Rand Paul

We know he made more than the president towards the end.

He was making $450,000 a year.

But his wife, if he ever had an ethical problem, you know who he went to, his wife.

His wife was in charge of bioethics for the NIH.

So if there was a question of whether or not his royalties were a conflict,

He would ask his wife to find out if he was acting unethically.

She made about 250.

So they're really making a combined 700, which I don't – I'm not against money.

You work hard.

People pay you money.

I'm all for it.

But I am against the government paying bureaucrats that kind of money.

And so – and he really – there should be term limits for people in those positions.

You shouldn't be there for 40 years.

So he appointed all the people beneath him and he stacked the deck.

And, you know, I asked the question and this was an email from Francis Collins to Anthony Fauci.

He says, take them down.

Talking about Jay Bhattacharya, the head of the NIH now, talking about Martin Kulldorff.

and then an epidemiologist from Oxford take them down.

And so when I have scientists come before my committee, I'll ask them the first question.