Max Baucus

Let us remember to keep our eye on the ball and pass PNTR before August.

I pledge to support Senator Cardin's human rights bill.

If we do nothing, the 154 other countries in the WTO will gain new access to Russia's growing market and we will be left out on the sideline.

Jewish organizations in both the U.S. and Russia also strongly support PNTR.

This is a 1-sided deal in America's favor, but only if we act.

Passing the Magnitsky bill, along with PNTR, will help promote the goals of both bills.

PNTR is no gift to Russia, and, for U.S. jobs, we need to keep our eye on the ball.

Under ordinary times, perhaps Alice, a Democrat, would not be calling for substantial changes to the entitlement programs, and I, a Republican, would be against higher revenues. But this is not a normal time, and we cannot allow…

America was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

We must continue to innovate and experiment with sensible cost-containment measures, but the challenge is not going to disappear overnight.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. World War II Veterans

George Washington once said: The willingness of future generations to serve in our military will be directly dependent upon how we have treated those we have served in the past. Tomorrow, 95 World War II veterans will fly from Montana to…

I just want to thank you again for scheduling this series of roundtables.

I rise in strong opposition to multiple amendments to the farm bill that would undermine critical support for American sugar producers and the American jobs they create. These amendments would pull the rug out from underneath sugar beet…

I ask unanimous consent that two detailees from my office, Herrick Fox and Benjamin Thomas, be granted the privilege of the floor for the remainder of debate on S. 3240, the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Sugar Program

We are not training physicians today to enter into a health care delivery system.

I ask unanimous consent that two detailees from my office, Herrick Fox and Benjamin Thomas, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the debate on S. 3240, the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

Abraham Lincoln was no stranger to agriculture. He spent most of his early years on farms. Many years later, he signed into law legislation that created the Department of Agriculture, which just recently celebrated its 150th anniversary…

If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.

I think we can bend the cost curve and create a lot of value for those beneficiaries.

There are a lot of unfortunate bad apples. Let's not forget. Most charitable organizations are good, they do very good work that this country probably wouldn't exist without all the charitable foundations that we have in this country.

There's no question, there's some kind of a shell game, some kind of a scam going on here and I don't know who's getting the money. It's certainly not disabled vets who are getting the money.

I -- it sounds like it's a front. I don't think it's legit. It takes about $56 million from ordinary good Americans who want to help veterans, but they don't give any of the money to veterans.

Our veterans should never be used as pawns in a scheme to exploit the taxpayers. DVNF has a responsibility to show it's genuinely helping veterans and playing by the rules.