Mary Landrieu actually said...

"it would be very troublesome and very disappointing to have spent the money that we are investing in communications systems that do not talk to each other"

"I think we believe, at least I believe, let me just speak for myself, that we've given you the green light."

"There are many companies that are looking to do the research. But in Louisiana we have what all the byproducts, or the initial products you've discussed here at the table."

"I'm all for not picking one design and moving forward. But I'm also for giving industry some signals as to what designs could potentially be, you know, be accelerated more quickly."