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3 Sep 14
RESTRICTIONS OF OFFICIAL INTERNET SERVICES
Pursuant to Senate policy, newsletters, petitions, opinion polls and issue alers and other electronic communications cannot be initiated by this office for the 60-day period immediately before the date of a primary or general election.
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28 Aug 14
Loyola University Maroon: Senator drafts bills to lower debts
“There are over 600,000 students with $200,000 student loan debt,” an aid of Landrieu’s said. “This bill would address the Pell grant and provide support for students to pay for college while also preventing students from falling into more debt.”
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27 Aug 14
Times Picayune: Nine years after Katrina, federal government has forgiven $391 million worth of federal disaster loans
"Communities across Southeast Louisiana suffered once from Katrina and levees collapsing, but then they suffered again when the federal government saddled them with unfair debt," Landrieu said. "But with years of persistence and support from local leaders, we worked together to create a commonsense formula that has rightly cancelled more than $391 million in community disaster loans from Hurricane Katrina."
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27 Aug 14
Daily Advertiser: Commerce: Mexico dumping sugar; fees to be imposed
"Once this process is complete and it is determined that illegal activity occurred, Mexican sugar producers will pay a steep price that will cover the losses our Louisiana sugar producers suffered and act as a deterrent to prevent other countries from trying this in the future," U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., said. "Our sugar producers work too hard and are too important to our economy to let illegal dumping go unpunished."
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20 Aug 14
Concordia Sentinel: Vidalia awarded $1.2 million for technology center
“The City of Vidalia has actively sought resources to address the void in their broadband infrastructure, and the VTC is a critical step in that process,” Landrieu said. “I am happy to see that the Economic Development Administration recognizes this need, and I will see the construction of the VTC through to completion.
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15 Aug 14
Daily Comet: Local company celebrates new facility for Navy work
“Drew Boquet needs to be commended and congratulated for his enthusiasm about starting local, staying local, and building big, and that's what he is doing at Flow Line,” Landrieu said. “This is a really extraordinary, young, but fast-growing manufacturing company that is exporting product to our country and the world. He's not interested in going to Dallas, Houston or Atlanta because he's interested in staying here at home. God Bless him and we need more people like him.”
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12 Aug 14
Ruston Daily Leader: Movin on up: Law enforcement moves into new facility
The newest addition to the parish, the Lincoln Parish Safety Complex held a ribbon cutting on Friday where a grand tour of the facility was available to those in attendance.
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8 Aug 14
News Star: Lincoln Parish opens public safety complex
In the heat of a Louisiana midafternoon, residents of Lincoln Parish fanned themselves with promotional material for the new Lincoln Parish Public Safety Complex at the building’s ribbon-cutting ceremony.
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30 Jul 14
Times Picayune: Democrats and Republicans agree: federal government needs to move faster on RESTORE Act
Said Landrieu: "It's been more than two years since the RESTORE Act was signed into law and more than four since the Deepwater Horizon spill. To date, both the Department of Commerce, as Chair of the Council, and the Department of Treasury have failed to implement this law the way Congress intended, and that is not acceptable."
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30 Jul 14
American Press: FERC denies sierra Club filing on Cameron LNG
FERC’s denial of the Sierra Club’s filing closes the commission’s permitting process on the Cameron LNG project. Sempra executives must now wait for the U.S. Department of Energy’s final approval of their license to export gas to nations that lack free trade agreements. The department gave Sempra conditional approval in February.
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24 Jul 14
The New Orleans Advocate: St. Tammany fire district gets $294,000 grant
“This grant will provide the Bush fire department with significant resources to guarantee our response teams have the most up-to-date equipment and vehicles that can literally make the difference between life and death,” Landrieu said.
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24 Jul 14
Houma Today: Bollinger Shipyards gets $255 million contract to build cutters
“The men and women of the Coast Guard have gone above and beyond to protect our citizens, ecosystems and way of life through hurricanes, oil spills, river closures and countless search and rescue missions. The Coast Guard is part of our DNA in Louisiana. I am proud that Louisiana’s highly skilled workers will play an important part in keeping the Coast Guard strong for generations to come,” Landrieu said.
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23 Jul 14
Times Picayune: Baton Rouge attorney John deGravelles wins Senate confirmation as federal judge
"As a partner in this well-established firm in Baton Rouge, he has honed his skills as one of the region's most capable litigators in both federal and state court," Landrieu said. "In addition to his work as a lawyer, respected by a broad cross section of leaders, he has also taught for 20 years at both Tulane Law School and LSU. He's very popular, I understand, as a teacher, always open to students, and one whose advice is sought on a regular basis."
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23 Jul 14
LA Weekly: Sen. Landrieu steps up and steps in fight to lower student loan interest rates
“The Passport to the Middle Class initiative increases access to higher education by restoring the potency of the Pell Grant when it was created and makes college more affordable by letting responsible borrowers take advantage of today’s low interest rates that homeowners and businesses enjoy,” Landrieu said in a press release.
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23 Jul 14
Times Picayune: FEMA administrator says just because a home never flooded doesn't mean it isn't a flood risk
"Our work is far from over to build a better flood insurance program that we can live with, grow with and prosper with," Landrieu said. "This cannot -- and will not -- happen until we have accurate and reliable flood maps. FEMA's flood maps are the foundation of our local, state and national approach to floodplain management, yet only 52 percent of our nation's flood maps are certified as accurate and up-to-date under the current program. That is unacceptable."
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22 Jul 14
Minden Press Herald:EPA denies Army's appeal of ruling on Camp Minden clean up
"Sen. Landrieu, I believe, is working extremely hard with DOJ and Department of Army," he said. "She has her eye on the ball, and I'm 100 percent convinced she will not drop the ball on her end. We're still dealing with all these departments of the government, and there's a lot of foot-dragging and other things she does not have control over. There are no hard-and-fast rules in government."
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20 Jul 14
The Advocate: Louisiana student loan debt averages $22,789
“The rising burdens are really putting college out of reach for so many students,” said Sen. Landrieu. “We want people to graduate with dreams, not debt.”
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18 Jul 14
KTAL: Sen. Landrieu secures $135M for Youth ChalleNGe Program
"Few programs have the high success rate of the Youth ChalleNGe Program and help youth who have lost their way get back on track. Graduates of the ChalleNGe program are more likely to go on and earn a high school diploma, GED or obtain college credits. And, most importantly, they are more likely to secure a job to build a prosperous future for themselves, their families and their community," Sen. Landrieu said.
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17 Jul 14
Nola Defender: Mary Landrieu Sponsors Senate Funding for ALS Research, Team Gleason
“This funding will help raise awareness of the disease and get us one step closer to hopefully reaching a cure,” said Sen. Landrieu.
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17 Jul 14
Daily Ruston Leader: EDITORIAL: Giving a chance for a change
The mission of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program is to intervene in and reclaim the lives of 16- to 18- year old high school dropouts, producing program graduates with the values, life skills, education and self-discipline necessary to succeed as productive citizens.
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