Mary Landrieu

We also removed the property sales trigger, which had frozen real estate markets and threatened to rob many middle-class families.

This isn't just a problem for the 7 percent or the 450 counties, it is not just coastal issue, it is an interior issue, and it is a national issue.

Alaska will take up half of the geographic space of the lower 48, and it deserves its own map.

I am sorry that we have left out Alaska and Hawaii. I am sorry, Senator Murkowski. We will fix that.

What it shows me is that we have a lot of work to do.

We have to make decisions about where we build going forward. This is not a sustainable risk we can continue to do with no change.

I am happy to see that it has been established.

The people on the inside of the levee should have much lower rates with that levee built than without that levee.

This bill included a critical affordability provision, which the Senate insisted on an 18 percent individual annual cap.

The reason we tend to want not to build in velocity zones is because that is the most vulnerable area to any type of flooding.

We really have to be careful with this.

I would not be supporting someone for this position if I did not think that he was capable of representing the interests of Louisiana.

There is a big threat under way for China and some of these countries to steal this intellectual property and to undermine the domestic creative industries here in America.

I think your point with respect to trade enforcement is particularly important.

Thank you for your leadership for our Nation and for your support of me as I learn how to be a chair of the Energy Committee.

I was very happy that I was able to convince the International Trade Commission to launch a full investigation into the Mexican sugar industry for dumping low-cost sugar on the American markets.

Well, I am very interested in you all setting up a shrimpgate or a crawfishgate as soon as you all can.

You can keep some of what you earn in that way?

Do you know how many convictions on Honeygate?

I am even more concerned that these schemes, which conceal the origin of commodities, may also compromise consumer safety.

I remain very concerned that the illegal dumping of foreign goods continues to impact hard-working Americans in a wide range of industries.

Stopping illegal dumping and robustly enforcing our trade laws is important to protect and grow jobs here at home.

Do you all have that authority?

Can you break down the categories for us about this $2.3 billion, just roughly, so Senator Coats and I can get a better understanding of that?

China is the most egregious player, it seems like, from the data that I have looked at.