WASHINGTON: Several Republican lawmakers, eager to blame a US government official for the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, introduced a bill on Tuesday (Jun 15) to fire Anthony Fauci, the face of American efforts to combat COVID-19.

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene led a handful of colleagues in announcing the so-called Fire Fauci Act, which would reduce the famed infectious disease expert's government salary to zero and require the Senate to confirm someone to fill his position.