Mary Landrieu actually said...

"Each State should have the ability to use these funds how they see fit to restore the economic and ecological damage caused by the spill."

"I am dismayed the Federal Government itself did not have any monies readily available to respond through our own agencies."

"Economically, the Gulf Coast continues to be hit hard by all of this, and it is not the spill directly, it is the de facto moratorium which continues."

"I know there is nothing that requires you to do it. I am clear about the law."