Tom Harkin actually said...

"I think we need to think about priorities."

"It's sometimes said that, while the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee defends America, this subcommittee actually defines America."

"Future attacks remain a very real threat. Yet, we are still using the same anthrax vaccine that was developed 40 years ago."

"What we can do, if we properly fund these programs, and manage them, Mr. Chairman, vice chairman, we can push the decimal point to the left, is how Senator Graham describes it."