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- June 20, 2010 | from The Hill Landrieu: $20 billion from BP might not be enough The $20 billion BP will pay into an escrow account to fund claims to victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill might not be enough, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) suggested.
- June 15, 2010 | from New Orleans Times-Picayune Sen. Mary Landrieu urges Barack Obama to accelerate oil revenue sharing Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., today urged President Barack Obama to use his speech tonight on the Gulf oil spill to seek accelerated revenue sharing from offshore oil and gas development to help Louisiana restore its wetlands and marshes.
- June 09, 2010 | from New Orleans Times-Picayune Mary Landrieu warns of economic disaster, but Salazar not budging on drilling ban "On behalf of the people I represent, I am asking: Can you give any time certain that we can get our people back to work?" Landrieu asked at a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
- May 26, 2010 | from RealClearPolitics Bold Steps to Aid the Gulf Coast Amid the flurry of lawsuits and government investigations into what caused this terrible accident, Congress can, and has to, provide immediate help to reverse the dire situation affecting this important coastal area and thousands of Gulf Coast businesses that call it home.
- May 02, 2010 | from UPI.com La. lawmakers say BP response not enough Two Democratic members of Congress from Louisiana said Sunday BP's response to the oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has been inadequate so far.
- May 02, 2010 | from The Hill Louisiana lawmakers: BP, feds should be ready to pay Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-La.) and Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) said on CBS's "Face The Nation" that the federal government and BP, who leased the oil rig responsible for the spill, need to be prepared to step in with funds so Louisiana can recover.
- April 30, 2010 | from Politico Sen. Mary Landrieu, Obama officials assess oil spill Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) is meeting Friday in Louisiana with top Obama administration officials to survey the damage from a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and discuss how the federal government can help contain the damage.
- April 14, 2010 | from NOLA.com 'Race to the Top' selections challenged by Sen. Mary Landrieu Stung by Louisiana's failure to win Race to the Top money in the first round of financing, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., challenged Education Secretary Arne Duncan on the department's criteria for awarding the money, suggesting Wednesday that it overvalued buy-in from every school district and every union.
- April 06, 2010 | from WDAM Landrieu visits orphanage in Haiti U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu is speaking out about the plight of orphans in Haiti. On Monday, the Louisiana Democrat visited the hurricane-stricken nation and went to the Rose-Mina de Diegue Orphanage in Port-au-Prince, the capital. The orphanage was damaged in the Jan. 12 earthquake.
- February 08, 2010 | from Oil and Gas Journal Senate bill would extend chemical security rules Four members of the US Senate's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee [Susan M. Collins (R-Me.), Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.), Mark L. Pryor (D-Ark.), and George V. Voinovich (R-Ohio)] introduced bipartisan legislation to extend by 5 years existing federal regulations on chemical plant security.
