For the first time, Dr. Anthony Fauci is meeting with the House GOP majority in a lengthy, closed-door meeting that lasts two days to talk about how the US government is treating COVID-19.
A select subcommittee of the House Oversight Committee will question Fauci, the longterm former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, regarding the coronavirus pandemic.
The committee declared on Thursday that it will take place over two days, on January 8 and 9, with each day scheduled to run seven hours without breaks.
Additionally, Fauci consented to provide testimony at a later public hearing, according to the committee.
During the COVID-19 epidemic, the immunologist was the federal health professional with the greatest public exposure during both the Trump and Biden administrations. At the end of 2022, Fauci quit his other function and was elevated by President Biden to the position of top medical adviser.
Since he supported lockdowns and school closures, he has been held partially responsible for the detrimental effects of public health measures of the time, which have significantly harmed children’ academic performance nationwide.
Fauci’s testimony, according to Ohio Republican Brad Wenstrup, chairman of the panel, was essential to their examination of the “origin of COVID-19, coercive mandates, gain-of-function type research, scientific censorship, and more.”
“It is time for Dr. Fauci to confront the facts and address the numerous controversies that have arisen during and after the pandemic,” Wenstrup stated in a press release. “Americans deserve trusted public health leaders who prioritise the well-being of our people over any personal or political goals.”
Fortunately, one remains subject to congressional inspection and accountability to the American people even after leaving public service. Honesty is not optional during Dr. Fauci’s impending testimony,” he continued.
at February, Wenstrup and James Comer, R-Ky., the chair of the Oversight Committee, started questioning Fauci and the Biden administration. They wrote letters to both Fauci and Avril Haines, the director of national intelligence, asking for details regarding the hypothesis that COVID-19 started at a lab in Wuhan, China.