Michael Burgess actually said...

"Any time that we get to spend a few hours with one of the premier minds in research science in the United States of America, and indeed, the world, it is a good thing."

"As a clinician, I am always aware that this is a difficult problem to treat."

"This committee's commitment to authorizing the funding for National Institutes of Health has allowed you to become one of the premiere government health research foundations in the world."

"I hope fundamental tax reform is undertaken by this Congress in the next term, that we seriously address that."