Mary Landrieu

I urge our committee members to be open to weigh the benefits of the subsidy that is being provided for the benefit that is occurring.

I have enjoyed getting to know you, as well. I know you are committed to small businesses.

I have worked on manufacturing issues--in fact, we co-chaired the Manufacturing Task Force.

Senator Snowe has proved time and time again to be a hard working, dedicated public servant and a role model for men and women alike.

We worked hand in glove to reform the SBA's disaster programs.

She has demonstrated time and time again the art of political compromise, a skill, I might say, that is required in any democratic form of government.

We made history by becoming the first two female lawmakers to ever be Chair and Ranking Member of any standing committee in Congress.

He has been a very active member of this committee and was instrumental in providing the leadership.

It has been a privilege, Senator, to lead this committee with you.

I want to express my gratitude to the fellow committee members, Senator Shaheen, which we do have a special partnership.

The next rollcall votes will be on Monday, November 26, at 5:30 p.m. ____________________

We are really going to try to push the envelope. We do not have an answer, but we can promise you we are going to give it our best effort.

My colleague, Senator Vitter, has written to the President in support of that request.

The Governor has asked the Federal Government to pick up 100 percent of emergency response costs from Hurricane Isaac by eliminating the normal 25 percent match.

It is the wrong way to go.

The Governor did not help in any way to put money into this fund when I asked him for his help.

The RESTORE Act, in which the delegation came together--Senator Vitter, Senator Landrieu, and the congressional delegation--to do really almost an impossible task.

The need to speak with a consistent voice, I think is very important.

The State of Louisiana has almost $500 million of unobligated funds.

I really hope COE is listening to that final explanation, or we are going to be sitting here a couple of years from now wishing, wishing, we could have, we should have, but we did not.

It is not just a State or a local issue, as has already been discussed. It is a national issue.

What we are operating under now is just not practical. And so we are going to have to have some serious changes there.

The more we can talk with one voice and the more we can work in a bipartisan manner, the better we are going to be.

It is time to take action and move the West Shore--Lake Pontchartrain Hurricane Protection Project forward.

This decision by General Walsh is not supported by the data from the summit.