Mary Landrieu
Mary Landrieu
Mary Loretta Landrieuis an American politician and former U.S. Senator from the state of Louisiana. She is a member of the Democratic Party...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth23 November 1955
CityArlington, VA
CountryUnited States of America
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The president's comments today will do more to move our country forward from this tragedy than anything that has been said by any leader in the past two weeks ... Let us now get to work rebuilding this great city and metropolitan area.
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The president is starting to grasp the magnitude of the situation.
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We don't need to be laying off people. We need to be hiring people.
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Let's hope that the hurricane does not hit at a Category 4 strength and let's hope the lessons we've learned - the painful, tragic lessons that have been learned in the last few weeks - will best prepare us for what could happen with Rita.
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The people of our states have survived storms before. That was not what put us under. It was the levee system that broke in New Orleans.
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He had a difficult time understanding the enormity of the task before us.
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worth saving, but they are worth every penny of a complete rebuilding effort.
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Though the storm may have passed, it is still not safe for all of us to return to home. We must wait for the emergency operations to be completed and we must also allow time for experts to assess any potential public safety concerns. We may return home only once these situations are resolved and local leaders have determined it is safe for us to do so.
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We were getting very strong vibes that this was the way they were leaning,
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Our country owes a debt of gratitude for the Louisiana National Guard,
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I believe we turned that corner several years ago.
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a real and significant effort to get a handle on a major cause of this catastrophe.
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If you have the votes to overturn (it) ... I would ask my colleagues to be brave enough to do it in public, ... in the middle of the night.
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Clearly the Gulf Coast and our only energy coast is a priority, but I don't believe we have to sacrifice every other good civil works project around the country.