Mitch Landrieu: “I was pleased to be in the Chamber to hear the remarks of the junior Senator from Louisiana and want to sincerely say to…”

“I was pleased to be in the Chamber to hear the remarks of the junior Senator from Louisiana and want to sincerely say to all of our colleagues who are here that Senator Vitter and I offer our views about the conditions in Louisiana and the gulf coast having been there, as Senator Vitter said, through almost every day of this horrific and devastating tragedy, a tragedy not just for our city of New Orleans and the parish of Jefferson but the region of the gulf coast. I thank Senator Vitter for his words to our colleagues about the way we have urged our delegation to work in a bipartisan spirit, with commonsense solutions and out-of-the-box thinking to put together a framework of a plan for rebuilding that calls on the best from our National Government, the best from our State government, the best from our local government, the best from our private sector, individual citizens, and nonprofit communities to rebuild this region and rebuild our cities and our towns, our counties and our parishes, in a way that honors the spirit of the great Americans who have called this place home for over 250 years. I thank the Senator for his remarks. He has been a steady voice of outstanding confidence for the people of our State, and his views and his wisdom that he shared with all of us today truly is inspirational to us all. I thank him very much for the personal invitation to be with him as he spoke today. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr.…”