Mary Landrieu actually said...

"I would hope so because you can imagine how heart-wrenching--that is really a good word--it is to me to have really pressed so hard from a policy perspective to have a rental repair program adopted."

"the whole country understands the tremendous challenges that HUD has before it with the unprecedented housing crisis now engulfing the Nation."

"there is still a huge problem for people in the Gulf Coast area."

"I think it is very important for that exercise to continue because the people that this office is attempting to serve are very interested in how this office is functioning."