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
necessary people reasonably
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.
congress people
These people need help. They need to know Congress is doing something, too.
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And I think the reason is pretty clear. It's because it's embarrassing.
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We've been at this point before and it's passed us. This time, it's going to be different.
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We all know the importance of getting prescription drug benefits for seniors, ... It's extremely complicated working this out. It's not easy. It's uncharted territory, but we all want to make it work. For that reason, it is going to work.
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U.S. agricultural products, including safe, high-quality Montana beef, face unscientific trade restrictions in many important markets.
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U.S. - China Economic Relations Revisited. China maintains an unjustified, WTO-inconsistent ban on U.S. beef, despite clear scientific evidence that our beef is safe.
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We've got a choice here. It's either vote for this or try to amend it. And if we try to amend it, we're going to be back where we've been for the last five months. That is, doing a lot of talking and not much action. I regret that, but that's the situation we're faced with.
chance given second
We were given a second chance by the BRAC commission, and we pounced on it,
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We've cleared the next to the last hurdle. I would be very surprised if the Congress didn't sign off on the this plan, but we must continue to ride herd to make sure that it does.
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We must do all we can to help the relief effort, ... We are just now beginning to realize the scale of this tragedy.
caution proceed protect resources
We should proceed with caution. We should protect the resources we now have.
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What Hurricane Katrina destroyed in hours will take years to rebuild, ... The public expects the government to be careful with taxpayer dollars and put them to use in a smart and practical manner.
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It is pretty hard to find the right result to a controversial issue.