Mitch Landrieu

The $3.3 billion in the underlying WRDA bill represents about 20 percent of the total bill. As I tried to explain to some of my constituents at home, if we were talking about a desert bill we would probably have zero money in this bill…

These are coastal wetlands. We are proud of that. It is a totally different environment and topography than exists in many other places. But we do have some very special and extraordinary needs, and I would be doing a great disservice to…

the Senator is correct, because I understand, as I am learning more about this industry, it is more robust in the State of Louisiana than elsewhere. So I think our legislature has put the appropriate restrictions, licensing, information…

One of them is a small, relatively small industry in my State. That is the industry of turtle farmers who grow and produce and trade and sell turtles to be used in a variety of different ways. One of the ways is by selling them for pets…

Taking that advice to heart, Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 1004. I would like to speak about that amendment now. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To require the Food and Drug Administration to permit the sale of baby turtles…

I have a book which is a poignant and wonderful account of life in Louisiana after the storms. It is called ``1 Dead in Attic,'' written by Chris Rose, a reporter for the Times Picayune. The title refers to the unique system for…

We are spending $8.6 billion a month in Iraq, which is $286 million a day. In this bill, we are asking the gulf coast to have 10 days--10 days of funding for the troops who are fighting in Iraq who lost their homes in the gulf coast. I…

I rise today not to speak about the Iraq war or the supplemental, which has been the focus of this morning's debate. I wanted to take a minute this morning, while we had some time, to speak about a bill I intend to introduce later this…

As the Gulf Coast recovers from Katrina and Rita, rebuilding our housing remains the key to our recovery. I have talked about this issue on this floor before. We need housing so that our citizens have a place to live while they rebuild our…

The bill I am going to speak about in a minute is the Catastrophic Disaster Recovery Fairness Act of 2007, which I am proud to cosponsor with Senator Lott and others. We have been working on trying to get this bill cleared, and I will come…

this is the right compromise on the estate tax at the right time. It is going to bring order to this tax that should be paid. It is about what Kent Conrad has done, by generating a budget that generates surpluses, enabling us to give tax…

I wish to say that I really appreciate the efforts of the Senator from Connecticut and the Senator from Maine, who have literally been on this floor all day. As you can tell, the Senator from Maine has been struggling with a cold through…