Mary Landrieu actually said...

"we will never find our way out of this recession unless we are aggressively identifying creditworthy emerging businesses."

"North Louisiana has been especially hard hit, in particular, in the last year alone, with more than 2,000 manufacturing-related layoffs."

"I support the goals of the program. I want to try to make sure that the quality of this program and the effectiveness is made stronger."

"I suggested that maybe the SBA and the USDA could work more in partnership."