Mitch Landrieu: “I come from a State that has obviously some mining interests, but I come from a State that has had oil and gas…”

“I come from a State that has obviously some mining interests, but I come from a State that has had oil and gas development and exploration for many years. I am from a position of understanding that when it is done correctly how much of a benefit it can be in terms of jobs and economic development and helping people and enriching the corporations and businesses as well as the average working man and woman. But I can also see from knowing about our history in Louisiana that when the laws are not fair, when they are not written with the taxpayer in mind, that the taxpayers can be shortchanged. When taxpayers are shortchanged, families are shortchanged, and when families are shortchanged, children are shortchanged.”