Max Baucus actually said...

I'm determined to achieve that same sense of comity and civility in this committee that's been a hallmark of the success in the past.

Character is like a tree, and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it. The tree is the real thing.

Like each of us here, I believe that there are few higher callings than public service.

Jo-Ellen is one of those people who, if you ask to do something, you do not give it a second thought because you know it is done.