Joseph Lieberman actually said...

"So I am going to give a legislator's response and then yield to the former Cabinet member."

"we are asking the Vice President to direct the National Security Council to review all strategic biodefense documents."

"You want to know if there is an infectious disease epidemic beginning to spread in the country."

"So I mentioned before that if you had to choose one department, it would be the Department of Homeland Security because this is a homeland security threat."