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On the recordDecember 29, 2005
Sorry for interrupting. I haven't heard that because for the last four days, I've been seeing dead bodies in the streets here in Mississippi. And to listen to politicians thanking each other and complimenting each other -- you know, I got to tell you there are a lot of people here who are very upset and very angry and very frustrated.
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Mary Landrieu
Democratic · Louisiana

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Senator Landrieu expresses frustration over the political responses to the disaster while people are suffering.

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