Mary Landrieu

I support Dr. Gowadia's statement about taking this up in a different environment.

The more you get off of energy from foreign countries that hate us means we get more money staying in our economy here

It is not a waste of investment if we are turning around, not spending money with people who hate us

Yes. He would be among the top two.

I believe, and I think shared by Senator Collins, is one of the brightest lights in President Obama's cabinet.

Let me join my colleague in asking for unanimous consent for this particular individual bill to pass by unanimous consent. It would be lovely if we could do this today because of the timing of our D-day celebration tomorrow. For the…

I thank you, Madam President. I thank the courtesy of the chairwoman from California and for her really extraordinary leadership to bring such an important infrastructure bill to the floor of the Senate. Without her dogged determination…

I strongly support his nomination to the FERC.

FERC has a big job. It oversees the orderly development of plentiful supplies of electricity and natural gas at reasonable prices.

I know that, you know, $10 million is not a lot of money by Washington standards, but by Sabine Parish, I can promise you $10 million is an awful lot of money.

I do, Senator, thank you. I am chairing a hearing in 15 minutes, if I could proceed.

The Authorities very much need the enactment of S.1484, the Sabine National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2013.

The legislation sponsored by Chairman Landrieu, Senator Vitter and Senator Cornyn would remove these challenges and ensure that the Project can continue to be a valuable asset of the people of Louisiana and Texas.

Water is driving the economy in Louisiana and nationwide.

Thank you, Madam Chairman, for your great interest in the success of the Toledo Bend Project and for this hearing that you are conducting here today on the Project.

We are one of only 6 states that is water independent.

What we would ask you to do, as our United States Senator, is to continue to operate from the perspective of being pro business.

I look forward to working with you and Senator Coburn as we move forward.

But it is still too long. I mean, Mr. Chairman, this is still too long.

This permitting has to go quickly, of course. The facilities have to be safe.

USGS is an agency that helps keep our country safe from natural disasters.

These are 3 very, very important offices.

I am committed to doing all we can in this subcommittee to continue to focus on these issues.

I really am going to continue to press on this until I can get a clear understanding to make sure we're moving in that direction.

We really want to know if our agencies and entities that we're funding are doing the kind of job that you as experts in the field believe they should be doing.