Daniel Sullivan actually said...

"It's frustrating, and I feel it's deceiving in the public service efforts to say, yes, we'll take your money so that you can fund our research projects, but we don't really want to work with you."

"That is going to happen, I can guarantee you, or it won't pass."

"Any thoughts from the scientists on that question?"

"So you would say that is a critical gap that we should prioritize funding for?"