Max Baucus Quotes
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We all must make hatemongers unwelcome in our towns and communities. And we must stand by the heroes in this struggle, the police and county prosecutors who stand up to the extremists.
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I'm inclined to vote for Roberts unless something else comes up. It's a close call.
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IRAs are intended for retirement.
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Sequestration is leverage that should not be given up easily.
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We strongly believe that individual advocates play an important role in developing a civil society.
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Now is not the time to open the border to receive Canadian beef down to the United States.
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We've got to stand up for ourselves. That is, draw some lines, make it clear that after awhile, we're not going to get bullied or pushed around, because I think there are some in China who want to push the United States around. They want to bully us.
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We won't sit idly by when a crime is committed in the real world. So why should we when it happens in cyber space?
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I'm no real expert on China.
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I have learned some core lessons along the way. Among the most important, I have become a firm believer that a strong geopolitical relationship can be born out of a strong economic relationship, which often begins with trade.
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For our part, the U.S. government has an obligation to aggressively pursue every opportunity to expand trade, boost the economy, and create well-paid jobs here at home.
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I don't want retired schoolteachers or any other good Americans to be duped by fraudulent organizations into giving money, thinking it is going to go to disabled vets, when in fact it's not at all. It's going in to pad the pockets of some scam artists. I want to stop this stuff.
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Cyber-enabled theft of trade secrets by state actors in China has emerged as a major threat to our economic and, thus, national security.
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The U.S.-China relationship is one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world.
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Any bilateral trade and investment agreement must be comprehensive and address the full range of barriers to U.S. goods and services if it is to receive broad, bipartisan congressional support.
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Increased trade is crucial to a balanced plan for stimulating growth and job creation on both sides of the Atlantic.
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The Framers of the Constitution wisely understood that constitutional principles must not be sacrificed on the altar of political appeasement.
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U.S. agricultural products, including safe, high-quality Montana beef, face unscientific trade restrictions in many important markets.
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The Social Security trust fund is in pretty good shape today and we should not embark upon risky, dangerous schemes which will, in fact, undermine Social Security, such as privatization.
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If I were the president, I would be very concerned... and I would do what was reasonably necessary to find a way to get my people confirmed.
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America's ranchers and farmers produce the highest-quality products in the world.
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I think that the level playing field is so unlevel - it is tilted so much in favor of Chinese companies - that it's time for the United States to do a little bit more, see.
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Privatizing Social Security will take dollars out of young folks' pockets.
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The Senate is a remarkable institution. It is unique. There is no other body, no other political body, no other democratic legislature in the world quite like the U.S. Senate.