Katie Porter actually said...

"Congress provides far less funding for the Department of the Interior to monitor diseases in wildlife than it does for the Department of Agriculture to monitor diseases in domesticated animals."

"We've unfortunately all learned that late detection can cost lives."

"We are here today to discuss a topic with consequences we all know too well: the threat of wildlife-borne diseases becoming pandemics."

"Taxpayers deserve to know that their money is being spent effectively."