Committed to enacting the Risky Research Review Act to create an independent Life Sciences Research Security Board that must approve federal funding for gain-of-function and other high-risk life-sciences research.

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Derived from a tracked promise: “Committed to enacting the Risky Research Review Act to create an independent Life Sciences Research Security Board that must approve federal…”

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Office of U.S. Senator Rand Paul (paul.senate.gov)https://www.paul.senate.gov/dr-rand-paul-reintroduces-bipartisan-risky-research-review-act-to-oversee-gain-of-function-research/ ↗
“We must demand accountability for the grave oversights that were revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic.”