Rand Paul actually said...

"the NIH has not ever and does not now fund gain of function research in the U.S. Institute of Virology."

"And there will be responsibility for those who funded the lab, including yourself."

"Dr. Fauci, knowing that it is a crime to lie to Congress. Do you wish to retract your statement of May 11, where you claimed that the NIH never funded gain of function research and move on?"

"Well, what it gets into is that then if you decide that restaurants are publicly owned and not privately owned, does the owner of the restaurant own his restaurant or does the government own his resta..."