Jim Baird actually said...

"Science is science, but politics, as all of us on this side of the aisle know, is more complicated."

"There is nothing inherently dishonest about that. In politics we have disagreements. We discuss, we debate, we negotiate, we vote, and in the end, the voters decide whose policies they want to support..."

"The public will support science only if it can trust the scientists and the institutions that conduct the research."

"In science, carrying out our work with integrity is a bedrock principle."