Mary Landrieu

Reserving the right to object, I wish to remind the Senators this isn't the only debate on the floor. We are having a cloture vote on SBIR, and we would like some time to close that debate as well. So I am open to work with the other…

Getting America back to work is a top administration priority.

We will not sacrifice the core investments we need to grow and create jobs and protect our workforce.

The fiscal year 2012 budget request reflects the administration's policy priorities and remains a good starting point for developing funding levels.

Local and State representatives met with a company representative to emphasize the land acquisition's importance and Fort Polk's significance within Louisiana.

Therefore, using the nearly identical language from legislation that was previously filed by the chairman of the Small Business Committee, Senator Landrieu, and by Senator Benjamin Cardin, our bill extends judicial review to the proposed…

I am glad that we are not doing this in a haphazard, disorganized fashion which will make an already difficult situation that much worse.

Our bill extends the RFA to guidance documents as well.

I have urged the calling of this hearing now for some time.

This subcommittee has jurisdiction, as you know, and has done, I might say, Madam Chair, a remarkable job in the course of the last decade with a lot of help to build this Mississippi River system.

I think we are going to find that there is a safe path forward.

Does this fit with your goals of creating new automobile companies that are pressing forward with new technologies to produce automobiles that can almost double our efficiency?

If the subcommittee will just give me 1 minute of latitude before we get into Energy, Madam Chair, I wanted to just call everyone's attention to the fact that the Mississippi River, as we meet here today, is flowing at an extraordinary…

On June 1, the city of New Orleans and the State of Louisiana will mark an historic and long-awaited milestone.

We are protecting our people 1 out of every 100. So we on the international scale have a ways to go.

The $2 billion surge barrier, which is the largest surge barrier ever constructed in this Nation's history, is now up and operational.

I want to add my concern. And I have a question about this interior waterway trust fund.

Well, I just want to lay a warning that there is a growing number of Senators on both sides of the aisle that want the taxes paid by this industry to be used for the purposes in which they thought they were being taxed, which is the…

There are still extraordinary challenges that are reflected in this budget. And I know that you are dealing with very limited resources.

There is no question that my State understands the critical need for sound levees that are reliable and provide the best protection possible for our community.

In Louisiana, we have the opposite challenges of some of the West Coast States. We have too much water, not too little water, and we are struggling to manage that.

I want to thank all of you who were on the subcommittee before and will continue to serve because the $2 billion surge barrier, which is the largest surge barrier ever constructed in this Nation's history, is now up and operational.

It is with great pleasure and pride that I present to you today Mrs. Nannette Jolivette Brown, a nominee for judge in the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Mrs. Jolivette Brown has rightfully garnered the support of both of her home State Senators.

I was extremely pleased to submit her name for consideration to President Barack Obama for this appointment.