David Roe actually said...

"the perception out there when you see this, if you are a taxpayer in east Tennessee where I live, just barely getting by, and you are paying your taxes and you see these silly videos or you see these ..."

"It is embarrassing for me to go home and try to explain to people why their money is being wasted."

"the perception amongst the public is this is a good time free-for-all on the public's dollar, not to get anything out of this."

"I would just ask you, Mr. Gould, how do we do a better job of back planning from the outcome that Dr. Roe was talking about?"