Tom Cole actually said...

"Thank you for visiting my district, and thank you for the job you do. It is much appreciated."

"It is just a no brainer to spend millions--to spend billions on preparedness to save trillions of dollars in costs."

"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."