Tom Harkin actually said...

"Your budget includes $765 million to fund the advanced development of the drugs and vaccines that we need to defend against bioterrorism or a public health emergency."

"I hope we can also agree that we have to make those investments that will allow our future to prosper."

"The plan worked, and worked brilliantly. It created large budget surpluses, 22 million new jobs, and 116 consecutive months of economic expansion."

"I think this is something that we just have not paid much attention to and we should."