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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.
CONNECT, which is out of the University of California, is another important player in this particular field, and Dawnbreaker, a commercialization company. They were part of helping us forge this important compromise. I also note that the…
Will the Senator yield for a clarification? This most certainly is an open process. What I was trying to explain to the Senator is there have been about a half dozen other Senators who have come to the floor during the day--such as Senator…
I appreciate her help and the help of her staff as well. In the 10 minutes we have left, I wish to add a couple of specifics of the compromise Senator Snowe has outlined. It is true that this program has been sputtering along on very…
I thank the Senator from Texas. I appreciate the patience of my colleagues who are on the floor. Because we have had two or three colleagues from this side of the aisle speak, I thought it would be appropriate to go to the Senator from…
It is a very important piece of legislation that has been sputtering for a reauthorization now for over 6 years, and there are literally thousands of entities--small businesses, dozens of Federal agencies, many, many organizations from the…
The Senator and Senator McConnell have an amendment. There is an amendment pending. We only have a minute and a half. I wish to call to the attention of the Chair, Senator Vitter has an amendment which we will take up to discuss later this…
I object to making it pending but not for discussion. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
Please let me correct myself. Earlier today I said that Senator Coons is from Connecticut. Clearly he is from Delaware. And Senator Johanns is not on the floor, but Senator Barrasso is. It has been a long day and I apologize to my…
I will object. I know the Senator is very interested in offering this amendment, and we are very interested in hearing about it, but we have now six amendments pending. So if the Senator would like to go ahead and speak about the…
this has actually been a very invigorating debate on the bill that is pending before the Senate. We have heard a few amendments that have been filed that are directly related to the reauthorization of this important program, and there are…
How long does the Senator think the Senator from Washington will proceed and how long will the Senator herself proceed?
Is that Senator Vitter's amendment? Senator Vitter was here, so I wanted him to have the opportunity to offer his. It doesn't matter to me in what order.
What I really wish to talk about is to give my heartfelt condolences to the people of Japan. We have watched all weekend, my family and I, in horror, watching the scene unfold with the terrible catastrophe that struck Japan on Friday…
I come to the floor to urge my colleagues to consider voting yes on cloture this afternoon at 5:30, to proceed to a debate on two very important Federal programs that come under the jurisdiction of the Small Business Committee. Our…
I am disappointed in the administration's reluctance to get the Gulf of Mexico back to work. We did have a terrible tragedy in April, almost a year ago, April 20, the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe. For 40 years or longer, 40,000 wells have…
In my view, a vote for H.R. 1 would be, indeed, a reckless vote because the consequences of such severe cuts in some areas... it puts our homeland in jeopardy. Let me be clear. In the State of the Union, the President stated that al-Qaida…
Nearly 90 Members of Congress--from both parties and chambers--have written in support of increasing this competitive funding pot to 5 percent of title IIa.
I think you are exactly the right Secretary for the challenges before this Nation.
the fiscal year 2012 budget request reflects the administration's policy priorities and remains a good starting point.
The President's budget proposes $2.5 billion over 10 years to align financial incentives with improved outcomes for children in foster care.
your agency delayed the next Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lease sale until next year.
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