Mary Landrieu actually said...

$2.5 billion to maintain the fleet, to accomplish or at least try to meet the targets in the mission, is far different than $950 million.

Landrieu emphasizes the need for a larger budget for effective Coast Guard operations.

04/22/2013

More Mary Landrieu Quotes

I think that is what Senator Cochran, Senator Blunt, I, and others are saying, that after this historic flood, we need to take an assessment...

Thank you, Senator Lautenberg, for those excellent remarks and questions.

It would seem to me that setting aside some emergency money for the Corps would be a wise way to operate.

I want the record to show that the Federal Government responded significantly after that flood of 1927.