Honorable Max Baucus
United States Senator, Montana, Democrat
Senator Baucus was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1978. He served in the Montana House of Representatives from 1973 to 1974 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1974 to 1978. He chairs the Finance Committee and the Joint Committee on Taxation and also sits on the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Committee on Environment and Public Works, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure. The following is from the March 14, 2012, Senate floor debate on S. 1813, the Moving Ahead for the 21st Century Act. I rise today to support…
