Mary Landrieu

But remember that the best support for a child is a good parent.

We have increased domestic adoptions from 14,000 a year to 52,000 a year.

A lot of this work was done by the Clinton administration. This was a big priority for President Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton.

State Governors need to man up and woman up and do their job to provide funding necessary to help kids that are born with defects.

It is not just the Federal Government's responsibility to provide healthcare services to our citizens.

Part of the reasons that their budgets are shrinking is because they are giving tax cuts they cannot afford.

I want to commend you for your tenacity and your focus on helping stand up a major reform, very few reforms of its nature in our Nation's history.

My point being that a large chunk, Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member Murkowski, of the money that goes to fund this entire budget comes from Senator Cochran's shore and my shore.

So it is fair to say that the production of oil and gas in this country and the severances that are collected, the severance taxes--not the corporate income tax that is paid, not the payroll tax that is paid, not the indirect sales tax…

Such secrecy does not accompany any other agency funds, and only leads one to speculate that the agencies have something to hide.

Addressing the IHS shortfall in contract payments is therefore not just a matter of legal obligation and sound policy; it is good economics at a time of terrible unemployment.

It is not acceptable for the agency to prioritize discretionary increases over its contract obligations.

I would like to bring to your attention some concerns I have with the Design for the Environment (DfE) program.

I am hopeful that we will develop a close working relationship and that you will bring new and effective leadership to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.

Thank you also for taking time to appear before this hearing today.

What is the prime deterrent to production on Federal onshore lands?

I do not believe they should be open for development.

Will this money be used to provide more personnel for inspections, in order to relieve delays?

I hope is when we work our way through the issues in front of us, including the litigation we now are involved in, in the Gulf of Mexico against those responsible for the oil spill, we will see the most significant ecosystem restoration…

President Obama and I are very serious about moving forward with an 'all-of-the-above' energy strategy.

Without the overhaul that we have undertaken, we wouldn't be able to say there are 60 permits that have been granted just in the last year in the Gulf of Mexico.

My city has gone underwater. My State is underwater. We have lost more land than any State in this country, and it has got to stop.

I don't know what I am going to do, but I am going to use all the power that I can to stop any funding for any programs as long as the money is coming off the coast of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.

A large chunk...of the money that goes to fund this entire budget comes from Senator Cochran's shore and my shore.

The production of oil and gas in this country and the severances that are collected...literally funds the entire Interior Department of the United States?