EXCERPT:
AUCI: "Senator Paul, with all due respect, you are entirely and completely incorrect that the NIH has not ever and does not now fund gain of function research in that institute."
PAUL: "Do they fund Dr. Baric?"
FAUCI: "We do not fund gain — "
PAUL: "Do you fund Dr. Baric's gain of function research?"
FAUCI: "Dr. Baric does not do a gain of function research. And if it is, it's according to the guidelines and it is being conducted in North Carolina, not —"
PAUL: "You do not think inserting a bat virus Spike protein, that he got from the Wuhan Institute, into the SARS virus's gain of function — "
FAUCI: "That is not —"
PAUL: "You would be in the minority because at least 200 scientists have signed a statement, from the Cambridge Working Group, saying that it is gain of function."
FAUCI: "Well, it is not. And if you look at the grant and the progress reports, it is not gain of function despite the fact that people tweet that, write about it —"
PAUL: "So do you still support sending money to the Wuhan Virology Institute?"
FAUCI: "We do not send money now to the Wuhan Virology —"
PAUL: "Do you support sending money? We did, under your tutelage, we were sending it through EcoHealth, it was a subagency and a subgrant. Do you support that the money from NIH that was going to the Wuhan Institute?"