I'm fighting for small businesses. I'm not fighting for big oil. Don't be confused. And there are thousands of businesses in this state that are at great risk. Meanwhile, the country keeps guzzling the oil, but we're out of work down here. We need to get back to work to build this region, and we intend to do so.

Mary Loretta Landrieu (pron. S. ’ Everybody wants free health care.

She chairs the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Senate apologized for its failure to enact anti-lynching legislation during the early 20th century. She became a spokeswoman for federal emergency relief in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 which devastated her state.