Baucus Quotes

What Hurricane Katrina destroyed in hours will take years to rebuild... The public expects the government to be careful with taxpayer dollars and put them to use in a smart and practical manner. - Max Baucus

We've got a choice here. It's either vote for this or try to amend it. And if we try to amend it, we're going to be back where we've been for the last five months. That is, doing a lot of talking and not much action. I regret that, but that's the situation we're faced with. - Max Baucus

We've cleared the next to the last hurdle. I would be very surprised if the Congress didn't sign off on the this plan, but we must continue to ride herd to make sure that it does. - Max Baucus

We've been at this point before and it's passed us. This time, it's going to be different. - Max Baucus

We're not making much progress. - Max Baucus

We would love to work with Senator Baucus' office, or any other senators office, that is committed to finding the most sensible funding mechanism that will ensure the Secure Rural Schools Act is fully funded. This is an option, and we welcome alternatives. - Matt Mackowiak

We were given a second chance by the BRAC commission, and we pounced on it. - Max Baucus

We should proceed with caution. We should protect the resources we now have. - Max Baucus

We must do all we can to help the relief effort... We are just now beginning to realize the scale of this tragedy. - Max Baucus