Roy Blunt actually said...

"In the bill we did last year, Director McCarthy, I asked for a--I asked you all to work with the National Academy of Public Administrators to conduct an independent study to create a definition of com..."

"This is an important job. It is an important office."

"The impact in those counties and those areas is going to be greater, you know, in counties like Pemiscot County or Shannon County."

"I certainly would not think that would be the way we would want to follow our effort last year to increase research by $2 billion."