Tom Harkin actually said...

"I'd just like to thank you and this subcommittee for your steadfast support for biomedical research."

"When you consider how much funding was needed to keep up with inflation, the cut was more like $1.3 billion."

"Fortunately, the Senate rejected that plan."

"I think a society ultimately will be judged by the ways in which, even in difficult times, priorities are chosen."