Richard Shelby actually said...

"of all of your accomplishments, you probably created more good for the world with that undertaking"

"when the history is written of the NIH, there will be a chapter that is entitled 'The Porter-Harkin-Specter' chapter"

"Because it is a human being which you are working on ultimately to help save, right?"

"But is there a real substitute--none of us want to be cruel and inhumane to animals."