The hearing is expected to focus on the origins of COVID-19, taxpayer-funded biomedical research, and allegations surrounding federal recordkeeping during the pandemic. Fauci’s Pandemic Diaries Take Center StageAccording to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the journals were discovered on government computer servers and later provided to Paul’s committee. In addition to the pandemic journals, Paul has also released a separate 465-page collection of Fauci’s emails and records dating from 2001 through 2015. The issue has been a central point of disagreement between Paul and Fauci for years. Republicans, meanwhile, argue the testimony represents an opportunity to resolve lingering questions about the federal government’s pandemic response and the origins of COVID-19.