Rob Portman actually said...

"Let us talk about the role that you and Mr. Lacey have played in the concealment practices we have reported on this morning."

"The answer is, of course, no. The fact that these terms were stripped out through this screening process does not mean that that girl's age was magically changed."

"We as a civil society protect always the most vulnerable among us and not take advantage of them."

"It is a crime that is rightly punishable by incarceration in prison because of the nature of the harm to the victims and the outrageousness of the conduct that is predatory in nature."