Mary Landrieu actually said...

"Does the Coast Guard have the ability to issue a contract immediately if a silver bullet white paper comes across your desk?"

"You may want to just consider opening up an avenue for some of these elected officials who are down there."

"I think we have got to really reevaluate some of these processes if we are going to try to lead the world in deepwater ocean technology."

"This is the Government's responsibility to respond to the spill."