Six Republicans opposed Sen. Rand Paul's amendment to break up the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
Paul hoped to break the NIAID into three institutes with more government oversight.
The amendment would have eliminated Dr. Anthony Fauci's position as well. (RELATED: Rand Paul Introduces Amendment to Eliminate Fauci's Position)
In a Fox News op-ed, Paul wrote that “This will create accountability and oversight into a taxpayer-funded position that has largely abused its power and has been responsible for many failures and misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Unfortunately, for Paul, only 85% of Senate Republicans stood behind him.
The Daily Wire has more on yesterday's vote:
Republican Senators Richard Burr of North Carolina, Susan Collins of Maine, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitt Romney of Utah, and Jerry Moran of Kansas each voted against the amendment.
The senators did not immediately respond to The Daily Wire's requests for comment.
“We've learned a lot over the past two years, but one lesson in particular is that no one person should be deemed ‘dictator-in-chief,'” said Paul when he introduced the amendment Monday, adding, “No one person should have unilateral authority to make decisions for millions of Americans.”
“This will create accountability and oversight into a taxpayer funded position that has largely abused its power, and has been responsible for many failures and misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic,” the senator continued.
Paul's attempt to remove Fauci as “dictator-in-chief,” as the senator calls him, was the latest escalation in the feud between the two men. (RELATED: Senators Change Tack to ‘Oppose Tyranny' and Defund Vaccine Mandates)
Although many Republicans have wanted to simply oust Fauci, even Donald Trump as president couldn't have fired him because of his status a federal employee. (RELATED: Fauci Cleared of Hatch Act Violation Days Before 2020 Election)
So, what do you think? Should the GOP try again to remove Fauci if they take back the Senate and House majorities in this year's midterms? Tell us in the comments below!
Dr. Fosse should be removed from office and Dr. rand Paul amendment should be passed by Republicans and Democrats
Senator Rand Paul’s amendment was a brilliant idea. Fauci has been in his position far too long. One person should never have that much power. Not only should he be removed, he should be investigated for abuse of power, GOF research & if found guilty, penalized to the greatest extent of the law.
Republicans are divided & some of them are just not interested to help the citizens of this grate nation, all they are watching over their own interest & to save their power.
Rand Paul is the conscientious of the Republican Party & have a genuine interest of the people & the humanity at large.
Millions of people are dead& who has a concern for those who died & who are left behind to suffer the pain for ever. We still don’t know how many more Viruses are being created to harm the people here at home & the world wide.
The greed & power over rule, not to hold accountable those who are responsible & correct the problem.
God please help those who are trying to do good for the innocents who are suffering & need help. People please make good conscious decisions to elect the ethical leaders but not to just select them.
Not only the people of this nation
suffering the whole world is.
Our beautiful land of the free is very powerful & the whole world look up for help & guidance.
Now hope is fading each day,
Power & Greed is taking over.
God bless this nation & its people & the World.
Dr. Rand Paul you are the hope & the True Patriot, May God be with you always. Thank you for your service.
Dr. rand Paul amendment should be passed by Democrats and Republicans Immediately
Absolutely ?!
I hope these six Republicans realize they might NOT gain control of the Congress in November because unlike the Democrats, they won’t’ stick together on major issues. I know Rand Paul and Fauci have a feud going on, but Paul is right: the entire country was put through needless misery for over two years by policies mandated by Fauci. The brainwashing about COVID was largely Fauci’s doing. The DCD does his bidding, not basing anything on “science.” There are still states that mandate mask wearing for children in school, on the playground, etc. and it’s nothing but child abuse. Tell the Republicans to GIVE NOTHING ELSE TO BIDEN! NOTHING. Hold your nose and vote for Paul’s bill.
where do you get your information? Without the Americans who followed Fauci’s guidance you and your family and friends would have been much more likely to have covid….even die. Before you curse me let me say that I was in the medical field for 43 years. I know one or two things about infection and protection from it. .
Ms Gloria-you are in for a very rude awakening as to real FACTS about “the Covid” and the hoax perpetrated against humanity by these lying, traitorous rat bastards. You will soon see TRUTH and REAL SCIENCE and MEDICINE and not the Propaganda and lies fed to Americans that are very unawake and believe whateve they are told.
Really, your knowledge is not showing.
Party-Poopers. They need a dope slap.
Rand Paul is a moron. Fauci has served every President (including Reagan who hired him). If you are afraid of needles, science or masks, fine. I don’t care if you wear a seatbelt, mask, parachute or helmet. It’s your right to choose. I draw the line when you want to come sit in an enclosed space close to me without a mask. If it’s child abuse to want to protect your child then don’t have a double standard and tell a pregnant girl it’s wrong to drink, smoke or have an abortion.
Did you miss it when Fouci, himself, declared that masks do very little to prevent spread of COVID? Then he changed his tune on that when it became politically expedient to do so.
Maybe you should read the research on the damage that this experimental jab is doing to children. The research papers that Pfizer has been trying to hide are just now being revealed & they are very damning. Just the first 9 pages listed the horrifying side effects. If you think you are protecting your children with this jab, you might as well give them arsenic.
You may not be able to fire Fauci but maybe he could be reassigned to oversee operations at the Wuhan lab and require him to report to work there daily. If he doesn’t quit/retire on his own you will have removed him to a place where he is no longer an all powerful pain in our a$$.
These 6 Republican in name only need to be ousted-they have nothing in common with the desires of the American people and disgusting that they voted against Paul Rand’s (a Patriot who appears to be fighting for WE THE PEOPLE) Amendment to remove Fraudci from his position-should be reopened again but regardless Fraudci will go down and be tried for Treason and accompanying punishment. He has committed SO MANY Crimes against Humanity-certainly a PUPPET of the Globalist and Deliberate Actions taken to kill off humanity. Justice WILL be served.
I wish the tyrant fauchi could be fired immediately!! He should be in prison for his lies and torturing puppies. ?
As opposed to following their legislated mission of making the country healthier, Fauci and his acolytes in the federal healthcare bureaucracy have focused for decades on developing new expensive drugs with enormous profits for the pharmaceutical industry. Coincidentally, he and the co-workers he favors earn royalties from many of these drugs, including vaccines, that they helped develop, and they have also done quite well investing their personal funds in these highly profitable companies while seeing to it that inexpensive yet effective therapeutics like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19 never get FDA approval. That is called “conflict of interest” and corrupt collusion between government and business at the highest level.
Another issue is that Fauci continually gives bad advice to elected policy makers which often results in unforeseen deaths and illness among millions. For example, just about every recommendation he made to President Trump about confronting the Covid-19 epidemic made its effects worse, e.g. lockdowns that caused thousands of small businesses to close, poverty among those with marginal attachment to the labor force, many more suicides and drug abuse incidents, many more incidences of mental health breakdowns and homelessness. Now he wants to add to a vaccine schedule for children that is already overloaded and has yet to be proven safe. Rather than contribute to better health, evidence is accumulating that too many vaccines too early in life makes people sicker for the rest of their lives. Indeed, over half of today’s children and adults have some kind of chronic condition. Today’s U.S. children are the sickest of any generation since World War II and the least fit. Some 70 percent of military applicants today are rejected because of insufficient mental or physical capacity. Life expectancy is the U.S. has declined in recent years our advances in medicine notwithstanding. In short, the U.S. has become less healthy with Fauci’s ever-increasing control of the federal healthcare apparatus. The reorganization of the key agencies as recommended by Senator Paul is certainly warranted.
I agree completely with what you said. I could not have said it better. Please, please fire Faucci. He’s like a little troll living off his high government income plus his investments made in the various pharmaceutical companies. Don’t forget to investigate his wife, too.
Well said. Add to this the unexplained Autism explosion. There is absolutely NO reason to jab infants to college students with this experimental jab since they show no susceptibility to this virus. This is money over health & Fauci is at the bottom of this.
I hope all 6 of those radical turncoat Republicans get voted out of office. They are beyond deplorable ?. As for the crook Fauci he definitely needs to be kicked to China and all the money he was paid to start the Covid needs to be confiscated and given to the family’s ,and businesses he responsible for ruining and killing for his work in establishing Covid.
Keep trying Senator Paul! It will stick after elections. Fauci is responsible for much loss of life, he should not only be fired, he should be prosecuted. Hopefully republicans have someone running against Mitt? He’s a petty, sore looser, also involved in the whole Hunter Biden Ukraine / Burisma Oil deal, with the corrupt government before Selenski. Ole Mitt is about as elite as elite can get. The others, no surprise.