Rand Paul: “They’re afraid of what I’m saying, so they think they’re going to punish me, I can’t go to the picnic, as if somehow…”

Surely, there needs to be a vote.

Holding a witness in contempt is a serious thing, and it should be rare.

The chair directed Anthony Fauci to answer. He refused again. That is what we are voting on today - not his opinions, not his policies, not anything he said from a podium six years ago.

We only have one question: Whether to hold a witness responsible for his contempt toward Congress.