Sen. Paul Clashes Anew With Fauci Over NIH Funding to Wuhan Lab: ‘Gain of Function Research Was Going On’

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, responds to Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) during a congressional hearing in Washington on June 20, 2021. J. Scott Applewhite/Pool/Getty Images

Dr. Anthony Fauci and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), also a doctor, clashed anew during a congressional hearing on Tuesday, accusing each other of lying.

In what has become a regular occurrence on Capitol Hill, the pair faced off over whether the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provided money to researchers in Wuhan, China, to conduct gain of function research.