Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Senator Rand Paul (2L) speaks with Senator Richard Blumenthal (R), Democrat of Connecticut 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 (2L) speaks with Senator Richard Blumenthal (C), Democrat of Connecticut 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. Also pictured, Ranking member Senator Gary Peters (R), Democrat from Michigan. 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 is displayed on a TV screen as he 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)

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 06: U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) (L) and U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) look on during a business meeting with the Senate Homeland Security And Government Affairs Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on August 06, 2026 in Washington, DC. The committee convened to vote on several measures including a contempt resolution against former NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, who invoked the Fifth Amendment numerous times during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing chaired by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 06: Chairman Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) (C) speaks alongside (L-R) U.S. Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), U.S. Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), ranking member Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) during a business meeting with the Senate Homeland Security And Government Affairs Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on August 06, 2026 in Washington, DC. The committee convened to vote on several measures including a contempt resolution against former NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, who invoked the Fifth Amendment numerous times during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing chaired by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

US Senator Josh Hawley (R), Republican of Missouri listens as US Senator Bernie Moreno (L), Republican of Ohio 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 (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)

(L-R) Senator Maggie Hassan, Democrat from New Hampshire and Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut confer 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)