Gerry Connolly actually said...

"But to go to a rigid formula where everything is competitively bid, especially in the research field, I think could be risky, frankly, and could choke innovation unwittingly."

"I would remind us of the fact that, for example, the successful crash effort to make sure the United States had the atom bomb before the Nazis was not competitively bid."

"It was frankly to me a despicable thing but it became the political arena."

"What is the Federal Government doing to ensure equitable distribution of grant moneys?"