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Max Baucus is a former U.S. Senator from Montana, serving from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, Baucus was known for his work on health care reform and tax policy. He played a significant role in the passage of the Affordable Care Act and was a key advocate for various economic initiatives during his tenure. Baucus also served as the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, where he influenced legislation related to taxation and trade. After leaving the Senate, he was appointed as the U.S. Ambassador to China, where he focused on strengthening U.S.-China relations.
I join in today with my colleagues Senators Bill Nelson, Bob Menendez, George LeMieux, and Chuck Grassley in support of the Emergency Aid to American Survivors of the Haiti Earthquake Act. This bill will provide much-needed resources to…
I will briefly explain my amendment. This amendment would achieve all of the same objectives of the Conrad-Gregg amendment but with one exception, and this is an important exception. In the amendment I just offered, there are no fast-track…
Dear Representative: The Leadership Council of Aging Organizations (LCAO) is a coalition of national not-for-profit organizations focused on the well-being of America's 87 million older adults. Today, we write to you and your colleagues…
Madam President, I have an amendment which I would like to explain. It is very simple. It will protect Social Security from cuts in the fast-track process proposed to be created in the Conrad-Gregg amendment. It is clear from the public…
I think it is almost always good, when discussing something, for people to look at where there is agreement. Where there is agreement, it builds trust and understanding and, therefore, when possible, there can be even greater agreement…
This double-counting, frankly, is a bogus issue. It kind of sounds good on its face, but it is meant to confuse people. But even subsequent to that statement about the double-counting, even subsequent to that, is it not true that CBO came…
Didn't that same CBO letter also say the health care bill that passed the Senate would reduce the budget deficit? The Senator is throwing out these huge figures--it is going to cost $2 trillion and so on and so forth. I don't know where…
The Senator from North Dakota makes a very compelling case for fiscal discipline. He has been making this case for a good number of years. He has been on the forefront in urging us in the Congress and the country to be more disciplined, to…
Dear President Obama, Speaker Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Reid: We, the undersigned, urge you to preserve and protect two of the most important and successful government programs in the history of the United States--Social Security…
I oppose the Conrad-Gregg amendment. This amendment would set up a new deficit reduction commission and have its recommendations considered and sent to the House under expedited parliamentary procedures. This amendment invites Congress to…
I am glad we passed the bill here now-- it already passed the House--to help all of those Americans who find the tragedy in Haiti so wrenching and want to help. Americans are trying to help in lots of ways. Some are taking orphans into…
Frankly, I think the fundamental question facing us is, Are we going to pay our bills? That is the question before us today. On the amendment offered by the Senator from South Dakota, I suspect the chairman of the Banking Committee…
On another matter which is topical and tragic and which is on the minds of Americans and people all over the world today, I rise to share a few remarks involving the overwhelming disaster that has hit Haiti. Words do not begin to describe…
It is not just progressive groups that oppose the Conrad-Gregg amendment. On January 15, a broad consortium of conservative groups sent what they called ``An Open Letter to U.S. Senators Urging Opposition to the Conrad-Gregg Bipartisan…
The National Committee strongly opposes the fiscal commission legislation authored by Senators Conrad and Gregg. The national committee also focused on Social Security, arguing that it is inappropriate for such a commission, and they…
Ralph Waldo Emerson enjoined: Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill. Today, we will debate whether the United States continues to pay its bills. We will debate whether the United States will continue to pay the interest it owes on the…
What is more, on January 12, a broad consortium of organizations--56 in number--wrote to all Senators to express their concerns with the Conrad-Gregg commission. Among the organizations signing this letter were the AFL-CIO, AFSCME, Change…
The Alliance for Retired Americans, on behalf of its nearly four million members throughout the nation, writes in opposition to the Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action Act of 2009, S. 2853. We oppose attempts to attach it…
I support the President's efforts to create a commission by Executive order, and I oppose the amendment to be proposed by the Senators from North Dakota and New Hampshire.
It is terrible in the West. It is getting worse and worse, and it is getting scary, frankly, the beetle kill.
I commend Senator Tester very much. He has gone and worked very hard. It is very thoughtful.
We should be spending a lot more time listening to and really agreeing to agreements that have been reached at home.
I want to first thank my colleague Jon Tester for working very hard, an extraordinary amount of time and effort to try to get this right.
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