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In a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) criticized professor and scientist Dr. Robert Garry for continuing to disseminate information about the origin of COVID-19 that he described as propaganda.

“Our own government deliberately withheld information . . . from the American people, tried to propagandize the American people, used the arms and agencies of government to actively censor Americans who dared to question the propaganda,” Senator Hawley said. “And they’re still lying to us.”

Senator Hawley further questioned Dr. Garry on his research work that the Biden administration used to justify its censorship of numerous Americans on social media.

“People . . . lost their jobs, they lost their standing, they were kicked off Facebook, they were kicked off Twitter. Do you regret being part of this effort, this propaganda effort?” asked Senator Hawley.

Senator Hawley has a record of advocating for transparency regarding the origins of COVID-19. In March 2023, President Biden signed Senator Hawley’s COVID Origins Act into law. The legislation required the Biden administration to declassify all intelligence related to any potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origins of the COVID pandemic.

Senator Hawley later criticized the Biden administration for failing to comply with the COVID Origins Act after it released only a heavily redacted 10-page document consisting of a cover page and appendix that made up half of the report.

Senator Hawley has also repeatedly challenged Doctor Anthony Fauci on his statements regarding COVID-19 and gain-of-function research and has called for his resignation since 2021.