119 Quotes by Max Baucus

The amendment states and reflects America's true needs by saying to millions of senior citizens who do not receive adequate coverage that we are there for you, ... That's millions of senior citizens, and we help them by taking just a small nick out of the president's tax cuts -- about $158 billion.

I would never vote for a bill which I thought would undermine traditional Medicare, and this bill does not do that,

We were given a second chance by the BRAC commission, and we pounced on it,

There is a very real sense among Americans that our trading partners - China, in particular - do not play by the rules.

We should proceed with caution. We should protect the resources we now have.

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.

We've been at this point before and it's passed us. This time, it's going to be different.

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.

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.