119 Quotes by Max Baucus

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.

I am concerned about the fate of the bill. Although many of its policies are sound, I am not confident that most will survive a conference with the House.

I am supportive of working on repealing the estate tax, but now is not the appropriate time. The nation is calling out for the Senate to act to help those in need.

For the United States, Malaysia represents a major commercial player - in the same league as France, Italy, Taiwan, and the Netherlands. In the past, we have spent too much time, effort, and resources negotiating agreements with small countries of little commercial significance.

Good for you, Gov. Blanco, ... This is not about blame, this is about how we get this job done. I appreciate your response.

We must do all we can to help the relief effort, ... We are just now beginning to realize the scale of this tragedy.

It is important for House conferees to realize that it is going to be difficult for the conference to come up with a bill that does not represent the bipartisan provisions of the Senate bill,

Our bill will fully fund the rural schools program without selling even one acre of our prized public lands. Our public lands shouldn't be put up for sale to the highest bidder.

President Bush likes to say that trade is for everyone, and that we all share the benefits -- including workers .... This amendment presented the president with the perfect opportunity to show a real commitment to those priorities. But he let the opportunity pass him by.