Tom Cole actually said...

"You simply cannot balance our national budget by chipping away at 8 percent of total spending."

"The research conducted at the National Institutes of Health has unlocked the human genome and holds the promise for cures for cancer and treatments for diseases."

"The cuts proposed in your budget this year are deep, and I believe several, in my view, are shortsighted."

"It disappoints me. It doesn't surprise me."