Max Baucus

If there is one thing to be sure of about being Deputy Secretary of Treasury, it is that you will have to wear many hats, and I am confident that you can.

The 7.3-percent unemployment rate is far too high, and the tepid economic growth over the last few years cannot continue. We must do better.

Treasury must also help foster and manage our relationships with important trading partners around the world, including China.

I rise today to congratulate the Employee Benefit Research Institute on their 35th anniversary. EBRI was founded in 1978 with the purpose of conducting research on employee benefit plans and distributing that information to the public…

I lament the fact that we had--in this committee, in the end, the Republicans were unable to work with us.

The idea of the individual mandate, that is--as I recall, that is, I think, a Heritage Foundation idea that Governor Romney embraced.

this is unacceptable. It has been disappointing to hear members of the administration say they did not see the problems coming.

The legislation, the law that was signed by the President, it actually has a couple of good ideas that are Republican ideas.

There is no room for error. You must meet--and I prefer that you beat--that deadline.

I believe in this law. I spent 2 years of my life working on the Affordable Care Act.

You, Madam Secretary, must make good on that promise.

I ask unanimous consent that all time on both sides be yielded back. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. All time having been yielded, the question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of…

reserving the right to object, I think it is pretty clear that this motion is inappropriate. This is not what we should be doing and how we should potentially change the act. Actually, the effect here is to disrupt implementation of the…

The famed author George Bernard Shaw once wrote: The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. A few weeks ago, lost among the headlines about shutdowns and showdowns…

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 assistant legislative clerk called the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any…

I do not see how financial services regulation can be excluded from a meaningful TTIP agreement.

It is finally time for the E.U. to act.

Congress needs to be a full partner in the development and execution of this agenda.

It is time for us to do our part.

I ask unanimous consent to speak for such time as I may consume. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

The final TTIP agreement should prohibit these kinds of policies.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt said: Our capacity is limited only by our ability to work together. What is needed is the will. I have just returned from a week at home in Montana traveling from Fort Benton to Billings to Bozeman. I visited with…

We very much appreciate the opportunity to address the committee today on the TTIP arrangement, a negotiation of great importance to Eli Lilly and Company.

For me to support a final agreement, it is absolutely essential that TTIP reflect the highest standards of intellectual property rights protection of any prior agreement.

Regulatory coherence will also be critical to achieving a meaningful agreement.