(L-R) Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Senator Rand Paul and US Senator Gary Peters, Democrat from Michigan prepare ahead of a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs business meeting to consider pending calendar business on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on August 6, 2026. The committee is scheduled to vote on whether to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci, who led the US response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in contempt of Congress. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

(L-R) Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Senator Rand Paul and US Senator Gary Peters, Democrat from Michigan prepare ahead of a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs business meeting to consider pending calendar business on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on August 6, 2026. The committee is scheduled to vote on whether to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci, who led the US response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in contempt of Congress. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

US Senator Gary Peters (2R), Democrat from Michigan speaks with an aide ahead of a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs business meeting to consider pending calendar business on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on August 6, 2026. The committee is scheduled to vote on whether to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci, who led the US response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in contempt of Congress. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Senator Rand Paul (C) speaks during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs business meeting to consider pending calendar business on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on August 6, 2026. The committee is scheduled to vote on whether to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci, who led the US response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in contempt of Congress. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Senator Rand Paul arrives ahead of a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs business meeting to consider pending calendar business on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on August 6, 2026. The committee is scheduled to vote on whether to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci, who led the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in contempt of Congress. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Senator Rand Paul arrives ahead of a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs business meeting to consider pending calendar business on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on August 6, 2026. The committee is scheduled to vote on whether to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci, who led the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in contempt of Congress. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

US Senator Gary Peters, Democrat from Michigan speaks during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs business meeting to consider pending calendar business on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on August 6, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

(L-R) US Senator Ron Johnson, Republican from Wisconsin, and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Senator Rand Paul confer ahead of a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs business meeting to consider pending calendar business on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on August 6, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)