Max Baucus

It is just incredible to me how wrong-headed it has been that prior to 2008, about 30 years, we have had this on again, off again, ad hoc disaster program.

Do not pull any punches. Let us know.

Thanks for what you do.

Farmers and ranchers have a better perspective on life. They are more philosophical.

no more responsible position.

I am disappointed in this budget.

I just want you to say that you are going to stick with the master manual.

I deeply appreciate all that they put together.

I am going to watch this closely, for one reason, it is so important.

The whiplash damage caused by floods one year, then drought and wildfires the next year, underscores the need for more attention to this area.

We too often forget, or choose to forget, an important fact. The Missouri River wasn't plugged up just to benefit our friends east of the hundredth meridian.

I am very pleased to be here, for a lot of reasons.

I will be very brief, Madam Chairman.

I have worked for 3 years to inject some common sense into the overlapping levee inspection.

We would really appreciate that.

I appreciate that. FEMA is a good agency, but frankly, I have even more confidence in the Corps.

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet, during the session of the Senate, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Pension Savings: Are Workers Saving Enough for Retirement?'' on…

I do agree with the majority leader. As we have discussed, it should be obvious that the overriding, critical purpose of this legislation is to suspend the debt limit and avoid the catastrophic implications of a default. This is an…

Amending the provision means it has to go back to the House. If you think the markets are in disarray today, just think of the lack of confidence that would prevail if this amendment were to succeed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on January 31, 2013, at 10 a.m., in SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct an executive business meeting…

I rise to speak on two amendments. It will be the first amendment offered by the Senator from Ohio, his first amendment, and also I will speak on an amendment offered by the Senator from Pennsylvania. I think the Senator from Maryland, the…

I move to table the Portman amendment and ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The clerk will call the roll. The…

on January 23, something marvelous happened. What was that? The House, on a strong bipartisan basis, passed a bill which would raise the debt limit, which would extend the debt limit to May 18. It was bipartisan. Speaker Boehner is to be…

thanks in part to filmmaker Steven Spielberg, there is renewed interest today in America's 16th President, Abraham Lincoln. A century and a half ago, during one of the most critical times in American history, Lincoln faced a nation divided…

I appreciate the intent of the Senator from Pennsylvania. When we stop and think about this amendment, it reminds us of the movie and the book ``The Hunger Games.'' In ``The Hunger Games,'' you will recall, children were pitted against…