Mary Landrieu actually said...

"it was actually illegal to build smarter, and you received a penalty for doing so."

"if the Congress nickels and dimes FEMA, as it has a tendency to do... they end up having to slow down recovery all over the country."

"I will commit that we will be doing a meeting in Washington with your delegation through my subcommittee on this."

"As a result of the lessons learned from the Hurricane Katrina experience, I worked to include Stafford Act reforms in the Hurricane Sandy relief bill that passed the Congress in January."