The Kansas Republican claims the reports from the National Institutes of Health show Fauci, who is President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser and a leading government voice advising the public on dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, "lied to the American people" when he claimed during a Senate hearing Tuesday that the information was "public knowledge."
"He is more concerned with being a media star and posing for the cover of magazines than he is being honest with the American people," Marshall said in his statement, stating that he specifically asked for unredacted copies.
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During the hearing Tuesday, Marshall pressed Fauci, saying his office could not find financial disclosure information that includes his past and current investments. Fauci contradicted by claiming that such information "is totally accessible to you if you want it." The health official made headlines when a hot mic caught him muttering that Marshall was a "moron."
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Earlier Friday, Marshall announced that he would be teaching the Financial Accountability for Uniquely Compensated Individuals Act, otherwise known as the FAUCI Act, which would order that the Office of Government Ethics present the financial records for officials such as Fauci on its website.
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The Ethics in Government Act of 1978 requires the public disclosure of public officials and their immediate families' financial and employment history, but not all are posted online. The rest have to be demanded through the right agency.
Reports in recent weeks disclosed that the doctor will be earning at least $350,000 per year after he leaves his job as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. This government pension would be the largest in U.S. history.
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“There’s no way I’m going to walk away from this until we get this under control. I mean, that’s the purpose of what we do. That’s our mission in life. In the middle of it, I’m not going to walk away,” Fauci told ABC News. “It’s kind of like we’re halfway through World War II and you decide, 'Well, I think I’ve had enough of this. I’m walking away.'”
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His massive pension will be the largest in U.S. history. Open the Books estimated his retirement earnings at 80% of his highest three-year average plus cost of living increases.
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In comparison, 1 in 4 people in the United States have no retirement savings, and those who do are not saving enough. The median retirement balance for people ages 55 to 64 is $120,000, which would yield just $1,000 a month during retirement years, Yahoo News reported.
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