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?"

"I believe that indisputably it is the size of the spill that must dictate our response to this disaster and how we mitigate its horrific effects."

"Do you know how many responses the Coast Guard can handle in a given day?"

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