One of my goals is to get a highly qualified and well-trained reserve force for this Nation.
I just want to bring this to the attention of this Committee, that moving communities is an option if the communities are small enough to mo...
This nominee will have my support, but I want you and the Ranking Member to know that I am going to be working weekly, as we rebuild our reg...
His is a wonderful face to see, and we in Louisiana so appreciate his voice at probably the most difficult time our State has ever faced.
I am convinced that you are the right person for this job.
I cannot figure out why more of my colleagues do not appreciate just the numbers on this.
There unfortunately seems to be a need for better coordination of the Federal Government activities in the border region.
I want to urge you... to make sure that the competition between the agencies of the Federal Government that we noted there be brought to a r...
I support the Administration's initiative to clamp down on smuggling-related crime and violence at the U.S.-Mexican border.
Both Senator Snowe and I believe it should be elevated to a Cabinet level position.
North Louisiana has been especially hard hit, in particular, in the last year alone, with more than 2,000 manufacturing-related layoffs.
we will never find our way out of this recession unless we are aggressively identifying creditworthy emerging businesses.
the recovery package--and President Obama and his administration feel very strongly about this and have invested $7 billion for the Nation.
I hope that the series of these hearings will help develop some strategy and call attention to some of these issues.
So I think that our laws, particularly as from our perspective, from Louisiana's perspective, need to really be sensitive to the many challe...
I want our manufacturing sector in the whole Nation to be strengthened.
Under education and training, the State has received $718 million through the Economic Recovery Act for education and training.
I think it is very important for small business to have a seat at the table when these major negotiations are going on.
