Mary Landrieu actually said...

"With the canals closed under this plan and a storm sitting over the city dropping heavy rainfall, Orleans and Jefferson, which is about 1 million people roughly, close to 1 million people, are at risk..."

"It is not just puzzling, but it is aggravating, frustrating and frightening, actually, General, to the people that we represent."

"$40 billion worth of damage caused by the failure of this system."

"It is only going to be a matter of time until a major storm hits Florida or some catastrophic flooding occurs in California."