Posted on 05/15/2020 7:25:06 AM PDT by 11th_VA
Dr. Rick Bright, who filed a whistleblower complaint after his firing from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, testified before the Subcommittee on Health for the House Committee on Energy on Thursday. Bright has been highly critical of the federal government's response to the coronavirus. In particular, he was concerned by President Trump's insistence that hydroxycholoroquine was a potential treatment for the disease, which he said cost him and his colleagues precious time in working on other areas to combat the virus. As expected, he was lionized by Democrats and vilified by Republicans during the hearing...
Dr. Bright, who recently got a job at the National Institutes of Health, is currently on sick leave for hypertension. He explained that it's been a "stressful" transition having been removed from his role without explanation.
Yet, as Rep. Mullin pointed out, Bright is still getting paid by the NIH. Rep. Mulllin wondered why he was here testifying before Congress if he was dealing with the ailment?
"I guess I'm kind of confused because you say you have hypertension but yet you were able to do these interviews, you're able to make the report, and you're able to prepare for this hearing," Mullin noted. "Yet you're too sick to go into work but you're well enough to come here while you're still getting paid from the U.S. government."
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Bright, Dick. Genius extraordinaire.
Too many bureaucrats in DC making too much money.
And none of them produces even a small item I can use.
Sounds like defrauding the government to me.
Another Excellent (R) Congressman
Thanks Rep. Mullins for shredding this guy.
Get the Left on the ropes and keep punching !
It appears that Dr. Bright isn’t all that bright.
Does Bright’s wife know that he is gay?
I don’t think he’s even bright enough to know he’s gay.
Why didn’t this “whistle blower” go public early on if he cares about people so much?
Whistlesucker.
I thought we werent allowed to know the names of whistleblowers, you know, for their safety.
Whistleblower my ass, he's a corrupt liar.
I found it very interesting that Bright claims his hypertension is preventing him from reporting to his new job yet he has no idea what will be expected of him. He may be given one of those jobs where he has noting to do but what he wants to do—read the paper, surf on the internet, make calls and send text on his cell phone, etc.
I’d like to see unpatriotic losers like this grifter exiled. What a pathetic punk?
Butt hurt over paid gooberment slug.
He needs to find a way to make an honest living somewhere else.
Good for Mark Wayne for shredding him. Should have done more.
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