Mary Landrieu actually said...

"I am here for two reasons this morning, and I will be brief. One is to reluctantly support my friend Ray Mabus for Secretary of the Navy, only under the condition that he be fair to the State of Louis..."

"Can this committee count on you to go to bat in the atmosphere of these troubled financial markets?"

"I would just urge you to be careful about the comment about 4 percent."

"This report is sort of the definitive authority that virtually nothing much has been done, missing 18 out of 25 marks, a nation still unprepared to prevent or respond to a catastrophic disaster."