Mary Landrieu back on the floor of the Senate speaking - C-span 2

[Pirate Smile]

She's pissed. They need help.

Thread from last night:

"Bush's FEMA is still screwing New Orleans:
Edited on Wed Oct-05-05 10:26 PM by joemurphy

Mary Landrieu on C-Span has set it all out. FEMA is sitting on $41 Million and not allocating it. Meanwhile New Orleans is dying. Nagin's laying off workers. Schools can't open. 71,000 small business loan requests - 7 have been approved. Universities are closed. The City has no money and can't make payroll.

It's horrible. If any of you can listen to this you'd be like me -- amazed. We're blowing the recovery too. Tax breaks don't help when you have no income, no businesses, no nothing.

This is another scandal brewing I think.

Even the faith-based institutions in New Orleans have nothing.

"It makes me frightened...that we don't understand the role of the federal government at a time like this." -- Mary Landrieu"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4984476

She is going to talk all day tomorrow she says - that was last night.

She didn't literally say "filibuster".

She did say she was talking to try to get Congress and the WH to act before they go on another break for a couple of weeks. They need the help now not in weeks.

It sounded similar to a filibuster. The Senate closed for the night but she said she would be back talking tomorrow also.

I hope she does try to keep them from going out of session, embarrass them and force them to act.

[skylarmae]

1. she's saving my sanity - can't stand to look at * this am

little do we know, but I wonder how many repukes are in the background laughing at her?

[KingFlorez]

2. She's angry

Really angry

[DemsUnited]

3. Real clear that Senator Landrieu deeply cares about her state.

Have issues with some of the things she's done and the way she's voted, but have absolutely no doubt that she'll go to the mat as many times as it takes for Louisiana.

[TayTay]

4. I was listening to the Finance Comm hearing and

Grassley opened it by saying that he was pissed. A small group of Senators are blocking his and Baucus' package of aid to the Gulf region. Grassley stated that he had carried enough water for this PResident and he is really upset that the President is blocking the aid to Gulf residents.

Must not be enough give-aways to Halliburton in it.

[Pirate Smile]

22. I'd love to know which specific Senators and who within the Administration

is behind this. Their names need to be in the public and dragged through the mud.

Good to see ya, Tay Tay.:hi:

[Pirate Smile]

5. She said we are building levees and schools in Iraq but she can't get

money to build them in Louisiana.

She knows things are tough in Iraq but they are tough on the gulf coast too.

[Jack from Charlotte]

14. The obvious solution?.........Tax Credits.*

[Pirate Smile]

17. Doesn't that just make your head want to explode. I know there was

finally an article yesterday saying tax credits for small businesses that may go under really don't help them. No sh@#!

[Spazito]

6. Thanks for the heads up

Her message is of much more importance than the faux 'terra, terra, terra' crap bush is spewing, imo.

[Junkdrawer]

7. Sorry Mary - We can't help the people of NOLA and Haliburton...

at the same time. I'm sure you understand....

[CottonBear]

8. Goddamn. She's pissed off. She just slammed *'s faith based relief effort

She said the Catholic Church in NOLA is laying off 1,000s of employees and that the Catholic church needs help. It can't give help.

She spoke about how NOLA was built 100 miles up the MS river on the highest fround around and how tax cuts will not help the people of NOLA

[libnnc]

9. I'm watching too, boy she's pissed.

Paraphrasing talking about marshland...
(I like this rant...)

"Don't insult the people of my city by saying NO was built right on the ocean...there were miles and miles of marshland between NO and the gulf that protected the city from flooding for years...the people who built NO built it on the highest ground they could find...Jackson Square didn't flood! And the statue of Jesus is still there!"

wow I really like Mary, I just wonder how she feels about the bankruptcy bill? It would be great if it could be repealed.

[Lindsay]

12. I thought about that bankruptcy bill when she talked about

having made mistakes herself. Wondered if she thought that was one of her mistakes.

[Pirate Smile]

10. She is not sure if we are still the "United" States of America.

[libnnc]

11. "I have to listen to the NYT tell us the

people of LA aren't self reliant and why can't we help ourselves...because it's not just OUR problem!!! I thought we were the UNITED States of America!! We were the last time I said the pledge of alliegence..."

"I WILL NOT QUIT ASKING FOR HELP!!"

You go Mary!

[Just Me]

13. Please, keep posting. I have no access to CSPAN2.

Thanks in advance. :hug:

[libnnc]

15. Okey dokey. Patty Murray (WA) is up now

talking about a transportation treasury bill she wants it debated and passed after they get done with the defense bill

[rodeodance]

16. She did a good job last night.

[rodeodance]

18. Frist says they are recieving med. care and will NOT consider her bill of

moving some of money sitting in FEMA 40 some BILLION into LA and alabama and Mississippi!!so the locals can meet payrolls.

[rodeodance]

20. I think that most americans-if they listened to her would agree with her.

but these senate floor things usally are not accessible to all.

[libnnc]

19. she wants to talk about aviation safety

6 airlines in bankruptcy...outsourcing aircraft maintenence...overseas foreign repair stations...talking about JetBlue landing last week. Not the first time the airbus A320 aircraft landing gear didn't work properly was the 16th time according to the FAA...we cannot afford to have understaffed safety inspections...

[Pirate Smile]

21. I think she will be on and off today. If someone else comes down and

wants to talk, she will let them but she is going to keep doing this.

I hope she won't let the Senate go into recess. Raise hell and get some attention. This is ridiculous. Where is Sen. Vitter? Lott would be more likely to help her then that jackass.

I'll try to keep an eye on it and post what she does.

I remember her filibustering/threatening to filibuster last year to get the administration and Congress to increase benefits for the NG and reserves (something to that effect).

She is great when she gets pissed.

[pitohui]

24. vitter is a waste of oxygen

he's prob. w. one of his whores, i doubt even his wife knows where that useless waste of space might be

[Pirate Smile]

23. Article on Mary:

http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3945583

Landrieu chastises Senate for focusing on defense, not Katrina


WASHINGTON -- Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu chastised the Senate on Thursday for working to pass defense legislation while refusing to deal with the immediate needs of victims of Hurricane Katrina.

"Our war is right here at home," Landrieu, a Democrat, said in an emotional speech on the Senate floor. "Our war is right here in the Gulf Coast."

Landrieu said two-thirds of the $63 billion that Congress already has provided in hurricane relief has not been spent by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, even though cities are having to lay off workers and tens of thousands of evacuees are still in shelters and lack health care.

Landrieu said Congress should redirect $14.7 billion of the money already appropriated to provide health care for evacuees, pay the salaries of public employees, and provide relief and help to public schools, hospitals and small businesses.

[libnnc]

25. Mary's speaking again

[Spazito]

27. She is very angry as she should be!

Good for her, she is fighting tooth and nail for her constituents instead of doing what the rest of them fight for, their corporate campaign donors.

[libnnc]

26. "This is what my people look like..."

Mary showing big pictures of the devistation in NO and the Gulf

"Lemme put it down RIGHT NOW...I AM COMPLAINING...THIS SENATOR IS COMPLAINING...LEMME JUST HAVE A BILLION DOLLARS OF THE 62 Billion in this defense bill so I can get it to my fire fighters and my police officers...but no we have to leave to go on a break...well you know what, WE'RE NOT LEAVING UNTIL 4:30 in the morning!!!"

[tx_dem41]

29. Go Mary, Go!!!!

I grew up in New Orleans, and her cousins lived three doors down from me and the Landrieu kids were over there all the time. She was (and obviously still is) about 6-7 years older than me. I had a crush on her then. Still do somewhat (especially on days like this). :)

[libnnc]

28. "...can get the lights turned on in Iraq..."

"but can't get a billion dollars to get the lights turned on in my own back yard..."

holding up a stack of paper detailing 911 and emergency calls of people in LA who still haven't had any help

[libnnc]

31. too late to edit but am watching the replay and need

to fix something...

Mary holding up a stack of paper detailing calls to her office in (not 911 emergency) from CONSTITUENTS in NOLA who still haven't had any help...

[libnnc]

30. "I'm going to continue to stay here through the evening..."

She ain't leaving 'til the wee hours.

"When we get back, if the bill gets voted down, at least I'll know I did what I could...the first nation we need to be building is our own!"

"I wish FEMA was the way it used to be, but it's not today, and it won't be next week, and it won't be next month...we can't wait for FEMA to organize itself..."

Take the $$$ from FEMA and send it to the parishes..."we have to find a billion dollars to keep these entities (City of NO) operating."

"No matter what congress does you're not going to break our spirit..."