That's what he said, they're underfunded because Congress sees the vocal public view that it is a waste of money, and that's because they stopped dreaming and started counting nano-pennies.
Watched his interview on Fareed Zakaria GPS (CNN) a few months ago. He's absolutely right. If only we had more intelligent people in power.
Imagine living in a 'fully' intelligent society or at least more intelligent society. Would be amazing. No republicans, ANC members, war mongers, terrorists