Ron Klain actually said...

"Five years ago I wrote a piece where I said that Congress should amend the Stafford Act to add epidemics as a disaster for the purpose of the Stafford Act."

"I don't think they have been prepared for dealing with that, whether that is working with FEMA to temporarily ramp up capacity in those hospitals."

"I think, on the competence side, the Government has to provide the leadership and the funding to deliver this response."

"there is no reason why other countries--South Korea--are so far ahead of us, 100,000-plus tests in South Korea, less than 5,000 in the United States."