Baucus Calls for Highway Conference to Reach Quick Agreement to Boost Infrastructure, Create Jobs
Chairman Boxer, thank you for your leadership. I spent last week at home with the people I work for, and my Montana bosses sent me back with one clear priority: jobs. The Flathead Valley in Northwestern Montana is a tourism hub and an interstate and international trade corridor. It’s also home to Montana’s highest unemployment […]
The Facts on the Senate Highway Bill’s Funding
The Senate Highway Bill (S. 1813) reauthorizes and fully funds the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) for two years, investing $9.2 billion over that timespan in job-creating infrastructure projects to ensure safety and mobility, help businesses operate, reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality. The Senate bill also makes a long-term down payment for future highway […]
Baucus, Levin Urge Administration to Pressure China on Market Access, Intellectual Property Rights, Currency at Upcoming Meetings
Washington, DC – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-Mich.) today urged Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk to use the upcoming U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue meeting to make progress on persistent issues in the trade and economic […]
Finance Committee to Hold Roundtable on Challenges, Opportunities in Child Welfare
Washington, DC – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) will hold a roundtable on child welfare titled “Child Well-Being in Foster Care: Examining the Relationship between Data and Efforts to effect Positive Outcomes for Children.” Tomorrow’s roundtable will be the first in a series […]
Baucus Looks To Improve The Taxpayer Filing Experience And Reduce Uncertainty
Washington, DC – At a Senate Finance Committee hearing held today, Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) looked for ways to improve the taxpayer experience and said tax reform can simplify the filing experience. Baucus noted that making it easier to file can increase the percentage of taxes paid on time, help reduce the $450 billion annual […]
Baucus Says Tax Reform Must Improve the Taxpayer Experience
Albert Einstein once said, “The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.” Last week, taxpayers in Montana and across the country filed their annual tax returns. I’m sure many of them had the same thought Einstein expressed. We need to simplify the tax code. Reforming and simplifying the code will make […]
Baucus Says Tax Reform Can Help Improve Federal, State and Local Budgets
Washington, DC – At a Senate Finance Committee hearing held today, Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said tax reform could help improve the finances and tax policies of state and local governments. Baucus also considered what improvements to the current tax code could help spur growth, reduce complexity, promote investment in local communities and improve coordination […]
Baucus Says Federal, State and Local Tax Systems Need to Work Together
In Federalist Paper Number 41, James Madison wrote that one of the powers conferred on the Federal government is the “maintenance of harmony and proper intercourse among the states.” When Madison and our founders crafted the Constitution, they debated the proper division of power between the federal and state governments. Today we examine this question […]
Baucus Examines Landmark Medicare Fraud Bust, Says Health Reform is Helping Prevent Fraud, Save Taxpayer Money
Washington, DC – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) examined a recent, landmark Medicare fraud bust in a Committee hearing held today, calling the bust a sign that new fraud prevention measures enacted in health reform are working. The fraud bust, at the time the largest ever in terms of false Medicare billings involved, […]
Baucus Says We Need to Learn from Success to Fight Medicare Fraud
Julius Caesar once said, “Experience is the teacher of all things.” This morning we are here to learn from the experience of federal officials who fight health care fraud. Each year, the federal government loses $60 billion to health care fraud. This crime adds to the deficit, it wastes taxpayer dollars and it forces seniors […]