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For Homeland Security Committee Chairman Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., getting to the bottom of how the Coronavirus started has been a top priority for years.
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 19: Chairman Sen. Rand Paul arrives for a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on May 19, 2026 in Washington, DC.
The committee is meeting to advance a reconciliation package increasing funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's and U.S. Customs and Border Protection through a simple-majority vote process. For Homeland Security Committee Chairman Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. , getting to the bottom of how the Coronavirus started has been a top priority for years.
Fauci was testifying before the committee and was asked to answer questions about the government's response to the pandemic. , Senator Paul asked Dr. Anthony Fauci, “Will you, in front of this group, categorically say that COVID-19 could not have occurred through serial passage in a laboratory? ” Fauci was testifying before the committee and was asked to answer questions about the government's response to the pandemic.
"The CIA, the FBI and the DOE all say with varying degrees of confidence that they fear that Covid 19 could have started as a lab leak. "As head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Fauci had gained the trust of top national security officials and seemed to be in their inner circle for years, and utilized that relationship to assist with the messaging of how COVID started.
The research suggested, “It is improbable that SARS-CoV-2 emerged through laboratory manipulation. ”This was a sharp contrast with a whistleblower report, also released, that stated, "SARS-CoV-2 is an American-created recombinant bat vaccine, or its precursor virus. It was created by an EcoHealth Alliance program at the Wuhan Institute of Virology .
" CIA Senior Operations Officer James Erdman was a whistleblower subpoenaed to testify last month before the Senate Homeland Security Committee. “Dr. Fauci influenced the analytical process and findings by leveraging his position to ensure the IC consulted with a conflicted list of curated, subject matter experts, public health officials and scientists," he said. "Intentional or not, the IC’s actions resulted in a cover-up, wasted resources, and a failure to properly inform policymakers.
"Chairman Paul has once again asked Dr. Anthony Fauci to appear for a transcribed interview later this monthbut the ranking Democrat on the committee, Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich. , says democrats were not invited or even notified to be present, which he says will severely undermine the credibility of the investigation. UPMC is set to lay off around 200 employees across its system, a company spokesperson confirmed to CBS 21.
The accident was reported around 12:23 p.m. Wednesday on Amy Way near Gitts Run Road. Semi overturned stalls miles of traffic on I-81 in Cumberland County Several miles of Interstate 81 northbound is slowed due to an overturned tractor-trailer in Carlisle, according to 511PA. Dispatch told CBS 21 the crash happenedA Reading man was killed on the job after accidentally coming into contact with an electrical power line Wednesay morning in Berks County, according to the coro
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