By Bowling Green Today |
Jul 11, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, emphasized the need for independent oversight of gain-of-function research funded by the federal government. The bipartisan hearing, titled “Risky Research: Oversight of U.S. Taxpayer Funded High-Risk Virus Research,” was the second in a series as part of the Committee’s joint investigation into threats posed by high-risk life science research and biodefense in the U.S. and abroad.