Baucus Lauds the Top Safety Rating for U.S. Beef Products
MEMORANDUM To:From:Date:Re: Reporters and EditorsSean Neary and Meaghan Smith for Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.)May 30, 2013Baucus Lauds the Top Safety Rating for U.S. Beef Products Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today commented following the news that the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) upgraded the United States’ risk status for […]
Baucus Says Modern Customs and Border Protection System is Vital to U.S. Competitiveness
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said today that legislation he and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) introduced to strengthen and modernize U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is key to maintaining the flow of trade and keeping the U.S. competitive in the global economy. […]
Baucus Statement on the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Reauthorization Act of 2013
The American composer, Aaron Copland, once said, “To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.” Like the flow of music, international trade must be orchestrated and properly executed. If trade were stopped, it could cripple the U.S. economy and cause a ripple effect around the world. […]
Baucus Calls IRS Targeting Conservative Groups “Intolerable,” Pledges to Investigate
WASHINGTON – At a Senate Finance Committee hearing today, Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said high-ranking IRS officials should have taken firm action – including potentially transferring or firing employees – to end the screenings of conservative groups’ applications for tax exemptions. Senator Baucus said further investigation must look into the hundreds of applications that were […]
Baucus Statement on the IRS Scrutinizing Tax Exemption Applications
The statesman Adlai Stevenson said, “Government by consent of the governed is the most difficult of all because it depends, for its success and viability, on the good judgments of so many of us.” These words are etched in granite at the IRS headquarters just outside Washington, DC. They speak to the need for government […]
Baucus Applauds Senate Confirmation of Marilyn Tavenner to Lead Medicare, Medicaid
WASHINGTON –Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today applauded the Senate’s confirmation of Marilyn Tavenner to be administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) by a vote of 91-7. During a committee hearing to consider her nomination last month, Senator Baucus called on Tavenner to strengthen Medicare and Medicaid for the […]
Baucus Statement in Support of Marilyn Tavenner’s Nomination to Lead Medicare and Medicaid
Mr. President: Marilyn Tavenner has been nominated to be the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS. As head of CMS, Ms. Tavenner would be in charge of administering Medicare, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, among other programs. Roughly one in three Americans relies on health coverage under the […]
Baucus Statement Regarding the IRS Targeting Conservative Groups for Greater Scrutiny
Mr. President, over the past five days, information that I can describe only as very troubling has emerged about a systematic practice by the IRS to target conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. According to a report released last night by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, the IRS developed and used inappropriate criteria to […]
Baucus Touts U.S.-Colombia Trade Agreement Successes on One-Year Anniversary of its Entry Into Force
WASHINGTON –Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today hailed the one-year anniversary of the U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement’s (FTA) entry into force and touted the benefits it is already producing for the U.S. economy. Senator Baucus championed the U.S.-Colombia FTA in Congress, along with the Korea and Panama FTAs and Trade Adjustment Assistance, and […]
Baucus Works to Repeal Broken Medicare Payment Formula This Year
WASHINGTON –At a Senate Finance Committee hearing today, Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said Congress must repeal the broken Medicare payment formula this year and find ways to make Medicare’s payment system more efficient. The payment formula, known as the sustainable growth rate (SGR), threatens doctors with a 25 percent reimbursement cut in 2014, which could […]