Mary Landrieu Quotes (83 Quotes)

Our country owes a debt of gratitude for the Louisiana National Guard,

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.

We should not be going home until people of Louisiana and the Gulf Coast have some idea of when they will be getting back to their homes,

The president's statement indicates a failure to appreciate the burdens borne by the people of Louisiana and other coastal oil-and-gas-producing states,

Offers of medicine, communications equipment and the desperately needed items continue to flow in, only to be ignored by the agency.

He had a difficult time understanding the enormity of the task before us.

There was a time when FEMA understood that the correct approach to a crisis was to deploy to the affected area as many resources as possible as fast as possible, ... Unfortunately, that no longer seems to be their approach.

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.

We don't need to be laying off people. We need to be hiring people.

More will be coming. Last week, Louisiana's two senators didn't even blink when they asked the feds for an ultimate total of 250 billion in assistance just for their state. We recognize that it's a very high number, ... But this is an unprecedented national tragedy and needs an unprecedented national response.

Touring this critical site yesterday with the President, I saw what I believed to be a real and significant effort to get a handle on a major cause of this catastrophe. Flying over this critical spot again this morning, less than 24 hours later, it became apparent that yesterday we witnessed a hastily prepared stage set for a presidential photo opportunity and the desperately needed resources we saw were this morning reduced to a single, lonely piece of equipment. The good and decent people of southeast Louisiana and the Gulf Coast - black and white, rich and poor, young and old - deserve far better from their national government,

You're entitled to better than you're getting from the federal government,

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.

I'd say that we have a general agreement that the military has a very strong role to play, but so do our governors and our local elected officials. We do have a democracy and a citizenship that has elected mayors, county commissioners and governors, particularly. I'm not sure the governors association or all the mayors in America would be willing to sort of step aside.

We recognize that it's a very high number, ... But I guess part of introducing this package and doing it unified in our delegation is to say this is an unprecedented natural disaster, a national tragedy. And it's going to take an unprecedented response.

We're going to fight hard for every dollar. We wanted to tell people the truth It's going to be an expensive recovery, but worth the investment.

It's not a focus but a foundation, ... We've gotten criticism from people who don't understand how critical the situation is in south Louisiana and don't understand how important south Louisiana is to the rest of the nation.

This government needs to understand it can't protect the homeland on the cheap,

Substantive future investments from our federal government must be rooted in the principles of accountability and a clear strategy for building a New South a New South that is stronger, better, and full of economic opportunities for all citizens.

real signal of hope to New Orleans, to Louisiana and to the Gulf Coast.

Accountability at every level is critical, and leadership begins at the top.

It is my intention to have this contract reinstated and that whoever is responsible apologizes to these workers,

The program's long list of supporters includes Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu. The people behind Operation Mend a Heart understand that one way we can support our troops is by supporting the people they are fighting for, the children of Iraq, ... Operation Mend a Heart will help provide the humanitarian medical assistance to the underprivileged children of Iraq who would otherwise not have access to the pediatric medical and surgical care they need.

I believe we turned that corner several years ago.

there are places that are no longer there.

The truth will speak for itself.

The high price of health care in this country is a serious issue that demands serious attention. Putting limits on damages have little or no effect on skyrocketing malpractice insurance rates.

A budget should reflect the values and priorities of our nation and its people.

Small businesses are the engine of our economic growth. This was true before Katrina, and it remains true as our small businesses move our economy forward as we rebuild from the greatest natural disaster in U.S. history, ... Since Hurricane Katrina first hit our shores, 53,900 businesses have asked for Washington's help, but so far only 58 of theses businesses have received any assistance. Washington has promised real help for the people of the Gulf Coast -- it is time to stop making promises and to start fulfilling them.

Thousands are dead and only God knows how many, ... I've seen more in the last two weeks than I've seen in my entire lifetime, and I hope to never witness it again.

That is under water. Those . . .

Those buses were under water. Those buses . . .

We would be doing the children of South Asia a great disservice if we allowed ourselves to believe that the need of children to belong to a loving, permanent family was washed away by the waves of the tsunami.