Grassley on the Health Care System
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa discussed health care from the Senate floor. Video can be found here and text can be found below. Some elected officials are proposing radical changes to our health care system. These proposals include Medicare for All, Medicare Buy-In, Medicaid for All and expansion of the Affordable Care Act. All of these are […]
Baucus Bids Farewell to the Senate
Let me begin by thanking the people of Montana for giving me the honor of representing them in the United States Congress for nearly 40 years. I want to thank President Obama for the opportunity to continue to serve the American people as Ambassador to China. I also want to recognize one of the best […]
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 Statement on the Resolution of Disapproval
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said: “Our capacity is limited only by our ability to work together. What is needed is the will.” I’ve just returned from a week at home in Montana traveling from Fort Benton to Billings to Bozeman. I visited with constituents from all across the state. At each one of my meetings […]
Baucus Statement on Consequences of Default, Need to Raise the Debt Limit
Here in the U.S. Capitol, we walk in the footprints of our forefathers. Walking these halls, their presence is felt at every turn. Just outside this chamber are the likenesses of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and dozens of statesmen, cast in bronze and marble. At the end of this month, a new leader will be added […]
Baucus: Debt Ceiling Brinksmanship Must End, Pitting Seniors, Veterans Against Each Other Over Funding Not the Answer
On September 26, 1987 — 26 years ago, this very day — President Reagan faced a Congress playing politics with the nation’s debt ceiling. Knowing the catastrophic consequences default would have on America’s economy, President Reagan addressed the nation. Speaking from the Oval Office, he said, quote: “Congress consistently brings the government to the […]
Baucus Stands In Support of the Affordable Care Act
Mr. President, I rise today, as I often do, with a quote. It comes from a conservative leader speaking out about a new health care law. He said, “We’re against forcing all citizens, regardless of need, into a compulsory government program.” He called the heath care law “socialism.” He went on, saying, “Our natural, unalienable […]
Baucus Statement on Living up to the Nation’s Fiscal Responsibilities
Mr. President: Thanks in part to filmmaker Steven Spielberg, there is renewed interest today in America’s 16th President – Abraham Lincoln. A century and a half ago, during one of the most critical times in American history, Lincoln faced a nation divided by ideology and war. Only through fierce determination and moral courage was Lincoln […]
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 […]
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 […]