"I commend to you Susan Collins' bill. I introduced it here in the House."
"What is the Federal Government doing to ensure equitable distribution of grant moneys?"
"It was frankly to me a despicable thing but it became the political arena."
"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."
"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."
"We need to be cognizant to ensure that any additional reporting requirements... avoid the imposition, however, of an unfunded mandate."
"I would hope that all of us in the political arena would show a little bit more respect for what we are trying to do."
"We must make sure we do not even unwittingly add to them."
"Run, Darrell, run."
"I think we do need a Hatch Act to set the rules of engagement, but when you actually prohibit somebody from a personal photograph with the President because it is a re-election year, to me, that cross..."
"And let me first join my colleagues in expressing my profound sympathy to the Terry family for your loss and the country's loss."