Max Baucus
Max Baucus
Max Sieben Baucusis an American politician who was a United States Senator from Montana from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, Baucus was the longest-serving U.S. senator from Montana. Baucus has been the United States Ambassador to China since 2014...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 December 1941
CityHelena, MT
CountryUnited States of America
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I'm glad that Thailand agrees. Now it's time for Japan to lift its ban as well,
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Canada's subsidized imports of softwood lumber harm the U.S. lumber industry.
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I know that the American public is nervous about China, and there is a temptation to respond harshly to the economic challenge that China poses. But we need to resist that urge and make responsible policy.
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If I were the president, I would be very concerned, ... and I would do what was reasonably necessary to find a way to get my people confirmed.
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I told Dirk that I'm going to fight him every step of the way if the administration doesn't back away from this land grab. He heard my message loud and clear: our public lands aren't for sale to the highest bidder.
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It's going to pass. It just depends on when that willful band of three or four senators is going to recognize that.
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This legislation has tremendous momentum. It's going to pass. It's going to be enacted and the president is going to sign it.
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Eight weeks ago yesterday, Katrina made landfall. Eight weeks ago today, the levees broke. And eight weeks later, I cannot in good conscience join in cutting health care, when Congress has left the health care needs of Katrina's victims unaddressed.
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This is absurd. This is irresponsible. I strongly urge senators to consider what they're doing here tonight in supporting this amendment because, in a word I do not use lightly, this is an outrage.
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This is a big victory for drug dealers,
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This package that we're announcing today is an effort to get things moving, ... It's based on several needs. One is cash -- people just need cash to be able to meet needs.
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The whole country is trying to figure out what should be done about record high gasoline prices at a time of record oil company profits. It's relevant to know what the real financial picture is for this industry, because the financial picture for American consumers is pretty bleak.
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Privatizing Social Security will take dollars out of young folks' pockets. If this proposal moves forward, workers today will not only see their benefits drastically reduced when they are ready to retire, but they will also bear the brunt of trillions of dollars added to the national debt because of this plan.
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Privatizing Social Security will take dollars out of young folks' pockets.