Patty Murray actually said...

"What would a cut of almost $600 million or 23 percent mean for efforts to find more effective treatments for the 44 million Americans who suffer from mental illness?"

"the budget proposes to cut research on infectious diseases by almost 24 percent."

"the budget proposes to cut drug abuse research by almost 20 percent or more than $200 million compared to this year's funding level."

"So it would be pretty devastating."