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Mary (Mary) L. Landrieu (D)
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Capitol: 202.224.5824
FAX: 202.224.9735
District: 337.436.6650
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Senator
Room SH-703 HSOB- Hart Senate Office Building Constitution Avenue and 2nd Street, NE
Washington, DC 20510-1804
Residence: Baton Rouge, LA
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| Elected: 1996 Next Election: 2014 | | Spouse: E. Frank Snellings DOB: 11/23/1955 |
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| Chairman | Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship | | Chairman | Senate Subcommittee on Homeland Security | | Co-Chair | Congressional Coalition on Adoption | | Co-Chair | Congressional French Caucus | | Co-Chair | Congressional Hazards Caucus | | Co-Chair | Senate Natural Gas Caucus | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on National Parks | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies | | Member | Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Energy | | Member | Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development | | FC Member | Senate Caucus on Missing, Exploited and Runaway Children | | Member | Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs | | FC Member | Bicameral Congressional Caucus on Parkinson's Disease | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental Affairs, and the District of Columbia | | FC Member | Senate New Democrat Coalition | | Co-Chair | Congressional Silk Road Caucus | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs | | FC Member | Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies | | FC Member | Senate Women’s Caucus on Burma | | FC Member | Moderate Democrats Working Group | | FC Member | Senate Caucus on WMD Terrorism | | FC Member | Congressional Heart and Stroke Coalition | | Member | Senate Committee on Appropriations | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Defense | | FC Member | Senate India Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Army Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Oceans Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Afterschool Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Cultural Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Rural Health Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Diabetes Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Fire Services Caucus | | FC Member | Senate National Guard Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Veterans Jobs Caucus | | FC Member | American Automotive Performance and Motorsports Caucus | | FC Member | Air Force Caucus | | FC Member | USO Congressional Caucus |
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BioMary L. Landrieu has been fighting and winning for Louisiana since she was first elected to the Louisiana state legislature at the age of 23. After serving eight years as a state representative and two terms as State Treasurer, in 1996 she became the first woman from Louisiana elected to a full term in the U.S. Senate. Senator Landrieu is currently the Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, and a member of the Appropriations and Energy and Natural Resources Committees. The nonpartisan Congress.org has ranked Senator Landrieu as the tenth most effective legislator in the Senate. Senator Landrieu has been the leading voice in Washington for the Gulf Coast recovery effort. In the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the failures of the federal levee system, she secured billions in recovery dollars and has worked extensively to jumpstart recovery projects. She chairs the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Disaster Recovery Subcommittee, and is committed to reforming the Federal Emergency Management Agency to ensure the nation’s disaster response arm is speedy and effective the next time a disaster strikes the United States, be it natural or manmade. As chair of the Small Business Committee, she is leading efforts to ensure all small businesses have access to capital and contracts, superior health insurance at a low cost and the resources needed to help boost our economy and guarantee America’s competiveness in the global marketplace. As one of the chairs on the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senator Landrieu is a strong and effective voice for Louisiana. The Senate appointed Sen. Landrieu chair of the Appropriations Committee's important Subcommittee on Homeland Security. This subcommittee is responsible for drafting legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security's 20 offices and seven sub-agencies. The Appropriations Committee is considered the most powerful panel on Capitol Hill. From this seat, she fights for Louisiana’s jobs and economic interests and the funding the state needs to rebuild from the 2005 and 2008 hurricanes. Senator Landrieu, a member of the Energy Committee, coauthored the landmark Domenici-Landrieu Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act, which was signed into law in 2006. The bill expanded oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico by more than 8 million acres and shares the revenues with Louisiana to restore and protect the eroding wetlands along the Gulf Coast. Senator Landrieu is married to Frank Snellings of Monroe, Louisiana, and has two children.
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