All veterans living in Montana and across rural America will get better health care thanks to landmark legislation by Senator Jon Tester that cleared the U.S. Senate.

Tester wrote the bipartisan Rural Veterans Health Care Improvement Act, which unanimously passed the Senate as part of a larger veterans bill.

Before the vote, Tester -- Montana's only member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee -- called on the Senate to "live up to the promises made" to the nation's veterans.

"I'm going to boil it down to one reason," said Tester. "We promised it to all men and women who served in our military. We promised it just as we promise our troops the resources they need when they answer the call of duty." (less info)