"Leading the response shouldn't be your side gig."
"Epidemic response should not be a partisan issue. The coronavirus will certainly not ask anyone's political affiliation before infecting them."
"President Obama launched a whole-of-government effort, he appointed me to lead a team at the White House to coordinate it."
"We do not have a travel ban, we have a travel band-aid right now."
"First, before it was imposed, 300,000 people came here from China in the previous month."
"There is no restriction on Americans going back and forth."
"I do not think so, Congressman. And, again, this is one reason why I think we need a high-level coordinator at the White House who can be in touch with foreign governments at other high levels."
"I certainly do not think so, Congressman Perry. I think the WHO is performing better now than it was during the Ebola response 5 years ago."
"My claim is that he should have done it or should be doing it."
"The first responsibility of this government is to keep the American people safe."
"it is my studied opinion that we will never reduce that to zero due to trade and due to travel of Americans and Americans' family members."
"the only practical thing we can do is to monitor those who are coming here to this country, who are bringing medicines to this country, who are bringing goods."