings Gazette - 5 Mental Health Clinicians to be Hired in Montana for Veterans' Care Unknown
May 23, 2012 Tester: New Roadmap Will Improve Mental Health Care in Rural America Washington, DC
May 4, 2012 Tester Expanding Mental Health Care for National Guardsmen, Reservists Kalispell, MT
April 23, 2012 Tester: Protecting VA Health Care "The Right Thing to Do' Washington, DC
April 22, 2012 Billings Gazette - Tester Holds Hearing on Veterans' Health Care Needs Unknown
April 19, 2012 Tester: VA Mental Health Hires a "Much-Needed Step Forward' Washington, DC
April 10, 2012 Letter to Dr. Jonathan Woodson, Assistant Secretary of the Defense for Health Affairs Big Sandy, MT
April 4, 2012 Tester Promotes National Public Health Week Washington, DC
March 20, 2012 Letter to Patrick R. Donahoe, Postmaster General Washington, DC
March 1, 2012 Baucus, Tester Support Obama Order that Insurers Pay for Birth Control Unknown
Feb. 24, 2012 Letter to Leon E. Panetta, Secretary of Defense and James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence Washington, DC
Feb. 22, 2012 Tester Protecting Veterans' Health Care from Budget Cuts Washington, DC
Feb. 2, 2012 Letter to Nancy G. Brinker Washington, DC
Feb. 2, 2012 Tester: Rural Health Care Deserves Fair Treatment Washington, DC
Jan. 10, 2012 Tester's Fight for Rural Health Pays Dividends for Havre Helena, MT
Jan. 3, 2012 VA Grants Secured by Tester Will Improve Health Care for Rural Veterans Havre, MT
Dec. 22, 2011 Letter to Treasury Secretary Geithner and IRS Commissioner Shulman Unknown
Dec. 9, 2011 Letter to Leon Panetta, Secretary Department of Defense Washington, DC
Dec. 7, 2011 Letter to The Honorable Allison A. Hickey, Under Secretary for Benefits Department of Veterans Affairs Unknown
Nov. 30, 2011 Tester Advocates "Peer-to-Peer' Mental Health Care for Veterans Washington, DC
Oct. 19, 2011 Letter to Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the United States Department of Health & Human Services Washington, DC
Oct. 17, 2011 Letter to The Honorable Allison A. Hickey Under Secretary for Benefits Washington, DC
Sept. 26, 2011 Tester Introduces New Plan to Improve Access to Health Care for Rural Veterans Washington, DC
Sept. 19, 2011 Letter to Secretary Shinseki, Veterans Affairs Washington, DC
June 3, 2011 Tester: New Mental Health Facility Lives Up to Our Promise to Veterans Fort Harrison, MT
May 23, 2011 Letter to The Honorable Barack Obama, President of the United States Washington, DC

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