Baucus Statement on Nomination to be Ambassador to China
WASHINGTON –Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) released the following statement today after President Obama announced his intent to nominate Senator Baucus to be the Ambassador of the United States of America to the People’s Republic of China. “I am humbled by the nomination and deeply honored to have the opportunity to represent the […]
Baucus Applauds Senate Confirmation of John Koskinen to be IRS Commissioner
WASHINGTON –Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today applauded the Senate’s confirmation of John Koskinen to be commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by a vote of 59-36. During a committee hearing to consider his nomination last week, Senator Baucus called on Koskinen to restore public trust in the IRS following the Inspector […]
Baucus Statement on Extending Emergency Unemployment Insurance
Last week, I had the opportunity to see the Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol. As you know, this is a morality tale that highlights the plight of the poor, the less fortunate, and the unemployed. Sitting with my wife in Ford’s Theater, I was struck by the following line from the spirit of Jacob […]
Baucus Unveils Proposal for Energy Tax Reform
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today unveiled the latest package in a series of proposals to overhaul America’s tax code. This staff discussion draft focuses on streamlining energy tax incentives so they are more predictable and technology-neutral. “It is time to bring our energy tax policy into the 21st century,” Senator […]
Baucus Statement on HealthCare.gov Leadership Changes
To: Reporters and Editors From: The Communications Office of Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) Date: December 17, 2013 Re: HealthCare.gov Leadership Changes Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today thanked Jeff Zients for his work on HealthCare.gov and welcomed his successor and former Microsoft executive, Kurt DelBene, as just announced by the […]
Finance Committee Approves Nominees for IRS Commissioner, Deputy Treasury Secretary, ITC
WASHINGTON –Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today led the committee to approve three presidential nominees to fill key positions in the administration. The committee approved John Koskinen’s nomination to be commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Sarah Bloom Raskin’s nomination to be deputy secretary of the Treasury Department, and Rhonda Schnare Schmidtlein’s […]
Baucus Statement on the Real World Impact of the Affordable Care Act
John Adams, America’s first Vice President — and second President — and whose bust sits right above us looking over the Senate every day, once said, “Facts are stubborn things. And whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” It’s been […]
Baucus, Hatch Laud Finance Committee Action on Proposals to Strengthen & Improve Child Welfare in America
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today applauded Committee action on a bipartisan package of legislative proposals to improve child welfare in America. The Supporting At-Risk Children Act strengthens and renews adoption incentive and foster care policies; works to combat child sex trafficking; and improves the […]
Congressional Leaders Push for Permanent Fix to Broken SGR Formula
WASHINGTON –Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry Waxman (D-CA) […]
Baucus Statement on Legislation Improving Medicare’s Physician Payment System, Protecting Kids
The American industrialist Henry Ford once said, “Most people spend more time and energy going around problems, than in trying to solve them.” The Medicare payment system for doctors is a testament to Ford’s words. For more than a decade, Medicare has used a broken formula known as the sustainable growth rate, or SGR, to […]