Mary Landrieu actually said...

"Under education and training, the State has received $718 million through the Economic Recovery Act for education and training."

"It seems to me that a very smart strategy might be to eliminate whatever barriers and obstacles there are right now to training nurses required to meet that requirement."

"I think it is very important for small business to have a seat at the table when these major negotiations are going on."

"I hope that the series of these hearings will help develop some strategy and call attention to some of these issues."