Dr. Anthony Fauci may have suddenly vanished from the nation’s television screens but at least one Republican lawmaker is taking measures to prevent the bureaucratic tyranny of the last two years from happening again with an effort to strip him of his vast and unaccountable powers.

Senator Rand Paul who frequently clashed with a man whose rejection of longstanding American principles such as individual freedom plans to introduce an amendment to eliminate Fauci’s position as the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and distribute his power into three new institutes.

In a Monday column for Fox News, the Kentucky Republican writes, “The toll of COVID doesn’t stop there. We lost more than individuals. We lost our freedoms. Our liberties. Our vibrant small town Main Streets. Our children’s growth and learning. For two years our lives were held captive by petty tyrants and power-hungry bureaucrats.”