Mary Landrieu actually said...

"We don't believe that a robust research program can answer every concern we've heard voiced about OCS development and shipping by residents of the North Slope Borough."

"The Arctic needs a Coast Guard presence, and we wholeheartedly support the efforts, the good efforts, of Admiral Allen and his group."

"Such vast upside potential carries with it, I believe, a responsibility to use world-class standards and safeguards."

"we do not want to repeat what happened in the Bering Sea donut hole in the high Arctic"