Mary Landrieu

Thank you, and congratulations on coming to that agreement. It has been something that I have asked for for a long time now, and I am very pleased that you all have taken this opportunity to make that announcement.

We need one case manager per family.

One case manager per family.

I'm proud to have asked for it. I'm proud to have fought for it. And I will continue to.

I'm proud to have asked for it, I'm proud to have fought for it and I will continue to.

The fact is, these things happen.

I think it's important for us to really examine the facts and to try to seek the truth, relative to the benefits and the risk associated with energy production.

The spill that occurred in my State, in St. Bernard Parish, that went--the oil went into 1700 homes...

I particularly like the term 'stewardship,' and I believe that stewardship actually begins with presenting facts in a way that tell the truth about what's really happening in offshore and onshore oil and gas.

I do have a followup.

I'm proud of the bill that Senator Landrieu and I introduced.

I am compelled to voice my growing concern over this administration's approach to OCS.

Senator Dorgan's proposal for line-of-sight restrictions and a 25-mile buffer zone is really just one of the many pending limitations.

Let us agree that there are risks associated, but it has already been determined...

Senator Mary Landrieu... is very skeptical of the public option.

I guess, as Senator Cantwell said, the sweet spot is a wide variety of choices of clean fuels, with competition in the marketplace.

Our objective is to clean the environment and to do it in a very cost-effective manner.

I know my time is expired, but it's a real problem, Mr. Chairman, in the current framework of Waxman-Markey...

I think the American people have a right to benefit from resources that they own.

Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu is calling for his dismissal.

I don't think people were angry with him; that mostly I thought they were frustrated.

I wish he had spent more time on the ground.

The impact to the domestic refining industry will be contracted so that we will not be refining our own product, we'll be refining our products offshore and importing them.

It's very important--because another focus that I'm going to have is not just cleaner environment, but more economic security and national security.

I would argue that one of our goals should be--I mean, not just cleaning the environment, but stabilizing these prices in a way that allow industries to make smart decisions.