Max Baucus: “Let the record show there is one optimistic farmer from Montana.”

I'm saying China would not stand idly by. They would not just sit there and watch whatever may or may not unfold in North Korea should U.S. attempt preemptive strike.

It is hard to know how that would play out because China is pretty conservative.

The most important geopolitical matter that crossed my desk during the 3 years I was there was TPP, and we blew it.

The Founding Fathers wrote into the Constitution a really crucial role for the Senate.