Max Baucus

The quest to make the R&D tax credit permanent has gone on for too long.

Unfortunately, Congress is not allowing the R&D Credit to realize its full potential.

My life with Melodee is wonderful. We're in a romantic relationship. We're very close. It's very, very happy in my life right now.

Everything was straight on the up and up. I went out of my way to be up and up. She's just so good. She's just so qualified and she just shines above everybody.

It is a Superfund site where hundreds of people have been sickened and died because of the pervasive presence of asbestos.

I am very pleased that the committee is considering the effectiveness and status of the Toxic Substances Control Act.

Montanans know about the harmful effects of asbestos.

We need to consider these predictions, but we also need to consider the consequences of failing to act.

We can see the consequences in sustained drought and more frequent wildfires.

We can see the consequences in forests near my hometown of Helena, destroyed by pine beetles that thrive in warmer temperatures.

I am committed to passing meaningful, balanced climate change legislation.

The innovation that a cap-and-trade program encourages will result in lower costs than most predict.

Status quo is killing us, and let's make this jump because if we do it, it is going to be the best thing.

Our State has a lot to gain and a lot to potentially lose from this transition if it is not properly structured.

Senator Baucus will see to that, that it will be WTO-compliant.

I want to thank Senator Carper for helping to negotiate, and Senator Udall helping to negotiate that package.

But the status quo is trouble because the Clean Air Act is going to have to be implemented.

Montana's wind energy potential ranges from good to excellent to superb, but it lacks some of the transmission infrastructure required to carry that renewable resource to market.

I might say, Madam Chairman, that we are here, and the interest we Montanans have is pretty deep, especially as we transition to a clean energy economy, and we are concerned about transportation and also international actions.

We have a moral obligation to leave it in as good a shape or better shape than we found it.

Montana cannot afford the unmitigated impacts of climate change.

Senator Baucus here in the Senate and Congressman Thompson in the House are now sponsoring legislation to make those incentives permanent.

The Baucus bill would cost about $880 billion over the next 10 years.

Max Baucus has given a deadline of 10:00 a.m. Wednesday for Republicans to come up with a counter-proposal.

Let's face it, the bill we now consider is 'a tax bill.'