Max Baucus

I rise to address the value of free trade, and of the process by which we get it. From ancient times, people have learned that trade among nations means more economic growth and higher incomes. People have better standards of living…

So far, the National Forests in Montana have met only 17 percent of their timber sale target this year.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I speak about Burma and U.S. sanctions policy. Last year, thugs working for the illegitimate Burmese government attacked opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her supporters with clubs and sharpened sticks, killing as many as 70…

I will do that. I will be in Missoula this next week, and I will do that.

This is not a good way to run a railroad, Mr. Secretary.

I invite you to come to my office.

I have to be honest in saying over the years, I just do not sense the same kind of caliber and focus on mission.

As a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, but also as the ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, I would like to thank Agriculture Committee Chairman Cochran and Ranking Member Harkin for their…

in the book of Ecclesiastes, the Preacher spoke of how there is ``a time to plan, and a time to uproot.'' The American farmer has known this truth from the first days when Indians first walked to this continent. Those of us who are…

I agree with Chairman Grassley. It is our intent with the Free File provision to protect the integrity of our voluntary tax system by providing lower income, disadvantaged and under-served taxpayers the ability to meet their filing…

I believe we should have pay-go principles in the Senate. I hope the Budget Committee adopts pay-go. I think it would be a dereliction of duty not to. I also support his view on this amendment. For the last 10, 15 minutes I have heard a…

That is a promise we made. We should live up to our promise. No. 2, we are coming nowhere near living up to our promise. No. 3, costs are going up dramatically in all our States for special education, and we are not helping address that…

I am very proud of the Senate. The Senate worked its will through a very involved and complex tax bill. I might add--I don't have the final figures here, but in the case of first impression, this probably is one of the largest tax bills…

The amendment raises the very important issue of how in this global economy we can protect the privacy of personally identifiable information that is transmitted abroad. Senator Clinton and her staff have worked diligently with me and my…

Mr. President, the continuing activation of military reservists to serve in Iraq and the war on terror has imposed a tremendous burden on many of our country's businesses, especially our small businesses. Too many small businesses, when…

I compliment Senator Cantwell. She has been dogged in her effort to bring up this amendment. ... She has done a great job representing people who are out of work and unemployed, especially for her State of Washington.

The ancient Theban poet Pindar wrote: ``The test of any man lies in action.'' That was a very provocative, very prescient, and very wise statement. The test of any man, or woman, lies in action. Today that test will be for the Senate…

I raise an issue with regard to the car donation provision included in the JOBS bill. Under the provision donors are limited to deducting the actual sale price of the vehicle that is donated to charity, unless the charity uses the car, in…

Albert Einstein once advised, everything should be made as simple as possible but not simpler. In other words, know when you have done enough. On the JOBS bill that will soon be before the Senate today, we are near time when we have done…

I very much commend and thank my colleagues, the majority leader and assistant minority leader, in trying to work through this bill as we are approaching the endgame. We are about there. We are very close to being there. I might recall, a…

I rise to express my great admiration of our brave Montana servicemen and women in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere in the world. These brave men and women have put their lives on hold and on the line. Their families and their…

It is advisable the Senate not adopt the amendment. His amendment would do two things. Basically, it strikes the deduction for domestic manufacturing and also strikes most of the international tax reform provisions. These are very…

That is for persons, after today, for example, talking about service employees, who are out of a job on account of trade.

there is another point that I would like to discuss with the chairman for the record, regarding a form of restitution that is often authorized for rebates in the case of regulated utility providers whose rates to consumers are regulated…