The answer is Yes, he lied.
That's the M.O. of corrupt, post-17th Amendment ratification Congress, to hide behind non-elected bureaucrats of constitutionally undefined, so-called federal regulatory agencies and steal state powers to do Congress's dirty, unconstitutional work for it.
Fauci lied to everybody apart from Dementia Joe and the Dems. Whenever Fauci is on TV he lies.
Especially a bureaucrat who lies constantly who will die soon.
Dr. David Martin nailed Rand earlier this week for pulling his punches against Fauci (while making it sound as if he was being tough) — and then immediately fundraising off it.
Yesterday Rand did the exact same thing once again:
https://twitter.com/DrRandPaul/status/1417547141191454728