Rand Paul Voted Against COVID Emergency Bill Eight Days After Wife Bought Gilead Stock
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) voted against an emergency bill to help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic just eight days after his wife purchased stock in a company that makes antiviral drugs to treat the disease.
Paul revealed on Wednesday that his wife, Kelley Paul, had purchased stock in Gilead Sciences on February 26, 2020. This disclosure came 16 months after the 45-day deadline for reporting such purchases laid down in the Stock Act and designed to curb insider trading.
Gilead Sciences produces remdesivir, a drug which was used to treat COVID-19 but is no longer recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). Eight days after this stock purchase, on March 5, 2020, Paul was the lone senator to vote against a pandemic emergency response bill.
Paul had introduced an amendment to the bill which would have seen cuts to the State Department Cultural Exchange programs and reduced funding for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) among other measures.
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