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U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has long been one of the biggest champions of individual rights in Congress, and his reinduction of theDefense of Environment and Property Act further solidifies that status. According to a statement from Pauls office, the legislation restores common sense to federal water policy by redefining navigable waters, excluding ephemeral or intermittent streams from federal jurisdiction, and restraining the power the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers hold over American landowners.

Essentially, hes hoping to get government off the backs of farmers and landowners.

Previous iterations of this bill have been brought before lawmakers, namely in 2019, 2015, and 2012. Democrats and environmental groups such as The Wildlife Society have traditionally pushed back against this kind of legislation.

The Defense of Environment and Property Act of 2021:

While some would have us believe we can only protect the environment by giving the federal government more control over Americans lives, my bill shows we can act while still respecting Americans private property rights and the Constitutions limits on federal power, said Paul. Kentuckys farmers and coal industry suffered when the Obama administration implemented its burdensome WOTUS rule. Though the Trump administration replaced that rule, we know the new Biden administration will certainly try to return us to an unworkable scenario again. Thats why its now more important than ever to make an actual change to the law to fix the problem, and protect our land and invaluable industries.

U.S. Rep. David Rouzer (R-NC) plans to introduce companion legislation in the U.S. House. The Senate version of the bill is cosponsored by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Ted Cruz (R-TX).

Im proud to support this legislation by Senator Rand Paul that ensures no bureaucrat in Washington can dictate what our farm families, small businesses, local governments, and citizens can do on their property after a significant rainfall. This bill solidifies the clarity provided by the Trump Administrations Navigable Waters Protection Rule and prevents the EPA from reimposing overly burdensome and unnecessary regulations that would negatively impact our farm families, job creators and communities, Rouzer said.

You can read the Defense of Environment and Property Act in its entirety here.

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American citizens have been bullied, cajoled and even bribed to get the COVID-19 vaccine and almost made to believe we were going to face the wrath of God if we did not do so.

And now we have the Joe Biden administration dumping hordes of immigrants here illegally into our cities on unsuspecting American citizens.

Have these people been tested for COVID-19? Will they be forced to wear masks and social distance? Have they been vaccinated? I will take a wild guess and say no.

Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky is trying to find out where this virus originated because it is important to understand this virus if we truly have a chance of fighting it successfully. And all the other side wants to do is call him a liar and insult him. Why don't they answer the questions? What are they afraid of? These same people dared to call President Donald Trump a liar. He doesn't hold a candle to this bunch.

The Democrats are always preaching about transparency. How about they practice what they preach?

CYNTHIA BROWN

retired retail merchandiser

Walker

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Letters: Rand Paul seeks virus answers and is vilified by liberal Democrats - The Advocate

In 2011, The Washington Post published an opinion piece titled A flu virus risk worth taking by Anthony S. Fauci, Gary J. Nabel and Francis S. Collins. Dr. Fauci, along with the other scientists, stated that important information and insights can come from generating a potentially dangerous virus in the laboratory and safeguarding against the potential accidental release or deliberate misuse of laboratory pathogens is imperative. Since the Wuhan Institute of Virology is only a 40-minute drive from the Huanan wet market where the first cluster of infections emerged in Wuhan according to the BBC, can anyone be certain that proper safeguards were implemented?

In regards to gain-of-function experiments, National Review reports that in 2012, Fauci believed the benefits of such experiments and the resulting knowledge outweigh the risks. Does anyone still believe such research is beneficial, considering the millions whove perished from a virus that might have accidentally escaped from a facility in Wuhan?

Microbiologist David Relman, molecular biologist Alina Chan, virologist Danielle Anderson and other experts have expressed the viewpoint that COVID-19 could have emanated from gain-of-function research or other controversial experiments and possibly leaked from a laboratory. Now that US Sen. Rand Paul sent a criminal referral to the US Department of Justice accusing Fauci of lying about gain-of-function research funding, how long before other Republicans join the Kentucky senator in questioning the accuracy of Faucis testimony?

In addition, how long before Democrats alter their political strategy from opposing Trump at all costs to being tougher on China before the 2022 midterms?

Fauci, despite being championed as paragon of virtue, doesnt fit the eventual shift in Democratic Party policy toward China. Polls show most Americans support a stronger foreign policy stance on China and US President Joe Biden took aim at the country with tough talk during his first speech to Congress. Biden recently approved a US Navy destroyer to sail through the Taiwan Strait and Democrats have joined with Republicans on anti-Beijing legislation.

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Dr. Fauci could be telling the truth during testimony, and Rand Paul could be wrong, however theres not a person on the planet who can guarantee that the Chinese government, or media, would tell the truth about a possible mishap, or accident.

From Andrew Cuomo to Michael Avenatti, Democrats have championed media darlings who served as a foil to former president Trump, only to jettison these individuals once more information about their past, or other controversies resulted in a fall from grace. Furthermore, Democrats quickly abandon lofty ideals (for political expediency) when women like Tara Reid accuse Biden of sexual assault, or Hunter Bidens emails show he used the n-word and introduced his father to shady business associates, so its not a stretch to imagine liberal politicians evoking Trumps rhetoric towards China, without being accused of racism or xenophobia. Fauci doesnt fit the more bellicose stance against China that Democrats will likely evoke before 2022, despite being hailed as a stoic opponent of Trumps handling of the pandemic.

Faucis political utility might be approaching an expiration date and pressure to be tougher on China might force Biden and Democrats to jettison Americas most revered COVID-19 expert. As Josh Rogan of The Washington Post explained on Twitter, @RandPaul was right and Fauci was wrong since funding went to gain-of-function research, just not experiments that met the definition of the NIH. With more revelations of American taxpayer funding (that began during the Obama administration) and Faucis role in this funding, fickle Democrats and journalists will likely distance themselves from a revered authority, especially since the 2022 midterms are around the corner.

The writer is an author, columnist, and journalist published in The Hill, The Huffington Post, The Daily Caller, The Jerusalem Post, and other publications.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci was back on Capitol Hill this morning, appearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, which meant one inevitable thing: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) would pick a fight he'd inevitably lose.

Right on cue, that's what happened.

Paul grilled Fauci about an NIH funded study that he says qualifies as gain-of-function research, the process of altering a pathogen to make it more transmissible in order to better predict emerging diseases. Fauci previously denied in previous Senate testimony that the NIH has directly funded the research at a lab in Wuhan, China that has come under intense scrutiny as a possible source of the virus.

The Kentucky Republican, whose background as an ophthalmologist leads him to claim expertise on scientific matters, ultimately suggested Fauci lied under oath. The comments were not well received.

Fauci, who oversees several NIH research programs as director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, replied, "I have not lied before Congress.... If anyone is lying here senator, it is you."

Fauci added that the study Paul was referring to does not constitute gain-of-function research. "Sen. Paul, you do not know what you are talking about, quite frankly, and I would like to say that officially," the immunologist explained. For emphasis, he repeated, "You do not know what you are talking about."

If this sounds familiar, it's because this morning's back and forth was the latest in a series. Circling back to our earlier coverage, Rand Paul keeps doing this, apparently under the impression that there's some value to the pointless exercises.

Round 1: In May 2020, Paul lectured Fauci about "people on the other side who are saying there's not going to be a surge" in coronavirus cases, so "we can safely open the economy." The second of multiple infection spikes soon followed.

Round 2: In June 2020, Paul complained that Fauci's public-health assessments were downers --"All I hear is, 'We can't do this', 'We can't do that'" -- and the crisis would ease with more upbeat rhetoric. "We just need more optimism," the Republican declared.

Round 3: In September 2020, in a tense back and forth, Paul tried to convince Fauci that New York had already reached herd immunity, which was amazingly foolish, even for him.

Round 4: In March 2021, the senator complained bitterly about public health experts recommending mask-wearing, including for those who've already been infected, calling it "theater." Fauci responded by offering a lesson on variants and evidence.

Round 5: In May 2021, after Paul peddled a theory pushed on Fox News the night before, Fauci explained that NIH was not complicit in funding gain-of-function research in Wuhan.

Round 6 was this morning.

The overarching problem appears to be relatively straightforward: the former ophthalmologist genuinely seems to believe that he has unique and valuable insights, which frees him to reject the assessments of actual experts.

It was about a year ago when Rand Paul told reporters that COVID mitigation efforts in New York were not especially effective in saving lives -- "I think New York would have lost about the same amount of people whether they did anything or not," he said -- before arguing that the crisis has been "relatively benign" outside of "New England." (The senator isn't great at geography, either.)

In the months that followed, the virus claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans. Is it any wonder that Anthony Fauci seems exasperated with Rand Paul?

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Sen. Rand Paul accused Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday of lying to Congress about U.S. support for gain-of-function research in the Wuhan virology lab at the heart of probes into COVID-19s origins, sparking a fiery exchange.

You do not know what you are talking about, quite frankly, and I want to say that officially, Dr. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allery and Infectious Disease, told the senator.

Mr. Paul, Kentucky Republican, pointed to Dr. Faucis claim on May 11 that the National Institutes of Health did not fund a type of research that could make viruses more transmissible or dangerous to humans.

He pointed to a paper in which the Wuhan labs lead doctor credited NIH with supporting work that involved the combination of two bat coronavirus genes to create something not found in nature. He also reminded Dr. Fauci that lying to Congress is a crime.

Dr. Fauci said qualified staff determined it did not constitute gain-of-function research.

I have never lied before the Congress and I do not retract that statement, Dr. Fauci said.

Mr. Paul said that did not comport with his reading of existing definitions.

Its a dance, and youre dancing around this, the senator said.

The exchange devolved into a testy exchange about whether Mr. Paul was implying that Dr. Fauci and NIH boosted research in China that may have led to the creation of the virus that causes COVID-19.

I totally resent the lie you are now propagating, Dr. Fauci said.

He said the viruses involved in the research raised by Mr. Paul could not result in the pathogen that caused the current pandemic.

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