“No one person should have unilateral authority to make decisions for millions of Americans,” says Paul.
QUICK FACTS:
- Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Monday introduced an amendment to remove Dr. Anthony Fauci as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), two years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Breitbart News reports.
- Paul’s amendment would restructure the position and eliminate Fauci altogether.
- The amendment would also replace Fauci’s current post with three other positions that will lead three new institutes: the National Institute of Allergic Disease, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, and National Institute of Immunologic Diseases.
- “No one person should have unilateral authority to make decisions for millions of Americans,” Sen. Paul stated.
- “To ensure that ineffective, unscientific lockdowns and mandates are never foisted on the American people ever again, I’ve introduced this amendment to eliminate Dr. Anthony Fauci’s position as Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and divide his power into three separate new institutes,” he added.
- “This will create accountability and oversight into a taxpayer funded position that has largely abused its power, and has been responsible for many failures and misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
WHAT ELSE SEN. PAUL SAID:
- “Each of these three institutes will be led by a director who is appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate for a 5-year term,” Paul’s press release reads.
- Paul contends such a move would be consistent with NIAID’s mission statement which asserts that the organization “conducts and supports basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases.”
- “We’ve learned a lot over the past two years, but one lesson in particular is that no one person should be deemed ‘dictator-in-chief,’” Paul said in a statement.
BACKGROUND:
- “I’ve been a physician for over 33 years,” Paul wrote in a piece Monday for Fox News Digital.
- “In all my years studying and practicing medicine, I had never encountered someone with the gall to proclaim himself ‘the science’ and portray anyone opposing him as ‘attacking science.’ That is, until Dr. Fauci became the COVID dictator-in-chief.”
