Mary Landrieu actually said...

"I can tell you, being a Louisiana citizen, his and others' work on those public corruption cases has been an enormous public service that we're all grateful for."

"Their Louisiana teammates represented our United States very well on the field."

"I am going to ask each one of you what would you say to people that say that this particular program needs another 20- or 30-percent reduction."

"the Federal grant program has been effective and useful and essential for building the operations that you currently have."