Mary Landrieu actually said...

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

"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..."

"We crafted the RESTORE Act, I think it was, if I can say, it was masterful, the way we tried to balance."

"The time for action is now; we cannot afford to wait."