Tom Harkin actually said...

"I just want to clear up--maybe I misspoke or I may have left a wrong impression when I said that we won't take money from the prevention fund for NIH; we won't take from the NIH for the prevention fun..."

"We want the best science rewarded. If it's not in Iowa, then it's someplace else. But it's got to be the best science."

"That's very timely."

"If this does mutate into a form that is transmissible, it could be devastating."