Mary Landrieu actually said...

"How viable a community can you remain without a fire station, without a police station, without a library?"

"Now, I am going to ask my staff for the next hearing to design a chart along the Coast from Texas to New York, and indicate how many nursing home patients live within 30 miles of the coast, and I am g..."

"So it would be helpful to have these Federal assets available to conduct this evacuation."

"the Nation's economy depends--and in some measure you could say the world's economy depends on the continued operations of these major ports."