Mary Landrieu

Thank you Chairman Durbin and Ranking Member Collins for calling this oversight hearing on the Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC's) budget for fiscal year 2011.

Of particular interest to me and the state of Louisiana is the CPSC's ongoing investigation into defective drywall made in the People's Republic of China.

The Sentinel Class Fast Response Cutters (FRCs) will provide the Coast Guard with a new generation of patrol boats.

The FRC project is critical to replacing the Coast Guard's fleet of 110-foot Island Class patrol boats.

The Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan National Police (ANP) are on track to meet these goals.

220,000 individuals lost their lives in this disaster, compared to about 2,000 on the gulf coast, just to put it in scale.

I thank you for your longstanding commitment to this issue.

OSHA is not eliminating the VPP. However, OSHA is looking for other nongovernmental-funded ways to continue the program.

Will the current Army Milcon and SRM investment funding plans provide single enlisted soldiers the same quality of housing we provide married soldiers by a date certain?

This amendment is a stunt that really doesn't deserve the time that I'm even going to give to explain the portion of it that refers to Louisiana. And the reason I say it's a stunt is because it's actually written for television or the…

Small businesses, when they get a contract from the Federal Government, will staff up because that is what small businesses do. They are very flexible. They are very agile. They will scale down, and they can scale up quickly. So I am proud…

It is time that this Senate and Congress moved a third jobs bill with a focus on small business in America. My call to the Senators this morning is to get our eyes off of Wall Street and onto Main Street.

Of particular interest to me and the state of Louisiana is the CPSC's ongoing investigation into defective drywall made in the People's Republic of China.

Thank you Chairman Durbin and Ranking Member Collins for calling this oversight hearing on the Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC's) budget for fiscal year 2011.

I join my colleague in supporting this amendment. We have modified it from the original version. No environmental laws will be ignored. The process will be followed. But this amendment would simply expedite getting money to the Gulf Coast…

Well, I am going to push it even further for a certain age for the children to go to the school that they would like to go to and give them a lot more power to--if even the system is dysfunctional, a lot of these children can make very…

But the key is this: Every child coming to that program has to sign and the program has to meet an adult that is a responsible friend or advocate for that child.

Do you know what the average casework ratio is?

We have to do a much better job of trying to help the children that are in the system to stay at least in their school.

Yes, the whole city had great therapy that weekend that the Saints won...

I am working closely with Senator Grassley on this--to have basically the funding track the child...

I cannot impress upon you how important I think that is because people today, they just simply function on the Internet.

It is a real barrier, and everyone listening should know.

I went on the Website this morning, and I have to say, unfortunately, I was disappointed in what I saw.

I know this is difficult, but many of the foster care children that I have gotten to know complain bitterly that every time they look up, there is a new person trying to help their situation.