Max Baucus

the optimum for the States and their ability to plan in a long-range sense is a 6-year bill.

I cannot remember a time as challenging as today, with all the different forces converging.

We believe at the Energy Security Leadership Council that the transportation policies of the United States should be linked specifically to petroleum consumption goals.

Too bad we can't do more of that in the United States.

The politics in our country today, it is very, very difficult to get additional revenue.

We believe that the Nation's dependence on petroleum, after terrorism and weapons of mass destruction, is the Nation's largest single national security and economic risk.

It would be great if there were a free market solution to our problem in this regard, but there is no free market for oil.

We need to get the highway program back into a national program, to restore the pride that we once had in the Interstate highway system.

Thank you very much, Ms. Thomas. I appreciate your testimony.

I don't think we want to be in that position where it is only $28 billion. That is a huge blow to our country.

A vehicle miles traveled tax seems reasonable to me, and also the technology.

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I ask unanimous consent that the following staff be allowed on the Senate floor for the duration of the debate on S. 493: Lucy Emerson and Shannon Olberding. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 806 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

today more than 47 million Americans rely on Medicare for their health care. For more than 45 years, seniors have had access to the affordable, dependable health care Medicare provides. We all recognize the cost of health care. We know it…

Other countries have very up to date infrastructure systems.

We can't afford it in Montana, don't have the resources.

this is a bill to appropriate funds for pay and allowances and support for members of the Armed Forced, their families, and other personnel critical to national security during a funding gap. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 7, nays 93, as follows…

I ask unanimous consent that in addition to my being able to speak for 2 minutes and Senator Inhofe 1 minute, that Senator Boxer also be allowed to speak for 1 minute on this amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 2 minutes prior to the vote on my amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 6, 2011, at 9:30 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``The Role of the Accounting Profession…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 6, 2011. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. committee on banking…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 6, 2011, at 10 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I have a very commonsense amendment. It basically says: The general rule makes sense, but there should be a couple exceptions. The general rule is that we should have regulations on greenhouse gas emissions, but not for agriculture. I am…