September 12, 2012: Actress Katherine Heigl, one of the National Angels in Adoption for 2012, hugs Sen. Landrieu during the annual Angels in Adoption week in Washington, D.C.

Past photos of the week

September 3, 2012: In Shreveport and Alexandria, Sen. Landrieu visits with Louisianians displaced by Hurricane Isaac. Her visit even prompted changes that improved conditions at the shelters.

August 23, 2012: Sen. Landrieu greats a constituent while visiting Vidalia in Central Louisiana. 

August 1, 2012: Sen. Landrieu introduces Rep. Steve Scalise, who led the House effort to pass the RESTORE Act, during a Capitol Hill event marking its passage.

July 19, 2012: CNN interviews Sen. Landrieu (reflected) about her work to reform and fix the U.S. foster care system so that every child has a permanent and loving family to call his or her own.

June 29, 2012: Sen. Landrieu's staff congratulates her as she walks into her office after Congress passed the RESTORE Act yesterday. The president is expected to sign the bill soon.

June 7, 2012: Girl Scouts from New Orleans visit Sen. Landrieu, who was also a girl scout growing up. The organization is marking its 100-year anniversary this year.

May 17, 2012: Three flowers and three note cards from Sen. Landrieu lay at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in memory of the three Louisiana police officers who lost their lives in the line of duty during 2011. This week marked the 50th annual commemoration of National Police Week in the nation’s capital.

May 9, 2012: Sen. Landrieu hosts a virtual classroom via Skype with students in Lake Charles, Baton Rouge and New Orleans this week to mark National Charter Schools Week.

May 4, 2012: Sen. Landrieu and Mayor Mitch Landrieu- City of New Orleans share a moment during Friday's ribbon cutting at Marrero Commons.

April 23, 2012: NBC’s Andrea Mitchell interviews Sen. Landrieu about the second anniversary of the BP oil spill and the need to pass the RESTORE Act, which would direct 80 percent of the Clean Water Act penalties assessed to BP back to the Gulf Coast.

March 19, 2012: Blooming cherry blossoms along the Tidal Basin frame the Washington Monument. The famous cherry blossoms in the nation's capital turned 100 years old this year and hit their peak bloom yesterday.

March 9, 2012: A copy of the Times-Picayune sits on Sen. Landrieu’s desk this morning, one of many newspapers covering the exciting news of the Senate’s strong bipartisan approval of the RESTORE Act.

Feb. 28, 2012: Sen. Landrieu smiles proudly at a cadet from Louisiana’s National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program. Nine cadets visited D.C. this week to announce the results of a RAND Corporation report that shows that every dollar spent on the Youth ChalleNGe Program results in a return of $2.66. Louisiana’s three programs alone graduate nearly 1,400 youths each year, the most of any one of the 33 states that have a program.

Feb. 10, 2012: Sen. Landrieu hosts a roundtable with officials representing most of Louisiana's 64 parishes. During the meeting, parish representatives spoke with the Senator and her senior staff about current needs and issues in their parishes back home.

Feb. 1, 2012: Sen. Landrieu hosts a roundtable with a wide variety of business leaders, specialists in innovation, successful entrepreneurs and others who are leading the way in creating entrepreneurial ecosystems. The event gathered best ideas to spur entrepreneurship.