Mary Landrieu: “I have the greatest respect for Admiral Thad Allen, and he is doing a fine job under very difficult circumstances.”

I generally support the goals of the enhancements to the FAST Act, and do believe, as Senator McCaskill said, that having--and both of you--a permanent director, a budget, a staff to give some strength to what you all are trying to do.

That MOU would not have been possible without Alex and without the Federal push coming down to tell them, 'You must work together,' and maybe we need stronger.

We should think about that, a special category.

I haven't heard that because for the last four days, I've been seeing dead bodies in the streets here in Mississippi.