Rand Paul actually said...

If we began working on this with advanced notice, which, we should--we are big boys and girls--we ought to be able to get it done in time.

Emphasizes the need for timely action on budget issues.

03/28/2017

More Rand Paul Quotes

Scientific review panels may deem similar studies building chimeric viruses based on circulating strains too risky to pursue.

They take the virus, and then they take an S protein from another virus, and they create a virus that does not exist in nature.

Why was the public never made aware that they were trying to do dangerous research to create a virus very similar to what COVID-19 became?

The record will show that you did.