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Mary Landrieu is a former United States Senator from Louisiana, serving from 1997 to 2015. She was the first woman to represent Louisiana in the Senate. A member of the Democratic Party, Landrieu focused on issues such as disaster recovery, healthcare, and energy policy during her tenure. She played a significant role in post-Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts, advocating for federal assistance to rebuild the affected areas in Louisiana.
That is what is going to happen. This is not Mary Landrieu's opinion; this is just the nature of this business. They don't have to stay in the gulf. They can break these contracts. They are doing that as I speak. There are lawsuits being…
Madam President, I come to the floor today to add some comments to the Record about this horrendous environmental and economic disaster unfolding in the gulf and to try to provide some additional perspective on behalf of the people I…
Mr. President, it is with heartfelt sympathy that I stand before you today to offer my deepest condolences to the family members and friends who lost their loved ones in the flash floods that swept through the Albert Pike Recreation Area…
Mr. President, that is a modest wage and a decent wage. But it gets a lot more complicated than that. There are boat captains who were getting their business back after Katrina and Rita, recreational boat captains, fishing captains. Unlike…
I ask unanimous consent for 5 additional minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 15 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Gulf Oilspill
Mr. President, Brian Jackson and Elizabeth Erny Foote are outstanding candidates for judgeships in Louisiana's Middle and Western Districts. I was honored to recommend Brian Jackson and Beth Foote to the President last year. These two…
Madam President, as we near the close of the 2010 National Small Business Week, I am pleased to join Senator Olympia Snowe in introducing the Small Business Tax Equalization and Compliance Act of 2010, which extends a tax credit to salon…
Mr. President, along with my distinguished colleague Senator Benjamin Cardin of Maryland, I rise today to introduce the Section 8(a) Improvements Act of 2010. As the Chair of the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, I have…
I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To provide authority to the Secretary of the Interior to…
Mr. President, this is a very important amendment, and it is something that our delegation has actually been working on for quite some time, and we have actually passed it before in the Senate, which is a happy circumstance. This language…
I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment, as modified, is as follows: (Purpose: To require the Secretary of the Army to maximize…
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