Sen.Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is introducing legislation to block federal bureaucrats from accepting cash prizes on Thursday, just a day after laying into Dr.
Anthony Fauci for receiving what Hawley said was over $1 million during the COVID-19 pandemic.Hawley accused Fauci during a Wednesday Senate hearing of exploiting loopholes in federal laws that already prohibit government employees from soliciting rewards like cash prizes.Hawley's bill, dubbed the No Cash Prizes for Bureaucrats Act, would close those loopholes."No federal bureaucrat should accept cash prizes while on the job.
That’s why I’m introducing legislation to bar federal employees from accepting cash prizes or soliciting awards.Fauci got rich while millions of people died.
It can never happen again," Hawley told Fox News Digital in a statement.TOP 5 MOMENTS FROM FAUCI'S HEARING: PAUL BOOTS LAWYER, MORENO ERUPTS AS CONTEMPT VOTE LOOMSSen.Josh Hawley, R-Mo., speaks in front of a board with an image of Anthony Fauci, the former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and medical advisor to several U.S.
presidents, as Fauci (not pictured) attends a U.S.Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 29, 2026.
Anthony Fauci declined to answer questions, invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.(REUTERS/Nathan Howard)Hawley cited public records showing that Fauci, while director of the National Institutes of Health, used employees to solicit at least eight cash awards for himself, with one award check alone totaling $900,000.The new legislation would block federal employees from receiving rewards for medicine and research as well as block employees from soliciting such rewards.
It would also strengthen existing federal regulations that block NIH officials from using their or a subordinate's official duty time to solicit rewards.The bill comes after Hawley thrashed Fauci during a Wednesday hearin...