Members of the House Oversight Committee and Energy and Commerce Committee condemn President Biden's former chief medical adviser anthony fauci We talked about a myriad of topics in this week's interviews.
Lawmakers asked Fauci about the matter. origin of COVID-19 (new coronavirus infection), His current views on gain of function research and how to deal with the pandemic.
Members of both parties gave very different views of what happened during the interview. Republicans suggested that Fauci would not be willing to speak out, citing his repeated statements that he did not remember certain things.
Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, told reporters that Fauci said he didn't remember. “Probably over 100 times.” On the first day.
- In a statement after the first day of questioning, Wenstrup said: “The way our country has responded to the world's worst public health crisis 'reminds us of' important details about the origins of COVID-19 and pandemic-era policies. I'm concerned about that.”
Democrats in turn blamed Republicans. Focus on the early stages of the pandemic Instead of looking to the future.
- “Republicans are using this great opportunity to engage with health experts, long-time public servants who have served this country with distinction for decades, and the lessons learned from COVID-19. Instead of taking advantage of a great opportunity, we continue to focus on January and February of 2020 and how we protect Americans and protect our communities. We've missed out,'' Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) said in a second day of interviews.
Both sides acknowledged that Fauci provided extensive clarification on some of the issues he raised during the interview, but the biggest conflict was Function acquisition research.
- Wenstrup said Fauci is “playing semantics” with the definition of repeatedly denying that the United States is funding controversial Chinese research.
- But Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) criticized Republicans. distort Fauci told lawmakers after his first day of briefings that subsequent social media posts by some Republican-led subcommittees were “disinformation.”
“They were not reflective of what was being discussed. When I left here at the end of the day, I felt that it was a respectful discussion and that we had a good conversation.” she said.
