Thread by @SenWarren

Remember how the White House vaccine czar had millions in stock for COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers? @HHSgov confirmed to us that Dr. Slaoui used a loophole to evade the ethics laws & keep his @GSK stock: working as a “contractor” for $1. Unbelievable.
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.@SenBlumenthal, @RepJayapal and I want @HHSgov and the company Dr. Slaoui "works" for to show us the contract and tell us more about this unprecedented and deeply inappropriate arrangement that allows the vaccine czar to avoid resolving his glaring conflicts of interest.

In May, @SecAzar described Dr. Slaoui as one of two “leaders” of Operation Warp Speed, the federal vaccine program. Now, @HHSgov tells us that Slaoui will not be making decisions that would subject him to ethics rules. Both things can’t be true.

If Dr. Slaoui wants a role in the vaccine response, he should do so as a government employee subject to the same ethics rules as everyone else. Americans deserve full faith and confidence that our COVID-19 officials are working for the public good, not to line their own pockets.