Mary Landrieu

What was the original estimate of what this would cost?

The spent fuel standard would ensure the surplus plutonium can never be stolen or recovered and converted to nuclear weapons use by anyone at any time.

Senator Manchin and Senator Franken have been particularly focused on this issue.

I believe that we must take, very seriously, these issues and develop appropriate responses to these threats.

One size does not fit all.

I'm pleased to chair the first oversight hearing that this committee has had in quite some time on this important subject.

I regret having missed the April 7, 2014 vote on passage of H.R. 3979, as amended, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014. Had I been present, I would have voted for the passage of the Emergency Unemployment…

It is vital, then, that we ensure that permitting and approval for these export facilities is not held up by unneeded bureaucracy.

Don't you think that might be a little difficult under the present circumstances?

I think we need something like $500 million to continue the work.

I appreciate your comments about the all-of-the-above strategy and your focus on the future of natural gas.

Thank you very much.

It's the people of Louisiana's favorite Federal agency because we depend on them literally morning, noon, and night for so much of the work that we do in our state.

The Coast Guard is a branch of our Armed Forces.

As Chair of Homeland Security Appropriations and as senior Senator from Louisiana, I became particularly impressed with this nominee's ability, his leadership ability, in the aftermath of the oil spill which was about 4 years ago.

The basis of society is family. Children belong in families. Families belong together.

Keeping them to the one they are born into, keeping that family together.

Thank you for the leadership you have provided and the partnerships that you have developed with other Governments, and nonprofit organizations, and businesses to leverage the money that the taxpayers of the United States are putting…

If we do not change this--20,000 just 8 years ago to 7,000--we will be down to zero.

I cannot find the word 'family' in, on any one of these pages.

Child welfare, particularly international child welfare, is more than a counselor issue.

I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that the oversight hearing scheduled before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will now be held before the Subcommittee on Water and Power. The…

What is causing the delay in Department of Justice's review of the New Orleans Police Department's policies?

We really want to focus on the safety of the men and women in uniform doing their job to keep order in the prison and in our country.

We need to change our policies, we need to provide additional resources.