Tom Harkin actually said...

"To have that cut off at the knees would be a devastating blow."

"Investment by the NIH has made U.S. research pre-eminent."

"So when we have so much to learn from embryonic stem cells, how can we conclude that we do not need to fund the research?"

"I applaud Senator Harkin's efforts to increase the NIH budget in the past and ask all of the Senators and Representatives to make the people with diseases and injuries a major priority."