Rand Paul actually said...

"It is disappointing because Senator Peters has signed now several letters, and one of them is probably six months old."

"We are asking for NIH deliberations over what is dangerous, what is not dangerous research, and they basically have told Senator Peters and myself, go fly a kite."

"I support the bill to declassify it. Most of what we are looking for is not classified, and yet they still resisted."

"The power of the purse is we do not give money to these agencies that have grown so large unless they give us information."