Harry Reid: “I have to leave the floor in a moment, and I would like to direct my question to my friend, the senior Senator from…”

“I have to leave the floor in a moment, and I would like to direct my question to my friend, the senior Senator from Illinois. I too met with Francis Collins. He is a genius. We are so fortunate that he is there. He told me something I can't get out of my mind-- sequestration. It took $1.5 billion away from the things that the Senator from Illinois has been talking about. The second year of sequestration will take away $2 billion. I read in the press that Republicans in the House--with their budget and the budget over here--are going to continue the sequestration. I ask my friend, what will that do to Francis Collins and the people he has working at that institution?”