Senate Proceeding 04-02-09 on Apr 2nd, 2009 :: 4:50:05 to 4:51:15
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Max Baucus: way. i reserve the remainder of my time. mr. conrad: i yield to the senator from montana in opposition. the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. baucus: thank you, mr. president.

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Speech By: Max Baucus

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Max Baucus: mr. president, i oppose this amendment for a lot of reasons. number one this is an unfunded mandate. tanf program, the welfare program, is a block grant program. we give dollars to states and states set up their own systems under tanf. this is an unfunded mandate that tells states they

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Max Baucus: all lowncome people for drugs. i think, frankly, its mean spirited. we should not equate all low-income family with drug addiction. states can decide for themselves if they want to drug test. my state of on montana does. states should decide what they want to do equate all low-income families

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Max Baucus: with drug addiction and i