Honorable Max Baucus
United States Senator, Montana, Democrat
Senator Max Baucus was first elected to the Senate in November 1978. He chairs the Committee on Finance and the Joint Committee on Taxation. The following is excerpted from an October 12, 2011, statement on the floor of the U.S. Senate during debate on H.R. 3080, the United States–Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act. The English poet Thomas Gray once said, “Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations.” The United States has always understood that commerce improves our fate and sharpens our genius. We know opening the channels of commerce creates new opportunity, generates new ideas, and forms new…
