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WASHINGTON – United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today joined other members of Louisiana’s congressional delegation in signing and delivering a letter to President Obama, explaining reasons why it is in the best interests of both the Gulf Coast and national economies to end the ongoing de facto moratorium on deepwater oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today welcomed news that oil and gas operators have successfully tested a new rapid response containment system that can trap as much as 60,000 barrels of oil per day from a leaking deepwater well and stop a spill within weeks.

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., sent a letter to Gulf Coast Claims Fund (GFFC) Administrator, Ken Feinberg yesterday, urging him to establish a better method for evaluating losses incurred by individual claimants.

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today introduced the Harbor Maintenance Act of 2011 as an original co-sponsor to correct funding inequities in the operation and the maintenance of U.S. ports and harbors.

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today urged U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to fully replenish the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Disaster Relief Fund (DRF).

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today issued the following statement in response to U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman’s order that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) must act within 30 days on five pending applications for oil and gas drilling permits:

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today commented on Sen. David Vitter, R-La., placing a hold on Daniel Ashe, President Obama’s nominee to lead the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., sent a letter to President Obama today, urging the president to request from Congress an immediate $1.565 billion in emergency supplemental funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Disaster Recovery Fund (DRF).

WASHINGTON – The Chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today called on the Obama Administration to request at least $1.56 billion of emergency funding for FY 2011 to cover a shortfall in the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF).

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., issued the following statement in response to news that the second-largest shallow water driller, Seahawk Drilling, will file for bankruptcy due to the lack of drilling permits being issued in the Gulf of Mexico:

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today received the Teach for America Congressional Champion Award for her ongoing leadership in the effort to expand educational opportunity for America’s students.

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., again Tuesday night demanded BP help Louisiana restore vital oyster habitats in the Gulf Coast that were damaged from the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., voted yesterday to stop Republican efforts to repeal the health care reform law signed by President Barack Obama last year.

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., will post daily facts and trivia on her Web site about prominent African Americans during February, National Black History month.

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today urged the International Trade Commission to protect Gulf Coast shrimpers by extending the antidumping tariffs on imported shrimp.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, D-La., Chair of the Senate Disaster Recovery Subcommittee, today held a hearing to examine the financial and emotional toll of the BP oil spill on those affected by the disaster.

One will end the practice known as a “secret hold,” where a single senator can anonymously block the Senate from considering legislation or a nominee.   The other will allow a simple majority of senators to waive the reading of an amendment that has been made available for at least 72 hours...

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today encouraged the Obama Administration to reconsider its push to levy new taxes on the nation’s oil and gas producers.

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., released a statement tonight responding to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress.

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today announced her key legislative priorities for the 112   th Congress.