Baucus Looks for Ways to Improve Foster Care, Better Equip Foster Children for Adulthood
WASHINGTON –At a Senate Finance Committee hearing today, Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said Congress must work to improve the foster care system, connect more foster kids with family members and adoptive parents, and better prepare foster kids for adulthood. Senator Baucus said the Finance Committee will be working to extend two critical grant programs this year: […]
Finance Committee Approves Marilyn Tavenner to Lead Medicare, Medicaid
WASHINGTON –Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today applauded the committee’s approval of Marilyn Tavenner to be administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) by a unanimous voice vote. At a committee hearing to consider her nomination on April 9, Senator Baucus said that as administrator, Tavenner must work to strengthen […]
Baucus Statement on Improving Child Foster Care System
Winston Churchill once said, “There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues — the most dominating virtues of human society — are created, strengthened and maintained.” As the nation and Congress debate big policies, we can never forget the impact each home has on a […]
Baucus Comment on Decision to Not Seek Re-election, Focus on Tax Reform, Serving Montana
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) issued the following comment today on his decision to spend the next year and a half focusing on his job as Montana’s senior Senator and Finance Committee Chairman as opposed to re-election. From Chairman Baucus: “Serving the people of Montana has been the greatest honor and privilege of […]
Baucus Statement in Opposition to the Internet Sales Tax Bill
Mr. President, I rise today to urge the Senate not to move forward on the Marketplace Fairness Act. This bill forces small businesses across the country to spend time and resources they should be using to create jobs, jumping through new bureaucratic hoops. In Montana, it forces our small businesses to play tax collector for […]
Baucus Urges Administration to Improve Public Outreach for Health Law to Succeed
At a Senate Finance Committee hearing today examining the administration’s fiscal year 2014 budget with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said the administration must improve its public outreach on the benefits of the Affordable Care Act and its health insurance marketplaces if the law is to work as intended. […]
Baucus Statement on Implementing the Affordable Care Act and the Administration’s 2014 Budget
Warren Buffett once said, “Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” This morning, we are here to discuss the health care proposals in the president’s fiscal year 2014 budget. As we do, we must determine the value in what we’re paying. Specifically, I want to focus on the value of Medicare and […]
Baucus Calls for Immediate Action to Combat Tax Fraud and ID Theft, Pushes IRS to Step Up Efforts to Protect Taxpayers
At a Senate Finance Committee hearing today, Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said the IRS must take immediate action to combat tax fraud and identity theft, and called on the acting IRS commissioner to do more to help victims and protect taxpayers’ information. Senator Baucus noted that tax ID theft has jumped by more than 650 […]
Baucus Statement on Solutions to Tax Fraud and Tax ID Theft
The Czech writer and politician Vaclav Havel once said, “I have preserved my identity, put its credibility to the test and defended my dignity. What good this will bring the world I don’t know. But for me it is good.” Our identity represents who we are. It represents our morals, our culture, our sense of […]
Baucus Comment on Japan Joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations
MEMORANDUM To:From:Date:Re: Reporters and EditorsSean Neary and Meaghan Smith for Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.)April 12, 2013Baucus Comment on Japan Joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today released the statement below, following the announcement that the U.S. has concluded bilateral consultations with Japan on its entry into […]