Max Baucus: “That is true about the cooperation among our staffs. It is incredible. It is a joy to behold, frankly, to see Ann Loomis…”

“That is true about the cooperation among our staffs. It is incredible. It is a joy to behold, frankly, to see Ann Loomis and Kathy and Tom and Dan and Jimmie. We have a real family here, I might say. As closely as we have worked together, it has been done without rancor, without anger, without any testy feelings. It has been a tremendous, seamless web of teamwork, and it has been wonderful. I mean that; I am not just saying it. In addition, Mike Evans and Jo-Ellen Darcy, Barbara Roberts, and John Hemphill have all worked just as hard. We may not see them much on the floor here, but behind the scenes they have worked extremely hard and intelligently. I have not worked that much with Ann Loomis until recently. She is a wonderful woman, a very talented young lady. When Senator Warner got up to speak on behalf of Ann, I thought, that's right, she is really good. The same is true with her counterpart, Kathy Ruffalo. They are a dynamo team.”