Please don't selectively quote in a misleading way. The full quote is: > In recent years, the National Science Foundation has received an annual budget of app

Please don't selectively quote in a misleading way. The full quote is: > In recent years, the National Science Foundation has received an annual budget of approximately $9 billion [...] In other words, that's the budget prior to the cuts. The immediately following sentence points out that the cut may be as deep as 66%: > The cuts could be as deep as 66 percent, with one person indicating the top-line budget number for the National Science Foundation could start at $3 billion.