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14 May 13

American Press: Fort Polk Progress honors Landrieu for advocacy efforts

Landrieu was honored by Fort Polk Progress on Monday in Leesville for her efforts to make the post a priority in Washington, D.C.
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13 May 13

The Times-Picayune: EDITORIAL: Congress should make sure flood insurance is affordable

U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu filed an amendment Tuesday to the Water Resources Development Act that temporarily would halt the flood insurance premium increases Congress approved last year.
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13 May 13

Roll Call: Landrieu Revamps Flood Insurance Amendment, Clearing Path for Water Bill

Louisiana Democrat Mary L. Landrieu has revamped her amendment to freeze flood insurance rates for five years, removing the biggest obstacle to final Senate action this week on legislation to authorize federal projects for flood control, navigation and environmental restoration.
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10 May 13

Daily World: Landrieu speaks to class via webcam

To cap off a civics project involving U.S. government and how it functions, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., conversed with a fifth-grade class at J.S. Clark Leadership Academy Thursday morning.
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10 May 13

The Advocate: Shelly Dick confirmed to U.S. District Court in Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge will have a new federal judge after Shelly D. Dick finally received full U.S. Senate confirmation Thursday on a voice vote without any opposition.
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8 May 13

Houma Courier: Amendment could delay flood insurance rate increases

U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu filed an amendment Tuesday that would prevent the Federal Emergency Management Agency from implementing drastic rate increases for the National Flood Insurance Program until the agency conducts an affordability study and allows time to act on the results.
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28 Apr 13

The Advocate: LETTER: Medicaid expansion a good idea

Expanding Medicaid is the right thing to do for our people and the smart thing to do for our economy.
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19 Apr 13

The Times-Picayune: COLUMN: Louisiana and other coastal states deserve a fair share of oil revenues

It is unconscionable that certain states receive tens or hundreds of millions of dollars a year, while others receive pocket change. The federal government can continue spending billions of dollars to rebuild after disasters, or it can share revenues fairly with the communities that produce them, and give us the opportunity to protect ourselves. It is past time for a sensible revenue sharing policy in our country. It is time for the FAIR Act.
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18 Apr 13

NOLA Defender: S&WB gets FEMA dollars for drains

"We learned important lessons after Hurricane Katrina, including the importance of investing in our infrastructure," Sen. Landrieu said. "Today's grants are for a basic service, but one that is critical for the public health and safety of our residents in New Orleans and St. Bernard Parish."
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13 Apr 13

Washington Post: Va. family together after 5-year adoption delay

"The Guatemalan government made no effort to identify the [adoption] cases in transition, and neither did the U.S. government," Landrieu said. "There is a very weak system on both sides and dramatic, drastic, harmful action taken."
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10 Apr 13

AP: Local perspective informs Senate committee chair Landrieu’s efforts to help small business

"You're talking, with all due respect, to a person who had a whole city go under water," said Mary Landrieu, the Louisiana Democrat who heads the Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship, as she refuted a charge that state and local officials aren't inclined to prepare for disasters because they expect financial help from the federal government.
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8 Apr 13

The Advocate: Military charter school moves step closer to permanent home

Landrieu spoke about replacing the city's failing school system over the past eight years with a new "extraordinary and excellent system," and the leadership of former Recovery School District superintendent Paul Vallas, who also attended the ground breaking.
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5 Apr 13

The Times-Picayune: Three New Orleans black colleges will save cash from loan modifications

A measure, added by Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., to a 2012 spending bill, enabled the Education Department to modify the loans so that the schools can take advantage of the current low interest rates.
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5 Apr 13

The Daily Comet: EDITORIAL: Make sure fish counts are right

U.S. Sens. Mary Landrieu, a Democrat, and David Vitter, a Republican, were among a handful of senators who requested the action, a sign that the bipartisan appeal is based on reason rather than politics.
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27 Mar 13

The Town Talk: Landrieu: Vernon Parish's Fort Polk is in position to stave off

"I'm doing everything I can as a United States senator to protect and strengthen Fort Polk," Landrieu said.
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25 Mar 13

American Press: Funding for permanent VA clinic in Senate budget

"Because of a bureaucratic bottleneck at (the Congressional Budget Office), veterans across the country, including 20,000 in South Louisiana, have faced unacceptable delays in these health clinics," Landrieu said in a news release.
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23 Mar 13

The Times-Picayune: Senate-passed budget contains Landrieu provision encouraging off-shore revenue sharing

The budget provision, added by Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., calls for "investment of receipts from domestic energy production" for, among other things, "preservation restoration or protection of the nation's public lands, oceans, coastal areas, or aquatic ecosystems."
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22 Mar 13

The Times-Picayune: House approves budget bill that can lead to forgiveness of Katrina disaster loans

"I have been fighting for several years to replace this flawed formula with one that is sensible and fair and that reflects local budgetary realities," Landrieu said. "Today is a victory for the people of St. Tammany and Jefferson parishes, along with other communities in South Louisiana hit by hurricanes Katrina and Rita."
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21 Mar 13

Daily Comet: EDITORIAL: Fighting for our fair share

The U.S. Senate has some good bills on its agenda, including a bill that deserves a chance and could help many of Louisiana's people and businesses.
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20 Mar 13

Daily Comet: Oil revenue sharing bill introduced

Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-New Orleans, is introducing another bill to expand sharing of revenues for off-shore oil production.
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