Tom Cole actually said...

"I think we can fix that, and we did. And we were able to get a fairly substantial boost."

"A sustained commitment to increasing funding for the NIH is a vital step to preserving our status as the world's leader in biomedical research."

"I totally favor the amount of money we are talking about. I don't have any problem with that."

"I think we are going to wake up some day and find out that it is a lot like tobacco."