The $30 billion @NIH blamed inability to produce #Ebola vaccine on the budget. Yet spent millions on chimp poop &more http://t.co/UblqXl2Amp

— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) October 15, 2014

Courting the anti-science conservatives, Rand Paul pulls a Sarah Palin:

“You guys have heard some of the examples of where those dollars go,” the fun Alaska governor said to the guys in the audience, acknowledging their media savvy about Congress members, who sometimes acquire public money for frivolous projects. “You’ve heard about the bridges. And some of these pet projects. They really don’t make a whole lot of sense.”

A troubled look crossed her face. “And sometimes these dollars go to projects that have little or nothing to do with the public good, things like …” she grinned, shaking her head side to side, her voice rising to a facetious pitch “… fruit fly research in Paris, France.” Feeling in tune with the guys in her audience, she added, “I kid you not.”
http://www.salon.com/2008/10/27/sarah_palin_fruit_flies/