Senate Finance Committee
Max is chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. He is using his post to reform the nation's health care system, cut taxes for hard-working Montanans and Americans, protect Social Security from being privatized and open new markets for trade.
- Chairman, Subcommittee on International Trade
- Subcommittee on Long Term Growth and Debt Reduction
- Subcommittee on Taxation and Oversight
Senate Agriculture Committee
Max is a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and the only member of Montana’s delegation on an Agriculture Committee. He’s helped write and pass the past several Farm Bills. Max made sure the 2008 Farm Bill included provisions creating an agricultural disaster assistance program, helping implement country-of-origin labeling, and keeping many farm service agencies open.
- Chairman of Subcommittee on Marketing, Inspection, and Product Promotion
- Subcommittee on Production and Price Competitiveness
- Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
In addition to his role on the Finance Committee, Max is a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and chairman of the Transportation Subcommittee– the panel that writes the federal highway program. He played a key role in writing and passing the 1998 and 2005 Highway Bills.
- Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Saftey
- Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health
Joint Committee on Taxation
Max is also a senior member of the Joint Committee on Taxation, where he works together with colleagues in the House of Representatives and the Senate to craft legislation that helps businesses grow and prosper in Montana.
