Mary Landrieu actually said...

"This moratorium is not about big oil. It is rather about the Calais, the Sheramies, Depueys, the Roberts, the Boudreauxes, and the Thibodauxes."

"The decision to stop virtually all new energy exploration in the Gulf was uninformed, in my view, and it borders on reckless."

"This ill-conceived and heavy-handed action by the Federal Government does not meet our environmental needs, our national security needs, and it most certainly does not meet our economic needs."

"I am going to put the full weight of this committee behind the lifting of this moratorium as soon as possible."