Fauci on House hot seat in June
Dr. Anthony Fauci will face a congressional grilling, having agreed to testify before the House panel investigating the origins and government response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fauci, who retired as President Biden’s chief medical adviser and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the end of 2022, will testify before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on June 3, Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) announced Wednesday.
It will be the infectiousdiseases expert’s first public appearance before Congress since his retirement.
“Retirement from public service does not excuse Dr. Fauci from accountability to the American people,” Wenstrup said.
“On June 3, Americans will have an opportunity to hear directly from Dr. Fauci about his role in overseeing our nation’s pandemic response, shaping pandemicera polices, and promoting singular questionable narratives about the origins of COVID-19,” he added.
Fauci, 83, is expected to face questions about his advocacy for social distancing and contradictory advice on mask-wearing early in the pandemic, during his time as a member of President Donald Trump’s White House Coronavirus Task Force. The immunologist will also likely be asked about millions of dollars in federal grants given to EcoHealth Alliance to conduct coronavirus research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.