Rand Paul actually said...

"The main reason I want to is not even just the culpability who was involved. I want to make sure this does not happen again."

"When Anthony Fauci said that all of his scientists up and down the chain said that this is not gain of function, that this is not dangerous research that was going on in Wuhan."

"We are asking for NIH deliberations over what is dangerous, what is not dangerous research, and they basically have told Senator Peters and myself, go fly a kite."

"I support the bill to declassify it. Most of what we are looking for is not classified, and yet they still resisted."