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November 2009
11-24-09 Baucus, Grassley, McCaskill, Waxman, Towns Urge CMS to Crack Down on Contract Fraud
11-23-09 Baucus Encourages Improvements in Indian Health Service Payment Collection
11-21-09 Baucus Comments after Senate Votes to move to Consideration of Health Reform Bill
11-21-09 Fact vs. Fiction on Health Care Research
11-18-09 Baucus comments on the CBO score for the Senate Health Care reform bill
11-18-09 Baucus Comment Regarding Brainard Nomination
11-18-09 Finance Committee Releases Memo Regarding Brainard Nomination
11-16-09 Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Fix Unfair Penalties on Small Businesses
Legislative Text of the Small Business Penalty Relief Act of 2009
11-13-09 Baucus Applauds U.S. Decision to Participate in Trans-Pacific Trade Negotiations
11-12-09 Baucus Comment on Health Care Reform and the Economy
11-10-09 Baucus Explores Job Growth Through Energy Independence in Hearing on Emissions Reduction Proposals
11-10-09 Baucus Remarks Call For New U.S. Trade Policy
11-10-09 Baucus Hearing Statement on Potential Climate Change Legislation and Job Creation
11-04-09 Baucus Comments on Top Trade and Treasury Nominations Following Finance Hearing
11-04-09 Baucus Opening Statement Regarding Top Trade and Treasury Nominees
11-04-09 Health Care Reform: Lowering Health Care Costs
11-02-09 Baucus Applauds Taiwan’s Decision to Provide Greater Market Access for U.S. Beef
11-02-09 Baucus Floor Statement Regarding Unemployment Insurance
October 200910-30-09 Baucus Calls For Improved Efficiency in Tax Collection At Internal Revenue Service
Legislative Text of the Baucus-Reid Substitute to Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act
CBO Estimates of the Unemployment Insurance Provisions in Senate Substitute
10-29-09 Baucus Statement on the Release of the Affordable Health Care for America Act
10-29-09 Baucus, Grassley Welcome Chinese Decision to Re-Open Market to U.S. Pork Products
10-29-09 Baucus Floor Statement Regarding Unemployment Insurance
10-27-09 Baucus Floor Statement Regarding Unemployment Insurance
10-27-09 Baucus Floor StatementRegarding the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of 2009
Legislative Text of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of 2009
10-26-09 Finance Leaders on Performance Review of Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
10-26-09 Baucus Statement Following Remarks by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
10-22-09 Baucus, Grassley Urge President to Conclude Key Asia-Pacific Trade Negotiations
10-21-09 Committee Report of the America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009
10-21-09 Baucus Comments on Quarterly Report from Tarp Special Inspector General
10-20-09 Baucus, Grassley Highlight Customs Reauthorization Bill in Finance Hearing
10-19-09 Legislative Language of S. 1796, the America’s Healthy
Future Act10-16-09 Baucus, Grassley Support Recommendation for Reports on Taxable Foreign-Source Income
10-15-09 Baucus Reinforces Call for Inter-Agency Cooperation to Ensure Benefits for Wounded Warriors
10-15-09 Baucus Comment on President’s support of one-time payment to seniors in 2010 in lieu of COLA
10-15-09 Finance Committee Considers Top Health And Human Services Nominations
10-15-09 Baucus Hearing Statement Regarding Health and Human Services Nominations
10-14-09 Baucus Statement on Preliminary Results of IRS’s Offshore Voluntary Compliance Initiative
10-13-09 Finance Committee Approves Baucus’ America’s Healthy Future Act
Summary of the America’s Healthy Future Act
10-13-09 Baucus Opening Statement at Today’s Mark-Up of the America’s Healthy Future Act
10-11-09 Highlights of the CBO-JCT Cost Analysis
10-09-09 Baucus Urges Internal Revenue Service to Assess Strategy on Identity Theft Prevention
10-08-09 What You Get Right Away: Immediate Relief for Families and Small Businesses
10-08-09 Baucus Rebukes Opposition to Helping Unemployed Americans
10-08-09 Senators Introduce Comprehensive Funding Proposal for Unemployment Insurance
10-07-09 Baucus Floor Statement Regarding Health Care Reform
10-07-09 Baucus Comments on CBO analysis of the America’s Health Future Act as amended
Text of Congressional Budget Office Analysis of the America’s Healthy Future Act as Amended
10-07-09 Baucus Slams Objection to Bill Protecting Seniors from Higher Medicare Premium Costs
10-07-09 Baucus Floor Statement Regarding Medicare Premiums
10-06-09 Baucus Pushes Benefits Extension for Out-of-Work Americans
10-02-09 The Full Text of the America’s Healthy Future Act as Amended
10-02-09 Baucus Commends Governors’ Shared Commitment to Expanding Health Care Coverage
10-02-09 Baucus Statement on Mark-Up Progress
10-01-09 Baucus Statement on Reduction in Social Security Administration Disability Hearings Backlog
10-01-09 Baucus, Grassley Announce Process for Miscellaneous Tariff Bill
September 2009
9-28-09 Baucus Says Possible Overuse of Medicare Services a Cause for Concern
9-28-09 Baucus Statement on LCIA Decision Regarding Softwood Lumber
9-25-09 Baucus Statement on Mark-Up Progress
9-23-09 State budget impact of Medicaid provisions in America's Healthy Future Act
9-22-09 Baucus Modifies Chairman’s Mark to Improve Health Care Affordability, Maintain Deficit Reductions
Text of the Modified Chairman’s Mark
Scoring Implications of the Modifications to the Chairman’s Mark
9-22-09 Baucus Opening Statement at Mark-Up of America’s Healthy Future Act
9-21-09 At Baucus’ Urging, CMS Cracks Down On Insurance Company Scare Tactics
9-16-09 Baucus Releases America’s Healthy Future Act
Text of America’s Healthy Future Act
CBO Analysis of the America's Healthy Future Act
JCT Analysis of the America's Healthy Future Act
Finance Committee Memo on Estimates of the
America’s Healthy Future Act
9-15-09 Baucus Examines Sustained Unemployment Challenge, Explores Options to Safeguard America’s Jobless
9-15-09 Baucus Hearing Statement Regarding Unemployment Insurance
9-14-09 Baucus Comments On GAO Report; Medicaid Beneficiaries Not Getting Necessary Preventive Care
9-11-09 Baucus Welcomes President’s Decision to Enforce Trade Rules
9-09-09 Baucus Statement Following President Obama’s Address on Health Care Reform
9-09-09 Proposed Framework for Health Care Reform
9-01-09 Baucus Statement Regarding Recovery Payments Made to Prisoners
August 2009
8-26-09 Baucus, Kirk Highlight Importance of Lumber Enforcement in Visit to Montana Lumber Mill
8-25-09 Baucus Says Budget Reports Underscores Critical Need for Health Care Reform
8-20-09 Baucus: UBS Settlement an important Step in Fight Against Offshore Tax Fraud, More Work Still to Do
8-06-09 Baucus, Grassley Introduce Bill to Strengthen Customs Facilitation, Enforcement
8-04-09 Finance Committee Examines Allowance Distribution Under Climate Change Legislation
July 2009
7-30-09 Baucus Applauds Senate Approval of Funding for Unemployment Insurance, Highway Trust Fund
7-30-09 Baucus Statement on Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Funding Bill
7-30-09 Baucus Statement on Progress of Finance Committee’s Health Care Reform Negotiations
7-24-09 Baucus Welcomes First Round of U.S. – China Dialogue
7-23-09 Baucus Leads Action on Burma Sanctions
7-23-09 Baucus Opening Statement Regarding Burma Sanctions Renewal and Nominations
7-21-09 Baucus Comments on Third Quarter Report from Tarp Special IG
7-20-09 Baucus Offers Fix for Highway Trust Fund
7-17-09 Death at Colorado Physician-Owned Hospital Deepens Concerns about Safety at Those Facilities
7-16-09 Baucus, Grassley Call for Federal-State Cooperation in Improving Tax Compliance
7-15-09 Baucus Praises Help Committee Progress on Health Care Reform
7-14-09 Baucus Statement Following Finance Committee Hearing on Key Administration Nominees
7-14-09 Baucus Hearing StatementRegarding Key Administration Nominees
7-10-09 Finance Health Reform Roundtable Transcripts Now Available
7-8-09 Treasury Delivers Updated Tax Gap Plan to Baucus
Treasury Update on Reducing the Federal Tax Gap and Improving Voluntary Compliance
7-8-09 Finance Considers International Trade Implications of Climate Change Legislation
7-7-09 Baucus, Grassley Applaud IRS Suspension of Certain Penalties on Small Businesses
June 2009
6-25-09 Finance Members Issue Statement on Progress of Health Reform Negotiations
6-25-09 Baucus: Health Reform Options Would Cost Under $1 Trillion
6-23-09 Baucus Welcomes WTO Consultations to Resolve China Export Policy
6-20-09 Baucus, Pharmaceutical Companies Announce Deal to Reduce Prescription Drug Costs for Seniors
6-18-09 Baucus Applauds TAA in Supplemental
6-17-09 Baucus Statement Regarding TARP Special Inspector General’s Response to Audit Request
6-17-09 Baucus Statement Regarding Bipartisan Policy Center Health Care Reform Proposal
6-16-09 Baucus Hearing Statement Regarding Tax Considerations Under Climate Change Legislation
6-15-09 Lawmakers Concerned About Unfair Penalties on Small Businesses
6-12-09 Baucus Commends Decision to Continue Intellectual Property Negotiations
6-11-09 Baucus, Grassley Release Staff Draft of Legislation to Close Alternative Fuels Tax Credit Loophole
6-11-09 Baucus Seeks Audit of Treasury Involvement in U.S. Companies
6-10-09 Baucus Announces Scott Mulhauser to Join Finance Committee Staff, Direct Communications
6-10-09 Baucus Applauds U.S. Victory in Investment Dispute
6-09-09 Baucus Statement on President’s Pay-As-You-Go Proposal
6-09-09 Baucus, Conrad Introduce Bill to Invest in Research on Best Practices in Health Care
6-05-09 Baucus Comments on Trade And Treasury Nominations
6-05-09 Baucus Hearing Statement Regarding Trade and Treasury Nominations
6-03-09 Baucus Comments on Health Care Reform Letter from President Obama
6-01-09 Baucus Comments on GAO Report: Emergency Room Crowding Worsens, Patient Care Suffers
May 2009
5-30-09 Baucus, Kennedy Affirm Commitment to Seek Common Ground on Health Reform Legislation
5-21-09 Baucus Seeks Action on Panama Trade Agreement
5-21-09 Baucus Hearing Statement on the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement
5-20-09 Baucus Floor Statement Regarding the Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act
5-20-09 Baucus Comment On The Patients’ Choice Act
5-20-09 Senators Refer Audit of PBGC Procurement Process to Justice Department
5-20-09 Baucus Introduces Bill to Promote Agricultural Exports to Cuba, Ease Travel Ban
5-19-09 Baucus Comment on Confirmation of Neal Wolin to be Deputy Secretary of Treasury
5-18-09 Baucus Applauds Full Implementation of Trade Adjustment Assistance
5-18-09 Baucus, Grassley Release Policy Options for Financing Comprehensive Health Care Reform
5-14-09 Senators Call for Further Investigation of Former PBGC Director’s Actions with Contract Awards
5-12-09 Baucus Comments on 2009 Trustees Report on Social Security, Medicare Status
5-12-09 Baucus Holds Roundtable Discussion on Financing Health Care Reform
5-12-09 Treasury Deputy Secretary Nomination Heads to Full Senate
5-12-09 Opening Remarks of Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.) Regarding Financing of Health Care Reform
5-11-09 Baucus, Grassley Release Policy Options for Expanding Health Care Coverage
5-11-09 Baucus Comment on Industry Proposal to Lower Health Care Costs
5-11-09 Baucus Welcomes Thomas Reeder as Senior Benefits Counsel
5-8-09 Finance Committee Considers Nomination of Neal Wolin to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
5-7-09 Finance Committee Exerts Oversight in Hearing on Revenues and Climate Change
5-7-09 Baucus Comments on Health Care Reform at a Policy Briefing Hosted By The Hill and Astrazeneca
5-7-09 Baucus Hearing StatementRegarding Auctioning Under a Cap-And-Trade Program
5-6-09 Baucus Hails Senate Confirmation of Key Administration Nominations
5-5-09 Senators Work to Improve Oversight of TARP
5-5-09 Baucus Holds Roundtable Discussion on Expanding Health Care Coverage
5-5-09 Key Administration Nominations Clear Finance Committee
5-5-09 Baucus Roundtable Remarks Regarding Health Care Coverage
5-4-09 Baucus Statement on President’s International Tax Proposals
April 2009
4-30-09 Finance Committee Reviews Nominations for Key Administration Posts
4-30-09 Baucus Hearing Statement Regarding Nominations to Key Administration Posts
4-28-09 Baucus Applauds Sebelius Confirmation
4-28-09 Finance Leaders Release Health Care Reform Policy Options
4-28-09 Statement Regarding the Confirmation of Kathleen Sebelius to be Secretary of HHS
4-23-09 Baucus Explores Options to Streamline Energy Tax System
4-23-09 Baucus Hearing Statement Regarding Technology Neutrality in Energy Tax
4-21-09 Finance Committee Roundtable Jump Starts Dialogue on Health Care Reform Solutions
4-21-09 Baucus Commends Health Groups’ Proposal to Expand Medicaid
4-21-09 Baucus Comments on Special IG for Tarp Quarterly Report
4-21-09 Baucus Applauds Committee Vote on Sebelius
4-21-09 Baucus Roundtable Statement Regarding Delivery System Reform
4-20-09 Baucus, Grassley letter to President Obama regarding Korea FTA
4-15-09 Baucus Applauds Steps to Enforce Softwood Lumber Agreement
4-15-09 Baucus Comment Regarding Treasury’s Currency Report
4-14-09 Baucus, Grassley Announce Dates for Roundtable Discussions in Finance Series on Health Care Reform
4-13-09 Baucus Applauds President’s Move to Relax Cuba Travel Ban
4-3-09 Baucus Urges Locke to Improve U.S. Export Promotion Programs to Help Small Businesses
4-2-09 Snowe, Baucus Introduce Bill to Expand NOL Carrybacks
4-2-09 Baucus Hails Senate Budget Passage as Next Step Toward Comprehensive Health Reform
4-2-09 Baucus, Grassley Call for Improved Electronic Filing Process for Federal Tax Returns
4-2-09 Baucus Comment on Sebelius Nomination
4-1-09 Baucus Welcomes New U.S.-China Dialogue
March 2009
3-31-09 Baucus Calls for Quick Action on Sebelius Nomination
3-31-09 Baucus Highlights Need for Better Trade Enforcement Tools
3-31-09 Hearing Statement of Senator Max Baucus Regarding Oversight of The TARP Program
3-27-09 Baucus Delivers Remarks on Health Care Reform at The Center For American Progress Action Fund
3-26-09 Floor Statement of Senator Max Baucus Regarding the Tax Certainty and Relief Act of 2009
3-26-09 Baucus Unveils Legislation to Provide Tax Certainty, Relief to Middle Income Families
3-26-09 Hearing Statement of Senator Max Baucus Regarding Middle Class Tax Policies
3-26-09 Floor Statement of Senator Max Baucus Regarding an Amendment on Charitable Contributions
3-23-09 Baucus Applauds Announcement of Nominees for Top Treasury Posts
3-19-09 Baucus, Grassley, Wyden, Snowe Introduce the Compensation Fairness Act of 2009
3-19-09 Floor Statement of Senator Max Baucus Regarding Workforce Issues in Health Care Reform
3-18-09 Grassley, Baucus Seek Details of AIG Bonuses, Any Claw-back Policies
3-18-09 Baucus Hails Confirmation of Ron Kirk as United States Trade Representative
3-17-09 Baucus, Grassley announce principles for executive compensation legislation
3-17-09 Baucus Blasts Bonuses At American International Group (AIG)
3-12-09 Finance Chairman, Senate Colleagues Address Treasury Rule on U.S. Exports to Cuba
3-12-09 Baucus Seeks to Detect, Deter, Discourage Offshore Tax Evasion
3-12-09 Baucus Looks to Prepare Health Care Workforce For Reform
3-12-09 Baucus Applauds Committee Vote on Ron Kirk to be United States Trade Representative
3-12-09 Hearing Statement of Senator Max Baucus Regarding Workforce Issues in Health Care Reform
3-11-09 Baucus Remarks Before the National Business Group on Health
3-11-09 Baucus Floor Statement Regarding Health Care Reform
3-10-09 Baucus Highlights Urgency of Comprehensive Health Care Reform at Finance Hearing
3-9-09 Opening Statement of Senator Baucus at the Hearing Regarding the Nomination of Ron Kirk to be USTR
3-9-09 Baucus Says Kirk Right Candidate to Build Consensus, Open Trade
3-9-09 Baucus Applauds CMS Changes to Medicare Advantage Payments
3-9-09 Unemployment Compensation Modernization: Helping States Support America’s Workforce Economy
3-5-09 Baucus Comments Following the White House Summit on Health Care Reform
3-4-09 Baucus, Geithner Talk Budget Solutions to Health Care Reform
3-4-09 Hearing Statement of Senator Max Baucus Regarding the President’s Budget
3-2-09 Baucus Statement on the Nomination of Ron Kirk to be United States Trade Representative
3-2-09 Finance Leaders Comment on Kirk Nomination
3-1-09 Baucus Comment Regarding Governor Kathleen Sebelius
February 2009
2-27-09 Baucus Applauds Court’s Decision Regarding U.S. – Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement
2-27-09 Baucus Comments on GAO Recommendations to Improve Tax Compliance
2-26-09 Baucus, Rangel, Grassley, Camp Hail Passage Of Expanded Trade Adjustment Assistance
2-26-09 Senate Finance Chairman Baucus Comments On President’s FY2010 Budget
2-25-09 Baucus Statement on Nomination of Locke to Serve as Commerce Secretary
2-25-09 Finance Committee Sets New Subcommittee Assignments
2-25-09 Baucus Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on Scoring Health Reform: CBO Budget Options
2-24-09 Senate Finance Committee Chairman Responds To President’s Address To Joint Congress
2-24-09 Baucus "Ready to Work" with Solis to Implement Expanded Trade Adjustment Assistance
2-13-09 Baucus Comment On Final Passage Of The American Recovery And Reinvestment Act Of 2009
2-13-09 Baucus Praises Funding for ARPA-E
2-13-09 Baucus Praises Provisions Boosting Health Care For American Indians
Full Summary of Finance, Ways & Means Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
2-10-09 Baucus Hails Senate Passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
2-10-09 Baucus Floor Statement Regarding the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
2-9-09 Baucus, Grassley Renew Call for Social Security Service Improvements
2-9-09 Baucus Floor Statement Regarding American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
2-9-09 Latest Summary of Finance provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
2-6-09 Baucus Statement on State Fiscal Relief in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
2-5-09 Baucus, Kennedy Affirm Commitment To Health Reform This Year
2-5-09 Trade Adjustment Assistance Agreement Reached by Finance, Ways & Means Leaders
2-5-09 Baucus, Grassley Welcome First TARP Oversight Report
2-4-09 Baucus Hails Signature of CHIP Law
Highlights of The Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009
Updates Included in The Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009
History of Reauthorization of The Children’s Health Insurance Program
CHIP and Legal Immigrant Children
The Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act:
Frequently Asked Questions2-4-09 Baucus Hails Final Passage Of Children’s Health Bill
2-3-09 Baucus Comment Regarding Daschle Nomination
2-3-09 Baucus Remarks of on Health Care Reform Before the AcademyHealth Conference
2-3-09 Baucus Floor Statement Regarding the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
2-2-09 Baucus Statement Regarding the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
2-2-09 Baucus, Inouye on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
2-2-09 Baucus Comment Regarding Daschle Nomination
January 2009
Please note that two drafting errors in the text will be changed when the bill is considered on the Senate floor. Modifications will be made to change the date on page 325, line 24, to 2011, and to change the date on page 326, line 4, to 2012.
1-29-09 Senate Advances Children’s Health Legislation
1-28-09 Senators introduce bill to strengthen GAO oversight of TARP dollars
1-26-09 Baucus Floor Statement on the Children’s Health Insurance Program
1-26-09 Baucus Applauds Senate Vote On Geithner
1-26-09 Baucus Applauds WTO Panel’s Decision In China Intellectual Property Rights Case
1-22-09 Questions for the Record and Responses from Timothy Geithner, Treasury Secretary nominee
1-21-09 Baucus Calls Treasury Nominee Geithner Right Candidate To Help Solve America’s Economic Crisis
1-15-09 The CHIP Reauthorization Act Of 2009: Keeping America’s Children Healthy
1-15-09 Baucus hearing statement at Children’s Health Insurance Program Markup
1-13-09 Baucus, Grassley Seek ITC Investigation Of India Market Access For U.S. Agricultural Products
1-13-09 Baucus Statement Regarding Geithner Nomination
1-13-09 Comment Regarding Treasury Nominee Geithner
1-13-09 A History Of 2007 Efforts To Renew And Improve The Children’s Health Insurance Program
1-13-09 Original Chairman's Mark reauthorizing the Children’s Health Insurance Program
Estimated Revenue Effects of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009
1-07-09 Baucus Comments On Special IG Update On Tarp Oversight Efforts
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