Tom Harkin actually said...

"Would you tell us what, if anything, is being done to expand the research portfolio for this lethal form of cancer?"

"Maybe this grant leads to a new compound that a pharmaceutical company wants to develop into a new drug and that means more money in our economy."

"I just want to see how we judge the success of the Recovery Act funding."

"Should we put so much of that into just one disease rather than spreading it out more?"