In his closing statement, Ranking Member Raul Ruiz expressed gratitude towards Dr. Anthony Fauci for his testimony and extensive service to the nation in managing various epidemics and pandemics. He also criticized Republicans for promoting extreme narratives for political purposes.
Ruiz highlighted that over the past four years, Dr. Fauci had been the subject of extreme narratives regarding the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic and the US government's response to it. He mentioned that these narratives formed the basis of the Republican-led probe by the subcommittee but were contradicted by evidence from interviews and thousands of reviewed documents.
