Mary Landrieu actually said...

Our Federal Government has a responsibility, particularly in these difficult times, to make sure that these paychecks do not turn into pink ...

I believe the action to impose this moratorium has actually increased environmental risk to our oceans and coastal wetlands.

The decision to stop virtually all new energy exploration in the Gulf was uninformed, in my view, and it borders on reckless.

I am going to put the full weight of this committee behind the lifting of this moratorium as soon as possible.