Mary Landrieu

The essential ingredients of recovery for parents with children is to get their children back in school as soon as possible

We are extremely grateful to you for your steadfast support of this legislation, for your co-sponsorship of the bill, and your ability to deliver on dedicated Federal funding for Louisiana 2-1-1 this year.

We are in desperate need of the Congress' help to ensure both a reliable response to disaster and to everyday needs.

This debris removal for local communities is a nightmare, and it causes unmitigated pain and suffering

The Nation's economy depends--and in some measure you could say the world's economy depends on the continued operations of these major ports.

So it would be helpful to have these Federal assets available to conduct this evacuation.

I do not think people realize, like Senator Graham just said, how many people live near this coast.

Now, I am going to ask my staff for the next hearing to design a chart along the Coast from Texas to New York, and indicate how many nursing home patients live within 30 miles of the coast, and I am going to provide those numbers for you.

If you are not willing to invest in those things, you have lost a community.

I want to make sure that we have that rational approach.

That hold is going to remain until this issue gets resolved in a way that I believe.

How viable a community can you remain without a fire station, without a police station, without a library?

I want the public to understand the significance of this issue.

Whatever we decide it is, at least it gives us a goal that we all know we are working toward.

Your focus on results as opposed to process, I cannot tell you how happy that makes this Senator.

Well, let me say, Mr. Fugate, what you have just outlined is music to my ears.

I am actually aware of a center like that in Louisiana.

But I beg to differ, as the Senator from Louisiana.

Thank you very much.

Thank you. Mr. Secretary, I just can't tell you how encouraged I am by what I have heard this morning.

I believe, if my memory serves me correctly, that the cost per student here is somewhere between $20,000 and $40,000 a year.

I want to thank you for your early visit right after your confirmation to New Orleans, to see their continued effort to rebuild their school system.

I am also excited about your commitment to funding and the President's commitment to that goal of reform.

Could you explain the decision to eliminate Even Start and propose options for the 60,000 participants who will be left without services?

Will you and the Chief Architect of GSA work with my office to ensure that the agency complies with the Stafford Act and follows its own policy on Gulf Coast reconstruction projects, by allowing locally-based Louisiana firms to participate…