Mary Landrieu actually said...

"I have great sympathy for Alaska, and I am going to work with Senator Murkowski to think about some exemptions for Alaska that I am going to try to encourage my colleagues to accept."

"What occurs to me is that the National Guard, along with the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, by having basically part-time civilians could play a significant role in this."

"one of the reasons we are not able to get a full extension is over this issue, and the other thing that is in that bill that I strongly object to is an automatic rate increase of 15 percent per year f..."

"you can't put a price on a human life, and nothing is more important than keeping our communities, our families, and our economy safe."