Max Baucus: “I strongly endorse the suggestions made by the majority leader as well as by the Senator from New Jersey and also thank…”

“I strongly endorse the suggestions made by the majority leader as well as by the Senator from New Jersey and also thank the Senator from New Jersey for pushing these measures so aggressively, the cotton trust fund and wool, and also, to some degree, the citrus which is part of this. I support these provisions. I support the cotton trust fund, support it strongly. I am working diligently to try to find the right vehicles so we can get this passed--the cotton trust fund passed this year. I deeply appreciate the strong passion on this by Senator Menendez. He has come to me many times in looking for an opportunity to pass this. I deeply appreciate that. This place works on basic comity. Sometimes the pathways to get to a result are not well known and difficult to see, initially. But I am quite confident we are going to find a way to get this cotton trust fund passed this year. The Senator has my support to make that happen.”