Tom Harkin actually said...

"Thank you, Senator Shelby, and thanks for all your involvement in this subcommittee over many, many years in research, medical research."

"Would you tell us what, if anything, is being done to expand the research portfolio for this lethal form of cancer?"

"Maybe this grant leads to a new compound that a pharmaceutical company wants to develop into a new drug and that means more money in our economy."

"I just want to see how we judge the success of the Recovery Act funding."