Anna Eshoo actually said...

"I am very proud of the legislation that former Congressman Mike Rogers and myself shaped and shepherded to create the law that led to BARDA."

"If we can't be timely--identify, target, be timely, bring it up, have these measures in place, then this is just a piece of paper with good ideas on it."

"I want to know, in terms of our national security and the import of what this law is about, why do you take the position that you do?"

"I really don't get your reason, your thinking, and what you have testified today, Dr. Hatchett, about contracting authority under BARDA."