Tom Harkin actually said...

"It seems to me that if you put most of the money in the RO1 grants and you do it for 2 years rather than 4 years, what happens after 2 years?"

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

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

"Every time a researcher gets a grant, it supports an average of six or seven jobs."