Mary Landrieu actually said...

"the law is deficient and can be and hopefully will be corrected so that the next time there is an environmental spill ... the polluter, the violator in this case be held accountable."

"BP was not under any legal obligation to set up any fund of relief for rig workers put out of work because of the moratorium."

"Because I am going to be asking each State to give this Subcommittee a very detailed report of how they spent..."

"I do not think that is an accurate or full snapshot picture and I would urge us to look at other metrics."