Rob Portman actually said...

"I am introducing legislation today with Mr. Markey, and Senator Markey and I have been working on this for the last several weeks about ensuring that some hospitals on a regional basis have this exper..."

"I think it could have avoided some of the problems that we have had in this country."

"Some experts I have talked to on this use the word 'bureaucracy,' that there was a bureaucratic issue here in responding, and more money will not solve that problem. Maybe more accountability will."

"I have been critical of the response, mostly the timeliness of it, and I think it took us way too long to get a coordinator."