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Subpoenas, hearings, testimony and committee correspondence.

Tagged on **429** documents.

# Principal voices

* [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) - 218 documents
* [Kristian G. Andersen](/people/kristian-g-andersen.md) - 19 documents
* [Robert F. Garry](/people/robert-f-garry.md) - 14 documents
* [Chase Crawford](/people/chase-crawford.md) - 12 documents
* [Erik Stemmy](/people/erik-stemmy.md) - 12 documents
* [Rajesh Ranganathan](/people/rajesh-ranganathan.md) - 10 documents
* [Barney Graham](/people/barney-graham.md) - 9 documents
* [Sara Selgrade](/people/sara-selgrade.md) - 9 documents
* [Edward C. Holmes](/people/edward-c-holmes.md) - 8 documents
* [Niranjan Bose](/people/niranjan-bose.md) - 7 documents
* [Jen Krajicek](/people/jen-krajicek.md) - 6 documents
* [Andrew Rambaut](/people/andrew-rambaut.md) - 5 documents
* [Lawrence A. Tabak](/people/lawrence-a-tabak.md) - 5 documents
* [Christina Salazar](/people/christina-salazar.md) - 4 documents
* [David Spiro](/people/david-spiro.md) - 4 documents

# Statement timeline

Attributed statements in chronological order. Each is quoted verbatim and cited to its page.

* **2001-12-04** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "Tommy also informed me that a few people in OMB were very pissed off at me because I testified at the 2 Senate Hearings (especially the Specter Appropriations Hearing) that we needed $200 million more in FY2002 for BT." [^diary_prequel]
* **2002-07-25** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "The House and the Senate Committees have adapted the language that I had suggested to Richard Falkenrath." [^diary_prequel]
* **2003-01-28** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "I had to leave at 7:00 PM to prepare for my Senate Hearing on Smallpox the next day." [^diary_prequel]
* **2003-04-05** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "I have testified at >6 Congressional Hearings over the past few days on SARS, Appropriations, AIDS, Biodefense, etc." [^diary_prequel]
* **2003-05-02** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "May 2, 2003 - Did "Field Hearing" in Harrisburg, PA for Sen." [^diary_prequel]
* **2003-05-14** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "May 14 - 20, 2003 - Continued doing Congressional briefings and Hearings on BioShield and SARS." [^diary_prequel]
* **2004-07-22** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "It was a very friendly hearing and very complimentary to me and the others." [^diary_prequel]
* **2004-10-12** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "Our FDA is correct since I was hearing the same thing." [^diary_prequel]
* **2005-05-23** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "Nonetheless, the press has jumped on this and I have been on CNN a few times, Jim Lehrer Newshour, Lou Dobbs (CNN) and CSPAN for a Congressional Hearing on Flu (Energy and Commerce with Chairman Deal)." [^diary_prequel]
* **2005-06-03** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "In addition, on June 13 we had a Hearing of the House Government Reform Committee for Biodefense chaired by Rep." [^diary_prequel]
* **2005-06-03** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "The Hearing was mostly blasting DoD for disorganization and "wasting money"." [^diary_prequel]
* **2005-06-03** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "Had 2 more Hearings within said period: 1) Senate Foreign Relations on HIV Vaccines with actress Ashley Judd; 2) Hearing of House Government Reform Committee on Influenza Pandemic Threat." [^diary_prequel]
* **2005-07-14** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "Today had Hearing on success or failure of Project BioShield." [^diary_prequel]
* **2005-07-14** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "Now we have a Hearing where the Congress is chiding us since we have not gotten enough products through BioShield." [^diary_prequel]
* **2005-11-04** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "This was a tougher Hearing in that this Committee is generally tough." [^diary_prequel]
* **2005-11-26** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "Also, I am hearing that the White House knows how disorganized they are and are getting anxious The attacks in the press on Stewart Simonson seem to be winding down, but Sarah Luecke of the WSJ will be coming out with a big article." [^diary_prequel]
* **2006-04-06** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "She had just testified at the BioShield Hearing on the Hill and wanted to get my perspective on how things were going with the Biodefense effort and if there was anything that she could do for me." [^diary_prequel]
* **2007-03-06** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "Had House Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing today and it went well." [^diary_prequel]
* **2007-04-18** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "Hearing called because several of the companies that were trying for Bioshield procurement contracts had failed, i.e." [^diary_prequel]
* **2007-05-10** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "May 10-14, 2007 - Had one of the most intensely busy weeks in recent memory with preparations (rehearsals) for my upcoming Board of Scientific Counselors review of LIR, NIH Budget Retreat, NIH Roadmap Retreat, Commencement Address at Penn State, Major talk…" [^diary_prequel]
* **2007-11-08** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "This is contrary to what House Appropriations Chairman Jerry Lewis said at the Appropriations Hearing (see above)." [^diary_prequel]
* **2009-11-04** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "I came out looking good, but it was a intense hearing." [^diary_prequel]
* **2010-04-28** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "Friendly Hearing but budget is depressing - flat. 2) in the late afternoon - House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Hearing on Antibiotic Resistance chaired by Frank Pallone (D-NJ)." [^diary_prequel]
* **2010-11-17** — [Rajesh Ranganathan](/people/rajesh-ranganathan.md) (asserts): "Avery is likely to be interested in hearing about." [^reading_room]
* **2011-05-11** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "May 11, 2011 - Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing for the 2012 NIH budget." [^diary_prequel]

# Matching terms

High-confidence: `subpoena`, `transcribed interview`, `committee on homeland security`, `senate committee`, `testimony`, `hearing`, `oversight`, `chairman paul`, `rand paul`

Supporting: `congress`, `senator`, `staff interview`, `deposition`, `witness`, `briefing`, `letter to`

# Sources

[^baric_ti]: [baric_ti](/sources/baric-ti.md)
[^cbp_release]: [cbp_release](/sources/cbp-release.md)
[^diary_prequel]: [diary_prequel](/sources/diary-prequel.md)
[^doj_oig_chs]: [doj_oig_chs](/sources/doj-oig-chs.md)
[^fauci_awards]: [fauci_awards](/sources/fauci-awards.md)
[^fauci_diary]: [fauci_diary](/sources/fauci-diary.md)
[^fauci_intel]: [fauci_intel](/sources/fauci-intel.md)
[^gates]: [gates](/sources/gates.md)
[^letter_dni]: [letter_dni](/sources/letter-dni.md)
[^monkeypox_release]: [monkeypox_release](/sources/monkeypox-release.md)
[^nih_public_comments]: [nih_public_comments](/sources/nih-public-comments.md)
[^reading_room]: [reading_room](/sources/reading-room.md)
[^slack_pm]: [slack_pm](/sources/slack-pm.md)
