Rand Paul: “I call up amendment No. 2915. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator…”

For years, Americans were told a lab origin wasn’t just unlikely – it was dismissed outright by the very people funding and reviewing this research.

We are voting on whether a witness who has received the benefit of a sweeping federal pardon can be ordered by this committee to answer questions and then defy that order without consequence.

Today I’m launching The Reading Room where the public can review records related to my ongoing investigation – not just conclusions but the actual documents.

I think there's another legal question that the courts may have to decide upon, and that is whether or not a presidential pardon offers you complete immunity.