David Price: “I would be happy to yield to my friend from California, who I know has made a special effort, given his leadership…”

I urge my colleagues to sit up and take notice of this. This is quite an amendment--quite a radical amendment. It indiscriminately would cut a total of 36 percent from programs in Transportation and Housing without any regard for the…

I want to stress that each dollar invested in the NIH is, in my view, a down payment on our future.

I think this is an indispensable national priority that I think we just got a serious lesson how important these investments are.

We have got to do something legislatively and play a role in helping to get our Nation in a better place.