Richard Shelby actually said...

"We do not want the only result of this change to be scientists spending more time chasing grants than making discoveries."

"Biomedical research is an answer to lowering, I believe, our Nation's healthcare costs."

"I do not agree with the funding level proposed by the administration for the NIH. I believe that the NIH funding should be a priority and that its benefits extend well beyond its research discoveries."

"This is a very important time, as you said, in the history of drug development."