Quotes from Max Baucus

We Americans have an obligation to come to China, to learn more about China. Why? Because with each passing day, it's going to be more and more in our future.

Failure to pass TPP sends a big signal. The United States is backing off, backing away. That will create a huge void here.

The U.S.-China relationship is one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world.

I love challenges.

It is my strong belief that the Chinese people are just as proud as we Americans are proud.

Fundamentally, legislation that is historic, that is comprehensive, that has a large number of senators supporting it is more durable.

Global overcapacity in steel production can no longer be ignored. Foreign governments' intervention in steel markets has had a devastating impact on the U.S. industry.

You're entitled to Medicaid regardless of your income. Don't worry about your health care.

We Montanans take pride in our low crime rate and believe honest people can disagree without being disagreeable. Maybe extremist groups believe they can find a home in Montana because of our easygoing ways.

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.

School prayer, abortion, and school busing are indeed controversial issues. I doubt that there ever will be complete agreement on the public-policy questions they raise.

It is pretty hard to find the right result to a controversial issue.

I'm a very proud Democrat, but I also like results.

Tax reform is a once-in-a-generation opportunity.

I'm no real expert on China.

America's ranchers and farmers produce the highest-quality products in the world.

I know the problem of obesity. I got to tell you, I think that's tepid. I just don't think the bully pulpit is going to be enough to sufficiently fight obesity. We're going to have to have incentives in here.

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.

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?

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.

Now is not the time to open the border to receive Canadian beef down to the United States.

The administration's attempt to keep us from selling agricultural products to Cuba is an outrage. Cuba is not a threat. That is why we must do more to open Cuba - not less.

Cyber-enabled theft of trade secrets by state actors in China has emerged as a major threat to our economic and, thus, national security.

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.