President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., center, and Vice President-elect JD Vance, left, walk out of a meeting with Republican Senate Judiciary Committee members, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 21: U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) speaks to reporters in the Russell Senate Office Building on November 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. Wicker took questions on President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 21: U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) speaks to reporters in the Russell Senate Office Building on November 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. Wicker took questions on President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 21: U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) speaks to reporters in the Russell Senate Office Building on November 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. Wicker took questions on President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 21: U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) speaks to reporters in the Russell Senate Office Building on November 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. Blackburn took questions on President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 21: U.S. Sen. Mark Wayne Mullin (R-OK) speaks to reporters in the Russell Senate Office Building on November 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. Mullin took questions on President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 21: U.S. Sen. Mark Wayne Mullin (R-OK) speaks to reporters in the Russell Senate Office Building on November 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. Mullin took questions on President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 21: U.S. Sen. Mark Wayne Mullin (R-OK) speaks to reporters in the Russell Senate Office Building on November 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. Mullin took questions on President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)