"We're trying to balance it this way: you know, we've seen for about three weeks a slight downward trend in hospitalization, which we think is good."
"The news out today is very concerning: it should be concerning to every American."
"What we are now doing is I'm talking a lot about it, and we really, you know, hope that people, when they think about this, will understand that this is a very important thing to do."
"Well, I think that it's absolutely true that there are a lot of costs for high unemployment, and a huge crash in the economy, that we have seen."
"Ohio governor, Mike DeWine, is going to join me to talk about whether these new projections in any way affect his timeline for Ohio."
"It's not even for them, it's for everybody else in the store. Can a -- if that's not law, can a business still insist that people either wear a mask, or -- and if not, they don't come in?"
"I have to make the decision that's my responsibility, but we're certainly going to consult with the White House."
"One of the things that we really, really need is testing. You know, if you talk about a pathway -- if you talk about a pathway to get us back, testing -- ample testing is going to be the way that we g..."
"Ultimately the buck stops with me and stops with the other governors, but again I understand what the President's saying."
"Our churches 99.9% of our churches are closed in Ohio, I would say."
"It would not surprise me at all if schools did not open again this year."