Max Baucus

Employees in the Tax Exempt Unit of the IRS Office in Cincinnati abused this trust.

This is unacceptable.

Targeting groups based on their political views is not only inappropriate, it is intolerable.

I rise to recognize a very important event that will be occurring this Sunday and Monday: 85 World War II veterans from Montana will take part in the fourth Big Sky Honor Flight and come to Washington, DC, to visit their monument--the WWII…

what is the parliamentary procedure? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate is considering the Tavenner nomination en bloc and at 4:30 p.m. unanimous consent to move to a vote. The Senator from Montana.

I would like to speak on another matter, as well as on the Marilyn Tavenner matter. Frankly, my remarks will take more than 4 minutes, so to what degree we can get the Senate to postpone votes, we will be working on that as I am speaking.

I thank Senator Cantwell and Senator Murray for their work to reform the harbor maintenance tax in order to keep our ports competitive. As chairman of the Finance Committee, I believe it is important that we work to improve our Nation's…

If a window of opportunity appears, do not pull down the shade.

The Blackfeet Water Compact has already been ratified by the State of Montana. As this Committee well knows, the obligation is now on Congress to complete this settlement.

I look forward to cooperating immediately with the Obama Administration, the tribe, the State and other stakeholders to strengthen the bill for mark-up.

Now is the time to resolve it and get the legislation passed.

This settlement is crucial for the Blackfeet Tribe and their future.

Fifteen percent of Montana's agricultural economy depends on the water implicated by this settlement.

this is a jobs bill, this is a jobs and livelihood bill.

I just see a huge train wreck coming down.

The Senator just said the magic word. The Senator is talking about States where there is nexus. I ask for the proposition where there is no nexus. That is the whole point of a lot of this discussion here. The point in Quill is that in a…

I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from Maine.

First, I want to deeply thank my two colleagues who previously spoke, Senator Collins of Maine and Senator Alexander of Tennessee, for their nice, warm compliments. I deeply appreciate that. It means a lot to me because they are both very…

Senator Tester and I wish to recognize the 30th anniversary of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation. Nearly 30 years ago Congress passed legislation authorizing funds for a foundation honoring Mike Mansfield. Mike was the pride of…

I objected to the last amendment for a very simple reason. The author of the amendment is making my case. This amendment makes my case. What is my case? My case is this bill should go to committee. It has so many problems…

I wish to ask the Senator from North Dakota a question. I guess I will ask the question through the Chair. Mr. President, I wonder if the Senator from North Dakota would tell me where in this bill--and I have read it--a State would have…

For example, the Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program, a centerpiece of the Foundation's work, has been building a corps of U.S. Federal Government employees with Japan expertise since it was established by Congress in 1994. This program…

I have another question. This is very similar to the context of this bill, and that is, I have asked the Senator from North Dakota many times to provide me with the authority for that proposition. I am wondering if the Senator from North…

Mike Mansfield was enamored with the Far East when he traveled there as a young United States Marine in the 1920s. This early experience shaped his outlook on the Pacific Basin and the world. He went on to teach East Asian history at the…

I am happy the Senator from Oregon is objecting. I am not going to get into how many times the Senator from Illinois and anybody else wrote the Finance Committee to work on this bill. That is frankly irrelevant, and it is not a discussion…