Henry Waxman actually said...

"One of the reasons that we haven't been able to work all these problems out is that the Republicans, who run the Congress, are afraid to increase taxes even on billionaires."

"You have correctly quoted the numbers as I understand them from the CBO about what the sequesters would do to NIH, and that loss of 2,300 grants, which would come already 3 months in the fiscal year, ..."

"If there is something that I am most concerned about in terms of an event that could really disrupt and do serious damage to the progress that we now see in medical research, this is it."

"For many years, hazardous waste generators, shippers, processors have expressed a willingness to fund the program through user fees."