Mary Landrieu actually said...

"President Obama and Members of Congress should be congratulated for including an additional $1 billion in the President's stimulus bill to enhance the Bureau's enumeration activities in 2010."

"It is essential that there is an ethnically and racially diverse workforce, from the staff in the district offices to the enumerators in the neighborhoods and barrios."

"I think it is very important that Congress provides the Census Bureau with adequate resources to undertake the mammoth task of achieving a fair and accurate count."

"I've never really understood why existing hydro, in this debate, is not given more credit as a renewable energy source."