Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., says he will advocate for an “international convention of civilized countries” to gather and discuss the dangers of gain-of-function research.

Paul has been one of few leaders in Congress pressing for a hearing on the origins of COVID-19. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) last year acknowledged its efforts to fund gain-of-function research on bats infected with coronaviruses at a lab in Wuhan, China, before COVID-19 broke out and forever altered life around the world.

“Not only do we need restrictions in our country,” Paul told Fox News Digital in an interview of the research method. “I’m going to be advocating for an international convention of civilized countries to come together and discuss gain-of-function research and the potential harm it could cause on a global scale.”