Rand Paul

I think he's doing a good job of getting the people out who were so pro-vaccine that it was a religion for them.

And I think they have better people.

And I've noticed as they go around the room, I don't know if you've seen this when they vote, they start by saying before their vote, I have no conflicts of interest.

They are verbally announcing, I have no conflicts of interest, which is a big improvement.

But I really want to see all the scientists, who they get it from, how much, and then let

Part of oversight is not just Congress.

It's the public.

It's people who analyze these issues looking in and seeing how much they made and what do they oversee.

Is there a conflict of interest?

Well, I'd say it's a calmer tone.

There was hysteria that sort of ruled the day.

And I think that – and this was sort of the problem in how Anthony Fauci became so prominent.

There was – the president was out speaking and the president speaks off the cuff and doesn't always say things that are always –

exactly accurate.

And so as he was saying stuff, many of these sort of establishment senators were saying, we need somebody else.

We need a scientist at those press conferences.

So it was actually many of my colleagues who pushed Anthony Fauci, pushed them through Pence and pushed them through the president to accept him.

And one of the things that's still inexplicable to this day is that as Anthony Fauci leaves government, President Trump gives him a gold medal, a presidential medal of honor, you know, as he leaves, which, you know, knowing what we know, I think should have never happened.

Yeah, and a lot of them are still in the news media, too.

I was called all kinds of names by people.