Mary Landrieu actually said...

"We cannot close down the offshore oil and gas sector without devastating economic impacts to our region."

"By stopping drilling in the Gulf, are we helping the environment or harming it? I believe we are actually harming it."

"The irony of this decision is that they are the only ones drilling right now in the Gulf."

"This decision to halt all new energy production in the Gulf of Mexico appears to have been made in an uninformed manner and, in my view, borders on reckless."