Max Baucus
The Social Security trust fund is in pretty good shape today and we should not embark upon risky, dangerous schemes which will, in fact, undermine Social Security, such as privatization.Collection: Trust
I'm a very proud Democrat, but I also like results.
It's an honor to be presented with an opportunity to follow in the footsteps of my mentor, Mike Mansfield, who worked to strengthen and improve America's important relationships throughout Asia.
You can't operate by hindsight.
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.
Life has many twists and turns.
Failure to pass TPP sends a big signal. The United States is backing off, backing away. That will create a huge void here.
Global overcapacity in steel production can no longer be ignored. Foreign governments' intervention in steel markets has had a devastating impact on the U.S. industry.
A lot of America is stressed by Mother Nature.
Privatizing Social Security will take dollars out of young folks' pockets.
The Senate is a remarkable institution. It is unique. There is no other body, no other political body, no other democratic legislature in the world quite like the U.S. Senate.
It is pretty hard to find the right result to a controversial issue.
I think I can speak for every Senator, saying that he or she ran for the Senate because we want to help make this a better place; that is, we want to help our States and help America.
Now is not the time to open the border to receive Canadian beef down to the United States.
The administration's attempt to keep us from selling agricultural products to Cuba is an outrage. Cuba is not a threat. That is why we must do more to open Cuba - not less.
There are significant human rights abuses in China. In some areas, the situation is worse today than in the past. In other areas, there have been improvements. We will recognize the latter, and be critical of the former.
I'm inclined to vote for Roberts unless something else comes up. It's a close call.
In this ever-changing world, it's more important than ever that our top-notch military continues to receive the resources needed to serve and protect our country.
Judge Roberts has assured me personally that he has a healthy respect for precedent and the hard-won rights of Americans.
The recovery of the Gulf Coast region will take years to complete.
You're entitled to Medicaid regardless of your income. Don't worry about your health care.
I think I'm the luckiest guy in the world.
My door is open.
Sequestration is leverage that should not be given up easily.
Tax reform is a once-in-a-generation opportunity.
I believe strongly that the opportunity is here for us in America to finally have a healthcare system that we can really be proud of. But it's got to be one where everybody is involved. Everybody: consumers, employers, providers, health-insurance companies, everybody.
I know the problem of obesity. I got to tell you, I think that's tepid. I just don't think the bully pulpit is going to be enough to sufficiently fight obesity. We're going to have to have incentives in here.
Fundamentally, legislation that is historic, that is comprehensive, that has a large number of senators supporting it is more durable.
U.S. agricultural products, including safe, high-quality Montana beef, face unscientific trade restrictions in many important markets.
Every American has a right to affordable, high-quality health care.
Health reform is an essential part of restoring America's economy and maintaining our competitiveness.
IRAs are intended for retirement.
Increased trade is crucial to a balanced plan for stimulating growth and job creation on both sides of the Atlantic.
For our part, the U.S. government has an obligation to aggressively pursue every opportunity to expand trade, boost the economy, and create well-paid jobs here at home.
Any bilateral trade and investment agreement must be comprehensive and address the full range of barriers to U.S. goods and services if it is to receive broad, bipartisan congressional support.
America's ranchers and farmers produce the highest-quality products in the world.
We Montanans take pride in our low crime rate and believe honest people can disagree without being disagreeable. Maybe extremist groups believe they can find a home in Montana because of our easygoing ways.
Americans have the right to say what they believe. But with that right comes the responsibility to respect our neighbors, respect law enforcement, and obey the laws.
We all must make hatemongers unwelcome in our towns and communities. And we must stand by the heroes in this struggle, the police and county prosecutors who stand up to the extremists.
If Congress can strip the federal courts of jurisdiction over school prayer cases, there is no provision in the Constitution immune from congressional tampering.
The Founding Fathers provided a way to reverse unpopular Supreme Court decisions: a constitutional amendment.
The Framers of the Constitution wisely understood that constitutional principles must not be sacrificed on the altar of political appeasement.
School prayer, abortion, and school busing are indeed controversial issues. I doubt that there ever will be complete agreement on the public-policy questions they raise.
We've got to stand up for ourselves. That is, draw some lines, make it clear that after awhile, we're not going to get bullied or pushed around, because I think there are some in China who want to push the United States around. They want to bully us.
We Americans have an obligation to come to China, to learn more about China. Why? Because with each passing day, it's going to be more and more in our future.
I just like to have one foot in Montana and one foot out.
I believe very, very strongly that when you serve, you serve the entire state.
My blood, my roots, my soul is in the state of Montana.
I don't want retired schoolteachers or any other good Americans to be duped by fraudulent organizations into giving money, thinking it is going to go to disabled vets, when in fact it's not at all. It's going in to pad the pockets of some scam artists. I want to stop this stuff.
Politics abhors a vacuum.