Hoyer Statement on Senate Committee Vote to Hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in Contempt of Congress

WASHINGTON, DC - This week, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement after the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress:

"I have known Dr. Anthony Fauci for forty years, and there are fewer individuals who have had such an enormous positive impact on our public health and our understanding of infectious diseases as he has. He is an individual of tremendous character, thoughtfulness, and wisdom. He has spent his life in service to Americans, and he helped lead our nation through the darkest days of a deadly global pandemic. Senate Republicans' vote in the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee to hold him in contempt of Congress is nothing short of a witch-hunt instigated by President Trump and whose purpose is to achieve Republicans' goal of focusing attention backwards. That's because they lack any serious plans to deal with the challenges of the present or to offer a vision for the future. Americans deserve to have Congress focus on the issues that matter, not litigating conspiracy theories from the pandemic. Dr. Fauci deserves better too - and he ought to know that he has the respect and admiration of most Americans."