Mary Landrieu actually said...

"This blanket moratorium will not help us achieve or advance that goal."

"The issuance of a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling is an overreach, not necessary, and has been deemed arbitrary and capricious by the Federal courts."

"Our Federal Government has a responsibility, particularly in these difficult times, to make sure that these paychecks do not turn into pink slips."

"The decision to stop virtually all new energy exploration in the Gulf was uninformed, in my view, and it borders on reckless."