WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Joni Ernst issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) announced she is presenting Dr. Anthony Fauci with another honorary prize for his wall of accolades, her uncoveted Squeal Award for undermining science and the law during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tomorrow, Ernst will also press Fauci in person for answers about his role covering up the origins of the pandemic, funding risky research, and destroying evidence when he testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The hearing begins at 8:30 am EST and can be watched online.

Ernst was among the first to question Fauci's narrative that COVID-19 did not have a lab origin and called for investigatio...