Max Baucus

Later this year the 166 countries that signed the 1992 climate change treaty will meet in Kyoto, Japan. They will be seeking stronger measures to control a potential threat to the future of our planet and to the lives of everyone living…

this is a short, simple amendment dealing with our China policy. It has the support of the State Department; business; and Chinese dissidents. I hope it will also get the support of Congress. The amendment, very simply, allows the Asian…

I rise in support of the Dodd-McCain amendment. For the past 11 years, we have experimented with the policy of ``certifying'' foreign countries as cooperating or failing to cooperate with our efforts against the international narcotics…

I rise in support of the tax relief legislation before the Senate. This is a complex bill. Chairman Roth has done a superb job in working with a vast range of issues and many different groups of taxpayers to produce a generally good bill…

on another matter, I wish to inform the Senate that we in the Environment and Public Works Committee are working very diligently to come up with a good solid reform of the Endangered Species Act. In this respect, I say that Senator…

I applaud this effort, and I want to speak for a few moments on the subject and how we might proceed from here. Last week, a number of State attorneys general reached an agreement with several American tobacco companies. The agreement will…

I very much thank again publicly my chairman of the committee, Senator Roth, who has heard many, many compliments on his leadership of the committee. I have complimented him many times already. Other Senators have complimented him many…

I opposed the Bumpers Amendment that would repeal percentage depletion for hardrock mining companies operating on public and formerly public lands. I believe this amendment is the wrong approach to bringing about mining law reform…

in the last couple of hours, in my judgment, this debate has turned into a rather partisan matter, with Republicans lining up on one side and Democrats lining up on the other. That is fine. I mean, each Senator has his right to say what he…

I rise today in very firm opposition to the cloture motion on S. 4, the so-called Family Friendly Workplace Act... Comptime would let working parents balance the needs of their families with the demands of their jobs. I believe it is only…

I rise today to commend Mrs. Lois Palagi, a third grade teacher at West Elementary School in Butte. I want to recognize Lois because she has distinguished herself as one of the best and most beloved teachers in the community of Butte. In…

the U.S. mutual fund industry has become a dominant force in developing, marketing, and managing assets for American investors. Since 1990, assets under management by U.S. mutual funds have grown from $1 trillion to about $3.5 trillion…

we heard today from both the chairman and the ranking member of the Budget Committee that we need to address this problem; the problem that there is a deficiency in highway-mass transit-infrastructure spending that must be dealt with at…

I have long argued for the return of these revenues to transportation programs--approximately $7 billion annually. In fact, I recently introduced legislation to transfer the 4.3 cents to transportation programs--3.8 cents to the highway…

we all deeply appreciate the amount of work the Senator from New Mexico has made to try to put this together. It is an almost impossible task. He made an interesting statement, though, that I would just like to follow up on a little bit…

But again I ask you, at what time, at what point would we begin to find the additional dollars that we all know we need for transportation?

I rise today because yesterday I introduced the Baucus-Kerrey-Landrieu substitute amendment to the comptime bill. This amendment will give working men and women the choice between earning overtime pay or taking that time off to spend with…

I would like to join Senators Kempthorne, Chafee, Craig, and Reid in offering this amendment. I would like to briefly explain why Senator Reid and I strongly oppose section 311 of S. 672 and then summarize the alternative we worked out…

I rise today to express my firm support of the Chemical Weapons Convention Treaty. I have thought long and hard on this issue. And I believe that my colleagues--both for and against this treaty--have shown patience, diligence and…

the public expects some essential services from the Government. Social security payments, highway funding, national defense, a safety net in bad times, clean air and water, the National Park System, and so on. These are important to the…

as a newly inducted member of the downtown Optimist Club of Great Falls, MT, I take great pride in telling my colleagues about the new Optimist International Child Safety Awareness Program. In recent months, there have been numerous…

I might say, too, Madam President, that the people understand this. Last year they came from all over Montana to a trade conference I hosted on how we can establish better trade relationships with and engage more deeply with China. People…

I support strongly the nomination of Charlene Barshefsky as U.S. Trade Representative. Why is that? Although the Senator from South Carolina raises very important issues--and I underline that; they are extremely important--I think we can't…

I rise today to ask that this body honor a man whose life was an honor to Montana. And a man whose death is a loss to us all. My friend, Charles A. ``Bill'' Bishop, died on Sunday, January 26. But his memory will continue to live on in all…

the Senate now has before it the conference report to accompany S. 640, the Water Resources Development Act of 1996. I would like to compliment the conferees on the fine work they have done in bringing this conference report to the Senate…