Max Baucus: “This legislation would not have been possible without the help of many. I appreciate the cooperation we received from…”

“This legislation would not have been possible without the help of many. I appreciate the cooperation we received from the Republican staff, especially Kolan Davis, Mark Prater, Dean Zerbe, Ed McClellan, Elizabeth Paris, Christy Mistr, John O'Neill and Adam Freed. I thank the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation for their service. I also thank my staff for their tireless effort and dedication, including Russ Sullivan, Patrick Heck, Bill Dauster, Matt Stokes, Matt Jones, Melissa Mueller, Matt Genasci, Anita Horn Rizek, Judy Miller, Jonathan Selib, Ryan Abraham and Wendy Carey. I also thank our dedicated fellows, Cuong Huynh, Scott Landes and Jeremy Sylestine. Finally, I thank our hardworking interns: Kelsie Eggensperger, Paige Lester, Priya Mahanti, Brittney McClary, Audrey Schultz and Mary Tuckerman. Mr. President, the real thanks here, frankly, goes to a lot of Montanans who I have consulted with on this bill, CPAs and tax practitioners with whom I have been talking, acting as a sounding board as to which provisions should be changed, for example, to make them work better. They have been invaluable assistants to me. I am very appreciative to know I can just pick up the phone and ask, What do you think of this? What do you think of that? Montana business men and women, other taxpayers and practitioners, I very much thank them for their great help. Real thanks really to the working men and women in my State and across the Nation.”