Mary Landrieu actually said...

"It's pretty bleak. I mean, we're losing a football field every 30 minutes. It's the largest erosion underway on the whole continent including, you know, Mexico, Canada and the United States."

"So this issue really is about looking at that 13 billion and figuring out a way to better allocate it for the communities that actually produce it."

"Yes, but what about the coastal States that are producing the 6.3 billion that comes into the Federal Treasury. I think we've been doing that since when? 1923?"

"But I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman and the ranking member for hosting a series of hearings that might find a really, a long term solution for the problems that both interior States, western States ..."