Max Baucus: “Let me repeat that: we must maintain or strengthen the protections beneficiaries enjoy today.”

It will not work because they will not do it.

I think we should press protection of human rights, but we are only going to get so far.

The Senate has yet to speak on those two Chinese initiatives.

This is not a fixable Washington problem. This is a condition, like a chronic condition, that we are going to have to cope with.