Mary Landrieu actually said...

"I want to first thank you for your extraordinary service."

"I just think it's not right to ask our veterans to wait sometimes 3 and 4 years for a resolution of their case."

"While reading your testimony, I was most interested in what steps you take to increase the percentage of leased onshore lands which are currently producing."

"We are losing 25 to 35 square miles of wetlands per year--about a football field an hour--which places millions of lives and critical national resources at alarming risk."