Mary Landrieu actually said...

"we insisted that the money be distributed as between states based on damage"

"Making sure that FEMA is working at its optimal level, that there is coordination at the federal level that really honors and respects the hard work going on at the street level or the local level is ..."

"What we have to recognize is, unfortunately, those days of garden district storms are over with."

"We also required specifically that 10 percent of this funding go for, I think, rental, affordable housing."