Roy Blunt actually said...

"I was pleased with the President's decision to continue your leadership at NIH, and many of us had advocated for that."

"there was no new money to do that, so it was truly a prioritization that eliminated programs and consolidated programs."

"A cut to NIH is not a cut to Washington bureaucracy; it is a cut to life-saving treatments and cures."

"I certainly fundamentally disagree with the proposed funding reduction."