Diana DeGette actually said...

"Because Ebola is highly contagious when the patient is symptomatic, the protective gear has to shield them from any contact with bodily fluids."

"I would certainly hope that here going forward if a patient shows up saying he is from Africa and he is vomiting and he has diarrhea, that you wouldn't say, 'Well, we don't have the lab results in yet..."

"It looks like the first nurse, Ms. Pham, was exposed in the first couple of days before the diagnosis came in?"

"I think that we have had a lot of discussion today about a lot of issues, and my takeaway is this..."