Mary Landrieu actually said...

"I am going to ask each one of you what would you say to people that say that this particular program needs another 20- or 30-percent reduction."

"the Federal grant program has been effective and useful and essential for building the operations that you currently have."

"Thank you, Madam Chair."

"The quicker we can get the answers to that, the better we will be able to build a bill to actually meet the needs of our country and our locals."