Mitch Landrieu

I want to modify the unanimous consent request that after Senator Nelson from Florida, Senator Landrieu would then be allowed to offer two amendments.

I suggest to my colleague--and the chairman has been so helpful on all of the amendments--would it be possible through the Chair to request a specific time, or would the recommendation be to set this aside and come back to it at a later…

I believe that you ought to give neighbors the information that they need. What do the FEMA flood maps say? What kind of insurance can you get? What's your mortgage payment going to be? This is what the danger is in your area, given where…

The one thing that separates me -- and I think there are others -- from Mayor Ray Nagin, is the ability actually to get the job done, to work with other people, to understand how the process works, to take an idea from nothing, to turn it…

And I am the only one that has an absolutely equal amount of support in the white and black community which I think puts me in a very good position to make the kinds of decisions that are going to be necessary and to actually pull people…

The Senator from Maine has made a very passionate plea and one with which I tend to agree. I am a supporter of this program and a supporter of making the formula even more fair for the Southern States that have very high energy costs as…

It will only take 90 seconds to thank Senator Lott for his leadership and the two managers, Senator Grassley and Senator Baucus, who have literally worked tirelessly on this piece of legislation to help the people along the gulf coast…

I know the Senator is wrapping up his remarks, but I would like to ask the Senator, is he aware that a complementary amendment we have worked on for a couple of years, giving a tax credit to employers who are filling that pay gap, is the…

Shall I yield some time to Senator Kennedy of that 5 minutes? I am happy to yield about 3 minutes to him.

I ask the Senator if he has received the latest numbers from the Department of Labor about the number of Americans who have actually lost their jobs because of Katrina and Rita. We know it was upwards of 450,000 people who have lost their…

If I could, will the majority leader yield for a question? I ask the majority leader and the Senator from Massachusetts, did they know that today the report came out from the Small Business Administration, which the chairman knows, the…

This is relative to the extraordinary work that they did in Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the extraordinary work that our Guard does throughout the Nation. In fact, as I speak, I am sure they are on the ground for this unfolding tragedy…