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Max Baucus is a former U.S. Senator from Montana, serving from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, Baucus was known for his work on health care reform and tax policy. He played a significant role in the passage of the Affordable Care Act and was a key advocate for various economic initiatives during his tenure. Baucus also served as the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, where he influenced legislation related to taxation and trade. After leaving the Senate, he was appointed as the U.S. Ambassador to China, where he focused on strengthening U.S.-China relations.
I rise today to speak to the Federally Impacted School Improvement Act. As we all know, there is a very important debate going on in our country today concerning our Nation's schools. Schools all across our country are crumbling, in many…
this amendment before the Senate, which I do not favor, saddens me. It is not being straight with the American people. It is packaged in a way to look as if it is protecting Social Security. It is like a lot of products: They are packaged…
I join my chairman, Senator Chafee, in support of the legislation before us today, S. 507, the Water Resources Development Act of 1999. I also want to recognize the new Chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee…
Clearly, our service men and women, particularly those in harm's way, deserve all the support we can possibly give them. The provision we are now discussing which releases them of income tax liability during the time they are serving in a…
the Senator from Arkansas raises obviously a very important question, and that is, essentially, the terms under which the United States should agree to help encourage China to be a member or accede to the WTO. It is obviously important…
Mr. President I rise to offer some thoughts on our relations with China, and in particular the prospects of China's WTO membership, as the visit of Premier Zhu Rongji to the United States next month approaches. Let me begin, however, with…
Mr. President, I am very strongly in favor of the Education Flexibility Partnership Act. That is very simply because if there is any investment that makes sense in this country, it is investing in education, pure and simple, full stop, end…
I want to state very simply but strongly and unequivocally that I support S. 280, the Education Flexibility Partnership Act, and I support it very strongly. There is a very simple truth. That is, we need to trust our parents, trust our…
I rise today to co-sponsor a Senate Resolution to designate March 24, 1999 as National School Violence Victims Memorial Day. Just last week I spoke to the Montana State Legislature and introduced an education action plan, a major part of…
I have very mixed emotions. First, I am very disappointed in a process that led to this midnight power play. This bill, as has been pointed out by others speaking before me, is almost 4,000 pages long. It weighs 40 pounds. It contains…
Again, I agree. We recognized that flexibility is required to ensure that EDA may address the varied causes and types of economic distress nationwide. Therefore, in his efforts to ensure that EDA assistance go to the communities of…
I agree. In fact, many areas of the country, including Montana, face similar situations. We included that phrase intentionally to ensure that such distress may be addressed by EDA programs. It is our view, and it is a view shared by EDA…
I rise today to support the adoption of S. 2131, the Water Resources Development Act of 1998. This legislation is our usual biennial authorization for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It includes authority to construct projects for…
When we loaned money to New York City a few years ago, New York repaid that loan with interest, ahead of time. When we loaned Chrysler Corporation money to get its feet back on the ground, that loan was repaid ahead of time. I am just…
I will use some of my time to praise you because that is very generous of the Senator from Mississippi, and it is typical of his generosity and his graciousness. He is a very, very fine man. Mr. President, sometimes we have to disagree…
in my 20 years in the Senate, I have scarcely experienced a more politically trying time than this. As the nation decides how to cope with an unprecedented political crisis, Congress must not only consider impeachment proceedings but pass…
I am actually getting my view--it is not my view, but I am reporting what the Alaska Intermodal Transportation Plan says. It has a statement on page 13 of its plan. This is dated October of 1994. I grant it is a few years old. Essentially…
If I might answer the Senator's question, I am not saying that, just because the roads in Montana are often impassable because of snow, the same must be true around King Cove. I am saying that is the opinion of a good number of residents…
I begin by first thanking my good friend from Alaska for bringing this up as a freestanding bill. One of the objections I had earlier with some of the riders in the Interior appropriations bill first on the merits of those provisions of…
There may be a difference in the road. I don't know. One more point, in case folks haven't been listening to the entire debate: My view is there is a medical need. That is clear. According to the State of Alaska, it is no greater, or no…
When I finish this letter. This is a letter from a resident of Cold Bay. She says: ``As a lifelong resident of this area, I have some great concerns with the proposed legislation . . .'' She talks about the 25 mile proposed road. ``When we…
I say to these King Cove residents, who are either in the gallery watching or listening elsewhere, all of us are as concerned about your safety--your medical safety and medical health--as the two Alaska Senators are. Obviously, we are; we…
this has been a good debate. A lot of facts have come out. I might just note parenthetically, I chuckled a little bit. Here we are at the late stages of this debate. I concede to the Senator he has won the chart war. I have never seen so…
One last rider I will mention. This rider is section 343 of the Interior appropriations bill which limits Federal and State actions to manage the Columbia/Snake River system. I note that the chairman of the subcommittee is the present…
I would like to mention another anti- environment rider in the Interior appropriations bill. I have already discussed two of them. One is Glacier Bay and the other is Izembek. This will be the third. Mr. President, this amendment deletes…
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