John Rockefeller actually said...

What is needed is to attach some modest level of educational accountability to the large amount of Federal support for science research.

For example, the bill that we are working on today, America COMPETES, could not have happened without Kay Bailey Hutchinson.

I am a Democrat. She is a Republican. It does not make any difference.

A large reason for that is Kay Bailey Hutchinson, and, I for one am going to be incredibly sorry to see her go.