Richard Shelby actually said...

"I believe strongly in the promise of medical research and what that medical research does for individuals and families and the economy and taxpayers."

"If you cannot find one egregious example where you can apply this, I would be surprised."

"If everything is a priority, nothing is a priority, and the hard work of this committee, with really lots of talent on both sides of the aisle, is to figure out what we can do about those priorities."

"It's a risky decision. It's a decision that I don't support and hope that at the end of this process our committee will not look at what the administration has asked for, but look at what we would hop..."