Brian Mast actually said...

"Why do you have to wear a mask and gloves, if you are not being poisoned?"

"Protect them from what? Why do they need to wear a mask and gloves, if they are not being poisoned?"

"I guess what I am asking in talking about the statement that Audubon has made, are the birds the canaries in the coal mine here?"

"I just want to thank you again for trying to articulate what those experiences are for folks who have never had that firsthand."