Lamar Alexander actually said...

"I appreciate the difficult financial environment."

"I just want to be real careful that any Federal action we take does not discourage, that we actually should be encouraging it."

"I would simply like to encourage you to, wherever appropriate, work in partnership with universities in States like the University of Tennessee or the State of Tennessee or other States and universiti..."

"The administration's proposal to cut State regulatory grants... is completely unrealistic."