Congressman to Whistleblower Doctor: You're Too Sick to Go to Work But You're Here Testifying?

Townhall ^ | May14, 2020

[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."

[11th_VA]

He's the worst of the worst ... and makes $275K per year according to FOX

[blackdog]

Bright, Dick. Genius extraordinaire.

[entropy12]

Too many bureaucrats in DC making too much money.
And none of them produces even a small item I can use.

[Revolutionary]

Sounds like defrauding the government to me.

[jcon40]

Another Excellent (R) Congressman

Thanks Rep. Mullins for shredding this guy.

Get the Left on the ropes and keep punching !

[nuke_road_warrior]

It appears that Dr. Bright isn’t all that bright.

[1Old Pro]

Does Bright’s wife know that he is gay?

[lakecumberlandvet]

I don’t think he’s even bright enough to know he’s gay.

[amihow]

Why didn’t this “whistle blower” go public early on if he cares about people so much?

[Howie66]

Whistlesucker.

[FamiliarFace]

I thought we weren’t allowed to know the names of whistleblowers, you know, for their safety.

[SunkenCiv]

Whistleblower my ass, he's a corrupt liar.

[Saltmeat]

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.

[Brown Deer]

... and makes $275K per year according to FOX

He makes $275,000 per year, according to his testimony. He has been collecting this $275,000 per year salary from us taxpayers, for the past month, while claiming that he is too sick to work, yet here he is in Congress, not too sick to testify?

Video: Glad to see Dr. Bright was healthy enough to testify in front of Congress today. It’s unfortunate that his hypertension has caused him to not be healthy enough to report to his new job at NIH.

[hal ogen]

I’d like to see unpatriotic losers like this grifter exiled. What a pathetic punk?

[Brown Deer]

I wonder if Whoopi thinks he's a better "doctor" than Jill Biden? He even lied about his credentials, "I am Dr. Rick Bright, a career public servant and a scientist who has spent 25 years of my career focused on addressing pandemic outbreaks." He didn't finish college until 2002.

[Sequoyah101]

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.