WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 06: Chairman Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) (L) listens as ranking member Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) speaks 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). The committee voted along party lines to hold Dr. Fauci in contempt of Congress. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)