"First, before it was imposed, 300,000 people came here from China in the previous month."
"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."
"I think H.R. 2166 is vital legislation. I hope this committee and the Congress will act on it, bipartisan as well, as it should be."
"My claim is that he should have done it or should be doing it."
"There is no restriction on Americans going back and forth."
"President Obama launched a whole-of-government effort, he appointed me to lead a team at the White House to coordinate it."
"Epidemic response should not be a partisan issue. The coronavirus will certainly not ask anyone's political affiliation before infecting them."
"We do not have a travel ban, we have a travel band-aid right now."
"What we need to do is to monitor the people who have been in China recently who are here in the U.S."
"It is impossible, impossible to cutoff the flow of people from China to the United States."
"He didn't explain a decision. He went out there justifying reckless behavior by the President. He wasn't serving as attorney general, he's serving the President's guidance counselor."