Kay Hutchison actually said...

"I think you laid out the problem very well, and certainly, from your personal experience, it's clear that there is no intention whatsoever to make it easy to waive the Jones Act in this response."

"This disaster is having a profound effect upon my state, as well as Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas."

"I hope that, frankly, the President will waive it on his own. He can do it. He should do it."

"The government does its job."