Mary Landrieu actually said...

"If we can do it right and learn how to do it right in the Gulf, in the greatest democracy in the world with the strongest environmental laws and the greatest innovation of our industry, what a blessin..."

"If we had not passed the RESTORE Act, all of that money would have come, under previous law, to the Federal Treasury."

"It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to use these penalty monies to jumpstart some of these very needed restoration projects."

"I insisted on that, Senator Vitter supported that effort, so that our local parishes can have some of this money to do some things."