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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) slammed Dr. Anthony Fauci, saying the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases used his position to weaponize the government in a cover-up regarding the origin of the coronavirus.

This guy weaponized the NIAD. He weaponized it to get his supporters, Paul explained to Jesse Watters Primetime. At first, they said, My goodness. It came from a lab. And then, all of a sudden, they changed their mind. They got more money. They got more grants.

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He used that grant-making authority who gets it and he weaponized government to get what he wanted, Paul added. And that was the cover-up.

On Wednesday, Paul questioned Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel as he appeared before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.

Bancel defended Modernas plans to raise the price of itsCOVID-19vaccine fivefold once it shifts to the private market. The pharmaceutical CEO also denied increased risks of myocarditis for young men between the ages of 16 and 24.

Paul disputed Bancels stance and entered six peer-reviewed studies into the committees record as evidence.

I didnt find him to be forthcoming or honest, particularly about the myocarditis risk, Paul told Watters. The thing is they are not being honest because obviously, they are self-interested, and they love the mandates.

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Paul further blasted Fauci for benefiting from the policies he made as the former chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden.

In September, watchdog group OpenTheBooks issued a report noting Faucis net worth just about doubled during the pandemic.

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WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to continue congressional authorization for the use of military force in the global fight against terror, turning back an effort by Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul to repeal the 2001 measure.

Senators rejected the amendment 86-9 as they are debating a separate repeal of two authorizations of military force in Iraq. There is broad bipartisan support to withdraw that congressional approval granted in 1991 and 2002 for military strikes against Saddam Husseins regime.

While those two authorizations are rarely used and focused on just one country, Iraq, the 2001 measure gave President George W. Bush broad authority for the invasion of Afghanistan and the fight against terrorism, approving force against those nations, organizations, or persons that planned or aided the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.

Passed in September 2001, it is still used to this day to justify U.S. military action against terror groups including al-Qaida and its affiliates, such as ISIS and al-Shabab that are deemed to be a threat against America.

The 2002 measure that launched the invasion of Iraq 20 years ago this week has been used much less frequently, and supporters of repealing it say it is vulnerable to abuse. President Joe Biden has said he supports that repeal.

Senators in both parties said they might be open to eventually replacing the 2001 authorization for the war on terror and narrowing its authority, but they argued that it should not be fully repealed. We have not yet had that substantive discussion, said Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez, D-N.J., ahead of the amendment vote.

Paul said that by repealing only the Iraq authorizations, Congress is missing the point since Husseins regime no longer exists. By leaving the 2001 measure in place, Congress is keeping the authorization that approves war everywhere, all the time, he said.

The Senate is expected to vote next week to repeal the two Iraq measures. In a test vote this week, 19 Republicans voted with Democrats to move forward on the legislation.

Its unclear whether leaders in the Republican-controlled House will bring the bill up for a vote, even if it passes the Senate. Forty-nine House Republicans supported the legislation repealing the Iraq authorities when then-majority Democrats held a vote two years ago, but current House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., opposed it then.

McCarthy signaled this week that he is open to supporting the measure, but its unclear whether House Republicans will move the Senate bill without any changes. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said he is interested in replacing the two Iraq authorizations instead of just repealing them, a move that is unlikely to have support in the Senate.

McCaul met with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Wednesday on the authorizations of military force and other issues.

Im going to be for replacement, he said coming out of that meeting. Ill see what the leadership does.

Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, the lead Democratic author of the Senate bill to repeal the Iraq authorizations, said he believes bipartisan support in the House could move votes. Noting McCarthys new openness, he said he views the House as getting better and better every day on the issue.

Kaine and Indiana Sen. Todd Young, the Indiana Republican who is also leading the push, have argued that repeal will help the United States strategic partnership with Iraq.

That relationship I think is not lost on some of the members who were now willing to vote for repeal, Kaine said.

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Associated Press writers Lisa Mascaro, Ellen Knickmeyer and Lolita Baldor contributed to this report.

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) are teaming up on legislation to scrap the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which was led by Dr. Anthony Fauci for just shy of four decades.

NIAID is an agency that operates under the umbrella of the National Institutes of Health and seeks to develop treatments and countermeasures to infectious diseases. Under the NIH Reform Act announced Thursday, Paul and Roy are seeking to divvy up the NIAID into three separate research institutions.

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Weve learned a lot over the past few years, but one lesson, in particular, is that no one person should be deemed 'dictator-in-chief.' No one person should have unilateral authority to make decisions for millions of Americans, Paul said in a statement. This will create accountability and oversight into a taxpayer-funded position that has largely abused its power."

The three successor institutions to NIAID would be the National Institute of Allergic Diseases, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, and the National Institute of Immunologic Diseases. Directors of each agency must be confirmed via the Senate and would be capped at two five-year terms under the proposal.

Paul frequently grilled and sparred with Fauci over his counsel and activity surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. Recently, Paul alleged that Fauci "weaponized the NIAID."

From the earliest days of the pandemic, unaccountable public health bureaucracies proved themselves far more adept at ruining lives than saving them. Never again should a single individual, like Dr. Anthony Fauci, wield unchecked power and influence over the lives of the American people. Breaking up Dr. Faucis taxpayer-funded bully pulpit into three separate agencies," Roy said.

A press release for the NIH Reform Act likened Fauci's tenure to that of former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, who was notorious for weaponizing the FBI against political foes.

"In the aftermath of J. Edgar Hoovers decades-long tenure as head of the FBI, Congress passed a law in 1976 limiting the FBI Director to a single 10-year term," the release said. "Congress must enact the NIH Reform Act to ensure that one official cannot claim the unquestioned authority to dictate the governmental responses to public health questions."

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Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mike Braun (R-IN), and Josh Hawley (R-MO) co-sponsored the bill. Fauci stepped down as the head of the NIAID and as President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser late last year.

The Washington Examiner contacted an NIAID representative for comment.

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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on Thursday said he would not vaccinate his children against Covid, citing concerns over potential heart inflammation.

Paul, a doctor and an outspoken opponent of Covid mitigation measures, said he is concerned about the risk of myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, from taking the vaccine.

I, frankly, wouldnt vaccinate my children for Covid, Paul told The Hill on Thursday. I think the risks of the vaccine are greater than the risks of the disease. The risks of the disease are almost non-existent.

A very small group of people in the United States have experienced myocarditis after being given Covid vaccines based on mRNA technology. Myocarditis is a condition that has long been linked to a number of viral infections, including influenza and coxsackieviruses, as well as Covid.

Paul suggested that young people take only one dose of the Covid vaccine instead of multiple doses, saying that there is a higher risk of myocarditis among young people after they receive the second dose.

If you want to give them a vaccine and theyve already had Covid, why not one instead of three? I think it really is malpractice, he said. There is room to debate but I dont think theres any evidence to give three vaccines.

Pauls remarks come a day after he grilled Moderna CEO Stphane Bancelduring a hearing about the potential risk of myocarditis for young men following Covid shots.

I also spoke with your president just last week, and he readily acknowledged in private that, yes, there is an increased risk of myocarditis, Paul said during the hearing Wednesday. The fact that you cant say it in public is quite disturbing.

He repeatedly clashed at Senate hearings with Dr. Anthony Fauci, who served as the governments top infectious disease expert, for his handling of the pandemic. They argued over topics ranging fromherd immunityto theorigins of the virus.

Summer Concepcion is a politics reporter for NBC News.

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Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul recently revealed the details of a private conversation he had with the president of Moderna.

On Wednesday, the CEO of Moderna Stphane Bancel testified before a hearing held by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and was questioned by several of the committee's members including Senator Paul.

A portion of Paul's questions were focused on myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, after individuals receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Paul asked Bancel if there's a higher incidence of myocarditis "among boys 16 to 24 after they take" the Moderna vaccine. Bancel said that the rate of myocarditis for the specific age and gender group is less than those who contract COVID-19.

Paul then went on to dispute Bancel's remark and said, "I also spoke with your president just last week and he readily acknowledged, in private, that yes there is an increased risk of myocarditis. The fact that you can't say it in public is quite disturbing."

The comments by Paul come amid ongoing speculation about the origins of the COVID-19 virus, which were prompted by a report from the Wall Street Journal detailing a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) report that said the novel virus likely originated from a lab in Wuhan, China.

Following the initial outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, officials across the globe worked quickly to develop a vaccine to curb the spread of the virus. Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson became the three companies that were able to develop a vaccine that has been administered to millions of Americans, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

In the months following the rollout of the vaccines, some cases of myocarditis and pericarditis appeared in adolescent males.

"Myocarditis and pericarditis have rarely been reported. When reported, the cases have especially been in adolescents and young adult males within several days after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination (Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna)," the CDC states.

According to the CDC, cases of myocarditis and pericarditis are most common after the second dose of an mRNA vaccine, such as the one developed by Moderna and usually occur within a week of receiving the second dose.

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Despite the remarks by Paul on Wednesday, the CDC states, "The known risks of COVID-19 illness and its related, possibly severe complications, such as long-term health problems, hospitalization, and even death, far outweigh the potential risks of having a rare adverse reaction to vaccination, including the possible risk of myocarditis or pericarditis."

Newsweek reached out to Paul's press office and Moderna for comment via email.

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