Mary Landrieu
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"Mary Loretta Landrieu" is an American politician and former United States Senate/United States Senator from the state of Louisiana. She is a member of the Democratic Party (United States)/Democratic Party.

Born in Arlington, Virginia, Landrieu was raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is the daughter of Moon Landrieu, former New Orleans mayor and Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the sister of Mitch Landrieu, the current Mayor of New Orleans and former Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana. She received her baccalaureate degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana/Baton Rouge. After working as a real estate agent for several years, she was elected as a Louisiana House of Representatives/state representative (1980–1988) and state treasurer (1988–1996). She won a close race for the U.S. Senate United States Senate election in Louisiana, 1996/in 1996; she was re-elected by increasing margins in competitive races in United States Senate election in Louisiana, 2002/2002 and United States Senate election in Louisiana, 2008/2008, but lost in United States Senate election in Louisiana, 2014/2014.

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While my state experiences unemployment rates not seen since the Great Depression, it is unconscionable that illegal workers would be brought into Louisiana, aggravating our employment crisis and depressing earnings for our workers.

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.

First, let me begin by thanking each of you and the companies for what you all did to save lives, to save property, to restore the communities along the Gulf Coast.

Science will tell us what we need to do.

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.

Only the federal government can adequately address the basic needs of our fellow Americans suffering from this disaster and they deserve a better response from their government.

We're just estimating, but the number could go double or triple from what we're talking about now, It's going to be in the hundreds.

Everybody anticipated the breach of the levee, Mr. President.