This is a paper on the political and social views that the Louisiana senator, Mary Landrieu has. there are issues to do with the functions of the federal government and how she views them, the relevance and applicability of the K-12 education policy,the applicability of No Child Left Behind policy in the contemporary society , her view on environment as well as her take on the state crimes and how crime should he handled.
Mary Landrieu, the senator from Louisiana is known for her radical stand concerning various aspects that are handled by the federal government and she has always expressed her views very openly without fear of reprimand or political pressures. Her stand about the role that the federal government should play in the development of the Louisiana state is apparent. She has constantly criticized the dismal participation of the federal government in the development of this state and has always insisted that the budget of the federal government should reflect first the values and the priorities of the American people and not the foreign lands (Brainy Quotes, 2012).
Landrieu also maintains that the federal government has not done enough in the development of the South Louisiana as well as the gulf region, especially in reference to the health care and education. She is also known to be very critical of the federal government over the underdevelopment of the region yet the federal government has been making money to the tune of $165 billion over the past 50 years yet, these taxes that are levied on the oil that comes off the same gulf coast goes out to build other areas of the U.S.A. except the place where it comes from.
Senator Landrieu has also been known for a long time for her stand on the matters to do with education system in Louisiana and she was for the improvement of the K-12 education system. She has advocated for the improvement of the teacher quality and the quality public charter schools. She also advocated for the federal government to focus more on the early childhood education and the physical condition of the schools in Louisiana (United States Senate Media Center, 2012). She has also urged the federal government to help in the implementation of the tenets of the K-12 education system so as to ensure that each and every pupil gets quality education in this 21st century in conducive environment.
It is also worth noting that Landrieu has been an advocate for quality education for a very long time. One of the most significant aspects that she has fought for in the education system has been the bipartisan overhaul of the No Child Left Behind Act. This Act required that each state had to develop an assessment in the basic skills that were to be given to all students is a given grade, and this was a prerequisite for the states to receive funding from the federal government. In this bill, the standards are not set at the national level but are set by the individual state. Landrieu has been a supporter of the NCLB system from the time of its conception in 2002 and has seen a lot happen under this policy. This is a policy that increased the accountability in the education standards and the improvement of the quality of education through test results especially in the public education. This is an Act that also democratized the American education system through the setting of the standards as well as providing for resources for schools without having bias based on the ethnicity, wealth available, language spoken in that school and even disabilities. It is evident that Landrieu supported and still supports the Act and always looks for means to ensure that Act is made to be palatable to the contemporary educational environment (On The Issues, 2011).
On the issue of environment, Landrieu is known to be an advocate for the environmental conservation. This is in light of the fact that her area was one of the places that were affected by the BP oil spill. She comes from a state that produces a lot of natural gas and in the same trend encourages the usage of the natural gas in a bid to save the environment. She argues that this natural gas significantly reduces the dependence on the fossil-based sources of energy and at the end protects the environment. She is also known to advocate for the prevention of erosion especially along the shores of Louisiana and the coastal restoration in the oil drilling sites. She is known to advocate for offshore drilling of oil so that a balance can be struck between the economy of the oil drilling and the protection of usable land. Indeed, she noted to have indicated that the coastal erosion is an issue that poses a threat to the homeland security as well as the global economy, hence should be combated with the same vigor and put under control (Vote LA, 2012).
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