Brian Higgins actually said...

"I call on you today to craft a budget resolution that projects a doubling of funding for cancer and biomedical research over the next five years."

"I am here to urge you, in the strongest possible terms, to double the nation's commitment to cancer research."

"I implore you to include in a budget resolution a doubling of cancer research because these budgets, they do not only fund important programs, they are value statements."

"We need specificity. We need the Government to have a clear-cut definition of the programs and activities that are most important to the homeland security mission."