ARLINGTON, VA - MAY 14: Workers appear to dig for soil samples at the site of U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed triumphal arch to commemorate the country's 250th anniversary on May 14, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. Survey work has begun for a proposed 250-foot arch informally dubbed the "Arc de Trump" that would sit in a roundabout near Memorial Bridge on the Arlington, Virginia side of the Potomac River between Arlington Cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

ARLINGTON, VA - MAY 14: An activists opposed to U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed triumphal arch to commemorate the country's 250th anniversary holds up an anti-arch sticker at the proposed site of the arch on May 14, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. Survey work has begun for a proposed 250-foot arch informally dubbed the "Arc de Trump" that would sit in a roundabout near Memorial Bridge on the Arlington, Virginia side of the Potomac River between Arlington Cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

ARLINGTON, VA - MAY 14: Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) the ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, looks thought a gap in fencing where workers appear to dig for soil samples at the site of U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed triumphal arch to commemorate the country's 250th anniversary on May 14, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. Survey work has begun for a proposed 250-foot arch informally dubbed the "Arc de Trump" that would sit in a roundabout near Memorial Bridge on the Arlington, Virginia side of the Potomac River between Arlington Cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

ARLINGTON, VA - MAY 14: Workers appear to dig for soil samples at the site of U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed triumphal arch to commemorate the country's 250th anniversary on May 14, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. Survey work has begun for a proposed 250-foot arch informally dubbed the "Arc de Trump" that would sit in a roundabout near Memorial Bridge on the Arlington, Virginia side of the Potomac River between Arlington Cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

ARLINGTON, VA - MAY 14: The Lincoln Memorial and Memorial Bridge are visible as Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) the ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, speaks at the site of U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed triumphal arch to commemorate the country's 250th anniversary on May 14, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. Survey work has begun for a proposed 250-foot arch informally dubbed the "Arc de Trump" that would sit in a roundabout near Memorial Bridge on the Arlington, Virginia side of the Potomac River between Arlington Cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 14: Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner (R) greets Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development member Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) before a hearing about the department's FY2026 budget in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 14, 2026 in Washington, DC. Committee Democrats pointed out that while requesting a 50-percent increase in the Pentagon budget, the Trump Administration is asking Congress to slash $10 billion at the Department of Housing and Urban Development by targeting community development and homelessness programs and aid for low-income people to afford rental housing. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 14: The Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building, the Washington Monument, and the Library of Congress are visible as workers apply a coat of paint to the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall on May 14, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump has ordered a renovation to paint the drained pool with a blue liner to change its gray concrete bottom to "American Flag Blue." (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 14: Workers apply a coat of paint to the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall on May 14, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump has ordered a renovation to paint the drained pool with a blue liner to change its gray concrete bottom to "American Flag Blue." (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***