Richard Shelby actually said...

"We must continue to work towards the goal of increasing the overall Federal investment in basic research and development."

"I support additional funding for NIH research, but in particular, I would like to emphasize today the importance of accelerating research in the area of Cystic Fibrosis (CF)."

"This is a sizeable sum considering the funding constraints that the Federal Government faces, yet it still does not begin to provide enough for NASA to do all of the critical missions it has been aske..."

"The proposed budget, while addressing issues of climate change, unmanned exploration, and aeronautics research, shortchanges our most visible and inspiring space program, manned space flight."