Tom Harkin actually said...

"I'm not going to turn this into politics. We want to be above politics. But we're going to have to deal with politics."

"I can promise you, if sequestration stays in effect next year, there's no chance that we will get close to the President's request for NIH."

"No longer accept limits on what they can achieve."

"Well, we have made significant progress since ADA and access to entertainment technologies. But again, we need to go further."