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Max Baucus

Profession : Politician

Birth : December 11, 1941

I think I'm the luckiest guy in the world.

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My door is open.

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Sequestration is leverage that should not be given up easily.

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Tax reform is a once-in-a-generation opportunity.

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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.

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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.

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Fundamentally, legislation that is historic, that is comprehensive, that has a large number of senators supporting it is more durable.

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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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Every American has a right to affordable, high-quality health care.

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Health reform is an essential part of restoring America's economy and maintaining our competitiveness.

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IRAs are intended for retirement.

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Increased trade is crucial to a balanced plan for stimulating growth and job creation on both sides of the Atlantic.

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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.

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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.

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America's ranchers and farmers produce the highest-quality products in the world.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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If Congress can strip the federal courts of jurisdiction over school prayer cases, there is no provision in the Constitution immune from congressional tampering.

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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.

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