Thom Tillis actually said...

"The sooner you articulate what your funding levels are, the better, so that we can go and be advocates for it."

"I appreciate you and this advocacy for hidden heroes."

"We cannot have it both ways. We cannot on the one hand ask you to make people feel good about another priority that we want when we have not sufficiently resourced the priorities that we have already ..."

"You helped me save my time by making that same point, but it was a very important discussion."