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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As proud as we are of this city and as extraordinary as it is, all of south Louisiana and all of the Gulf Coast is a very special place, and the federal government has underinvested in it year after year after year, whether it's education or health care.
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It shouldn't be used by either side to promote a tax policy agenda, ... Everything for Katrina is coming more slowly than expected. It's because the administration is still yet to grasp the dimensions and scope of the devastation.
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Do you know how many houses all of the nonprofits have built? No more than 5,000 in five years. Do you know how many we lost? Two hundred thousand.
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a real and significant effort to get a handle on a major cause of this catastrophe.
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Our country owes a debt of gratitude for the Louisiana National Guard,
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We were getting very strong vibes that this was the way they were leaning,
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The South has not always been the friendliest place for African-Americans.
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If I had to vote for the bill again, I'd vote for it tomorrow.
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Our solutions must be beyond anything we have ever considered, .. We should not be afraid to try bold new approaches.
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Do you know how many houses all of the nonprofits have built? No more than 5,000 in five years. Do you know how many we lost? Two hundred thousand
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Ronald Reagan will be remembered for leading the United States during a time of tremendous international transition - the demise of the Soviet Union, the Berlin Wall coming down, and the end of the Cold War
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I agree that we must expand opportunities for retirement saving, but we must not undermine this worthy effort with a flawed privatization scheme that takes the 'security' out of Social Security.
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For the last 50 years, the federal government has taken out of the Gulf Coast $165 billion in taxes that came from oil and gas off of our coast that went to the federal Treasury, to rebuild all places in America except the place that it came from.
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worth saving, but they are worth every penny of a complete rebuilding effort.