Baucus Heads to Russia to Seek Job-Creating Trade Opportunities for U.S. Exporters, Discuss Foreign Affairs Issues
Washington, DC – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) is headed today to Russia to meet with senior government officials to discuss key economic, trade and foreign affairs issues, and to pursue new trade opportunities for U.S. businesses, ranchers and farmers. Baucus will seek resolution of persistent irritants to the U.S.-Russia trade relationship that […]
Baucus Says Payroll Tax Cut Agreement Helps Millions
As we vote on this bill and as we prepare to go home, I ask you just to remember four numbers. Number one – 160 million. That’s the number of Americans who are helped by this bill. The next number is 1,000. What’s that? That’s $1,000 each of those Americans is going to be benefited […]
Summary of The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012
The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 The conference report extends the payroll tax cut through the end of the year – putting a full $1,000 in the pockets of the typical American family over the course of 2012, ensures seniors have access to their doctors, and provides as much as […]
Baucus, Sebelius Review President’s Plans to Strengthen Health Programs, Save Taxpayer Dollars
Washington, DC – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) convened a hearing today with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to examine the plans in the President’s fiscal year 2013 budget proposal to deliver better health care to Americans, restrain the rising costs of care and find effective ways to fight poverty […]
Baucus Says Budget Proposal Builds Upon Health Reform to Improve Care, Rein in Costs
President Dwight Eisenhower once said, “Unless we progress, we regress.” Since passing the Affordable Care Act, we’ve made tremendous progress on the health care front. Health reform is saving millions of Americans money, giving them more choices and better access to their doctors. Prescription drugs are cheaper for seniors. In fact, 3.6 million Medicare beneficiaries […]
Baucus, Geithner Talk Job Creation, Economic Growth Proposals in President’s Budget
Washington, DC – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) convened a hearing today with Treasury Secretary Geithner to examine the plans in the President’s 2013 budget proposal to continue the economic recovery, create jobs, reform the tax code and reduce the deficit. Baucus noted the economy has added 3.7 million jobs in the last […]
Baucus Says Budget Proposal Will Help Spur Growth, Create Jobs
Thomas Edison once said, “The value of an idea lies in the using of it.” Yesterday, President Obama issued his budget proposals for the next ten years. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is here to discuss them. We need to determine how to best use these ideas to create jobs, reduce the deficit and create economic […]
Baucus Applauds HHS Launch of Initiative to Reduce Preterm Births
MEMORANDUM February 8, 2012 To:Reporters and EditorsFrom:The Communications Office of Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.)Re:Baucus Applauds HHS Launch of Initiative to Reduce Preterm Births Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today applauded the launch of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Strong Start Initiative to reduce the increasing number of […]
Baucus Lauds Committee Approval of Legislation to Fund Highway Bill, Create Infrastructure Jobs
Washington, DC – The Senate Finance Committee today favorably reported legislation written by Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) that would make critical infrastructure investments across the country and create good-paying jobs by fully funding the Highway Trust Fund and the projects it supports. Baucus’s legislation, The Highway Investment, Job Creation and Economic Growth Act of 2012, […]
Baucus Says Highway Investments Will Mean Economic Growth, Jobs
Laying out his vision for the 1990 Highway Bill, President George H.W. Bush said, “No sector is more important to the American economy … as world trade grows even larger, as we continue our leadership in an increasingly global society, we will become even more dependent on transportation than we are today.” President Bush gave […]