Mary Landrieu actually said...

"The Gulf of Mexico has suffered long enough. The revenues from the spill penalties offer a once-in-a-lifetime chance to begin reversing decades' worth of destruction. The country cannot allow this opp..."

"I could not be prouder of the effort that is under way in this committee now to implement an extraordinary, I think, and special piece of legislation."

"the 2012 RESTORE Act, which you have heard about from Senator Landrieu so eloquently, provides that 80 percent of civil penalties under the Clean Water Act be returned to the Gulf"

"It is imperative that we establish viable, effective, and accountable distribution mechanisms now to ensure that this unprecedented investment is targeted at critical projects that contribute to the o..."