[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 18, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1127-S1128]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      BUTTE AND MICRON TECHNOLOGY

 Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I would like to express my support 
for two amendments adopted unanimously by the senate on Friday, January 
13, 1995--the Dorgan modified amendment No. 1 and the Kempthorne 
amendment No. 19. Due to an issue of great importance to my home State 
of Montana, and the possible creation of thousands of jobs, I felt it 
was more important for me to be home during Friday's Senate session, 
and therefore was not able to be present during the votes.
  Although it is very rare for me to miss a vote, on Friday, January 
13, 1995, I traveled home to attend a task force meeting in Butte, 
organized with the aim of bringing one of the United States preeminent 
high tech companies, Micron Technology Inc., to Butte. Butte is on the 
finalist list for a new Micron semiconductor manufacturing facility, 
which would employ 3,000 to 4,000 Montanans. The city of Butte asked 
that I be part of this important task force meeting.
  Butte and Micron are a match made in heaven. There is no community in 
the United States where I have seen a higher level of work ethic, 
loyalty and community spirit than in Butte. The possibility of a major 
semiconductor manufacturing company locating in 
[[Page S1128]] Montana--particularly one which has based its success on 
the western ideals of hard work and thinking big--has energized the 
community of Butte and my State of Montana. We are all doing everything 
possible to convince Micron that its new manufacturing plant could have 
no better home anywhere in the United States.


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