Sen. Rand Paul and infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci squared off in another tense exchange Wednesday, with the Kentucky Republican lambasting the health official for not being transparent about royalties he or others in the public health sector received from health companies. 

“We’ve been asking you, and you refuse to answer whether anybody on the vaccine committees gets royalties from the pharmaceutical companies,” Paul said. 

He also offered a warning Republicans will get to the bottom of possible conflicts of interest if they retake control of Congress, stating, “When we get in charge . . . we’re going to learn about it. I promise you that.” Read Full Story

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Nearly two dozen Republican governors sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Monday objecting to his student-loan forgiveness plan as a legally dubious way to shift the debt burden off wealthier professionals and onto poorer working families.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and the others said Biden will fuel inflation and accelerate borrowing with his push to cancel $10,000 in student debt for borrowers who earn less than $125,000 per year and $20,000 in debt for those who received Pell Grants.

They said the power to forgive debt rests with Congress, not the president, and the plan is unfair. Read Full Story

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy will formally unveil a four-part “Commitment to America” in Pittsburgh on Sept. 19 to tell voters why they should vote for Republicans — not just against Democrats — in November, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: Remember the GOP’s “Contract with America” in 1994? It made promises on cutting taxes and government and other conservative ideals and was released six weeks before President Bill Clinton’s first midterms. Republicans enjoyed massive wins that year and flipped control of the House and Senate.

What we’re hearing: This document will be much smaller. It aims to give Republicans a unified message to run on in the final stretch before November, saying they are committed to… Read Full Story

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