Mary Landrieu actually said...

"I think, rather significant increase in pre-disaster mitigation grants, that it is penny-wise and pound-foolish when we do not put money in on the front end to try to avoid the disasters and the expen..."

"The problem is some of these communities, particularly in our State--Cameron Parish, South Cameron, that comes to mind, Grand Isle--are historic communities, they have been here for hundreds of years."

"I am particularly concerned that there is not enough new support being directed to inspections of southbound traffic to disrupt the flow of illicit guns and cash that the drug cartels use to wage war ..."

"I think that this use of the mechanisms you have now put in place to work on this long-term recovery from Hurricane Katrina give us an ideal way to test some of these thoughts and build into the natio..."