Mitch Landrieu

His courage is an example of the fact that the citizens of New Orleans are not going to turn a blind eye to crime and that we are going to fight back.

Now he will likely spend the rest of his life in jail as he should. And what a waste it is.

I am so happy and excited about the President's nominee for the Small Business Administration. I had the opportunity to meet her for the first time today. I ask my colleague from Maine, who is actually very familiar with this nominee, and…

We have hurricane levees in this bill. We also have housing vouchers. The risks have increased substantially in the region. After the storm, we lost 250,000 dwellings in Louisiana and thousands in Mississippi. We have a homeless population…

If this amendment does not pass, significant portions of many States will be required to have flood insurance which has never been required before. The underlying bill says everywhere there is a dike, a dam, or a levy, regardless of the…

Yes, it does. That is the intent of the amendment. Madam President, there are many Senators who feel as though this is a very abrupt requirement. They are not sure of what the outcome of these premiums might be to people who are already…

It doesn't strike the mapping requirement, but it strikes the mandatory coverage provision until there is a study done about what the economic impact will be to people living behind those levees and dams.

May I take a moment to thank the chairwoman of this committee again for fulfilling the promise she made to have this bill--that was 7 years in the making--become law. And as of about 10 minutes after 12, eastern time, it did become law…

As we conclude this historic vote, I thank colleagues on both sides of the aisle and briefly will put a few names into the Record. I know we are moving to another bill. I wish to thank Senator Boxer, Senator Inhofe, and Senator Reid, for…

So I hope the President will reconsider this number, the lowest investment since 1929. I hope he will look at the hurricane maps, and then I hope he will look at the land loss in Louisiana. I would like to just end with this. We have lost…

I believe we should modify the language to be more clear on this point. I believe it should read ``(B) is an orphan, in foster care, or a ward of the court, or was an orphan, in foster care, or a ward of the court at any time when the…

I wanted to rise as a Member who served with Senator Thomas on the Energy Committee, someone who worked fairly closely with him, although we are not of the same political party, to reiterate just a few things about his character. This life…