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.

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Maxwell Sieben Baucusis an American politician who served as a United States senator from Montana from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a U.S. senator for over 35 years, making him the longest-serving U.S. senator in Montana history.

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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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I’m inclined to vote for Roberts unless something else comes up. It’s a close call.

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The recovery of the Gulf Coast region will take years to complete.

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There are significant human rights abuses in China. In some areas, the situation is worse today than in the past. In other areas, there have been improvements. We will recognize the latter, and be critical of the former.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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I think I can speak for every Senator, saying that he or she ran for the Senate because we want to help make this a better place; that is, we want to help our States and help America.

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

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In this ever-changing world, it’s more important than ever that our top-notch military continues to receive the resources needed to serve and protect our country.

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Judge Roberts has assured me personally that he has a healthy respect for precedent and the hard-won rights of Americans.

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

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Privatizing Social Security will take dollars out of young folks’ pockets.

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