Tom Cole actually said...

"I want to go out on a limb and say that if this subcommittee has much to do about it I suspect that you are going to do pretty well this year for yet another year."

"I always call Dr. Collins the best politician in Washington. Anybody that can be appointed by President Obama and then reappointed by President Trump has exceptional political skills."

"A sustained, steady commitment to increasing funding for NIH is critical to ensuring our nation's future as a leader in biomedical research and unlocking cures to so many diseases burdening our strain..."

"I do not think a reduction of the magnitude this budget recommends for NIH is in the best interest of the American people."