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…

First let me say that there are some really exciting opportunities in this bill to move our country forward, to give people hope and confidence that this Government finally, after many years of inaction and negligence, is ready to act and…

we passed, by an overwhelming margin, a supplemental emergency spending bill that will fund our ongoing operations in Iraq and in other parts of the world and will send some money stateside. In the view of this Senator, we have…

I wish to read part of the Governor's letter: As proposed in the House bill, the State of Louisiana would be faced with a $1.8 billion cost share over the next three years for hurricane protection. This would result in a 4000 percent…

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…

10 Louisiana law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty this past year, and they are being recognized in Washington this week as part of National Police Week. I welcome their families and colleagues to the Nation's Capital…

Thank you, Mr. President. As I was saying, the letter goes on to say: I have paid enough in insurance premiums to rebuild my house out-of-pocket had it been completely destroyed. But again, when we try to get decent, affordable coverage…

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.

Senator Wicker, Senator Vitter, myself, and Senator Cochran to some degree have been working for months literally on this bill. It is a very important bill--as has Senator Nelson of Florida--a very important bill to Mississippi and…

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…