"I remember as a kid in the 1970s seeing Senator William Proxmire describe waste such as this as he gave his Golden Fleece Awards, and here we are 40 years later still with the same kind of questions."
"I just see no reason at all taxpayer money would go to that, period."
"That is absurd."
"I am concerned that the government system of supporting research is inefficient and often incentivizes the wrong things, which leads to bad science and wasted taxpayer dollars."
"It does not sound very objective."
"To say you cannot tell me where your money is going is a bad sign of management."
"Obviously, I think we would have all been a lot happier if Edward Snowden would have reported as a whistleblower instead of going to China or Russia."
"I am also for auditing the Fed. I am for auditing all of government to make sure we have more transparency."
"But the public reports have been that they have responded they are too big to be audited, or at least someone said that."
"I think we are going to look into it, our staff is going to look into it, if there is any interest with Senator Peters on covering contractors."
"$300,000 spent studying Japanese quail to see if they are more sexually promiscuous on cocaine."