Max Baucus

Different students will opt for different types of training. That is good. We need workers with different skills to fill all the new jobs that are constantly being created. One thing is sure: We need to train more engineers. Listen to…

let me just recap briefly so Senators understand my amendment. I explained where we were before the break in the action. I am offering an amendment which would eliminate the reconciliation instruction to the budget resolution directing the…

all Members ought to think and reflect upon this amendment and how important this amendment is. First of all, let me explain what this amendment does and what it does not do. What does it not do? It does not prevent any of the…

I don't know what the debate is all about. This is a no-brainer. It is an absolute no-brainer. All of us, when we are home talking to our teachers and to our communities, to school boards, know this is the right thing to do. It is clear…

Why are military families left behind under this reconciliation instruction? First, there are many military families that have incomes between $10,000 and $26,000 a year. Roughly, 200,000 military personnel fall within this income range…

I thank the chairman.

We cannot forget the human scale of the Libby tragedy, and that's what must drive the EPA's commitment.

I give my compliments to the yeoman efforts of the Senator from Michigan. She has done a wonderful job. She has many times come to me and asked: Max, can't we do more? I have an amendment to accelerate the deduction and many times it will…

I am just saying, we have a huge challenge here to help create jobs and to keep jobs in America and to retrain people who lose jobs. This phenomenon of job loss is huge. As the chart by the Senator from Michigan shows, we have lost about 3…

The point being that the other countries themselves are much less concerned about this.

Let me just discuss for a few minutes what this JOBS bill is really all about. It is a bill which the Finance Committee reported last November. It is something we simply must pass due to the WTO decision. I hope we can get it enacted into…

This is a complex problem and requires a complex solution. It reminds me of a quote I am fond of making. H.L. Mencken once said: For every complicated problem there is a simple solution, and it is usually wrong. In my judgment, this…

I do not know how much time the Senator has, but I might ask, if the Senator does not mind, to address another subject with respect to jobs. Would the Senator agree, as we try to find a solution to this problem, that one of the issues we…

I have today asked my colleagues to support the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. This important legislation has strong support from both sides of the aisle with more than 50 cosponsors on the original bill, S. 659. I am proud to…

in my view--and I think it is the view of the vast majority of the Members of the Senate and probably the majority of Americans--this highway legislation is critical. It needs passing immediately. It is critical because our country so much…

I rise today to honor the Carroll College Fighting Saints and to congratulate them on their second consecutive NAIA National Championship. The Fighting Saints won their second straight NAIA National Championship by defeating Northwestern…

I might say, too, although the game was magical--it is always magical when you win--magic really did not play a large part in the Fighting Saints' victory. It was just good old-fashioned hard work and teamwork. Coach Van Diest is one very…

This amendment specifically addresses the problems faced by the steel and airline industry. However, I also have concerns about other types of companies. Some of these companies should be allowed to access the DRC relief that is in this…

This amendment provides short-term relief for multiemployer pension plans that are struggling to cope with unprecedented losses on their equity investments in the first few years of this decade. The temporary funding relief would help…

I simply wish to say thank you. I rise to say thanks to all my colleagues, particularly here in the Senate, my friends and family in Montana and across the country, my wife Wanda and my son Zeno, my mother, and so many others. Thank you…

for several years now I have worked with the highway community to hold the Highway Trust Fund harmless with respect to the ethanol subsidy. While it is good agriculture and energy policy to encourage alternative fuels, it should not be the…

I would like to speak a few minutes about the upcoming Medicare conference report that will be before this body-- I don't know when--maybe Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. Before I do so, I would like to thank and compliment many people who helped…

I add my comments in support of the Congressional Award Program. This excellent program is open to all 14- to 23-year-olds. Participants earn bronze, silver, and gold congressional award certificates and bronze, silver, and gold…

I rise today to state my support for country-of-origin labeling. Manufactured goods sold in the United States have carried mandatory country-of-origin labels since the 1930s. Most of our major trading partners, including Europe and Japan…

It is vital that we pass this legislation this year. Montana recently suffered from devastating wildfires, as have other western States. As the Senator from California, Senator Feinstein pointed out repeatedly, the current news from…