Max Baucus

The State of Montana is very committed to rural water.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Authorization is the next reasonable step in the process.

Good water is what we need.

I'm determined to achieve that same sense of comity and civility in this committee that's been a hallmark of the success in the past.

Proposing mandatory coverage as the solution overlooks the one-fourth of insured Americans who are rationing their own medical care because they can't afford to pay the bills.

Reforming our system so that every American has access to affordable, high-quality healthcare has been the cause of his life.

It is wrong that so many families in any State and across our country go to sleep at night wondering what they will do if their children get sick.

Like each of us here, I believe that there are few higher callings than public service.

Jo-Ellen is one of those people who, if you ask to do something, you do not give it a second thought because you know it is done.

Character is like a tree, and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it. The tree is the real thing.

We need something created first of all to deal with multi-State projects.

A 21st century economy cannot be built on collapsing bridges.

Transportation infrastructure has always been requisite, desirable and useful to our economic growth and our national security.

The bottom line is that the current system is not up to par and fails to meet the basic needs of Montanans.

This water project is a critical lynch-pin our long-term efforts to ensure that all Americans, regardless of location, receive the clean, fresh water to which they are entitled.

The country is angry. Individual Americans are angry. I am angry.

Max Baucus and Senator Grassley have both come out with a suggestion that says that they will impose a 35 percent additional tax, in addition to normal taxes, to anybody who got a bonus, anybody who works for any company that got bailout…

Well, the basic question is what's the highest tax that we can impose on the bonuses that is sustainable in court?

They will impose a 35 percent additional tax -- in addition to normal taxes, to anybody who got a bonus.

The basic question is what's the highest tax that we could impose on those bonuses that's sustainable in court?

I am working to reintroduce the National Park Centennial Challenge Fund Act, a bill introduced in 2008 by then-Senator, now-Secretary, Ken Salazar.

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