Tom Harkin actually said...

I don't want any of you here at the table to take this wrongly, but all of this money won't just go to Bethesda.

Harkin clarifies that NIH funding benefits researchers nationwide, not just local areas.

05/20/2009

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I believe the most challenging job, I think, in the Cabinet, but also I think the best job in the Cabinet.

I fully concur with Senator Specter's views on this.