Mary Landrieu actually said...

"We are going to take a very close look at the recommendations that you have made in your report and weave them into the proposals that we are going to have in this piece of legislation."

"One of the things that helped the people of Louisiana and the Gulf Coast feel more normal as quickly as possible was getting their children back into schools."

"I mean, on one hand, I understand about not having these classifications so tightly drawn that you limit flexibility in the event that something like Tennessee is so obvious."

"I am very happy to conduct this hearing this afternoon to focus on continued reform of the Stafford Act."