Max Baucus: “I think all of us want it to be a good, solid piece of legislation, and in putting it together, I urge my colleagues…”

“I think all of us want it to be a good, solid piece of legislation, and in putting it together, I urge my colleagues, those on the other side of the aisle, to give Senators who have legitimate amendments time to offer their amendments. It is a very important bill. It is very complicated. It is not at all understood. Speaking for myself, I could tell the majority leader that I support the underlying legislation and I think a lot of Senators do. We would just like to have legitimate time to get the amendments. This is not a filibuster to kill a bill. It is just an opportunity to offer amendments so we can vote on final passage on a bill that is probably improved upon.”