FILE - Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., speaks during the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing on Capitol Hill, May 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

FILE - Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., speaks during the "People's State of the Union" rally outside of the U.S. Capitol, Feb. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

FILE - Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., attends a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security oversight hearing, May 8, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed, D-Mich., and his wife Sarah Jukaku, left, walk to a gathering at the Capitol as Congress returns to work following the sweeping victory by Democrats in the midterm elections, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

FILE - Storrie Lake is seen Aug. 9, 2022, near Las Vegas, N.M. (AP Photo/Brittany Peterson, File)

FILE - A slurry line wraps around billowing smoke from the Grizzly Creek Fire on Aug. 24, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times via AP, File)

A man holds the bars at Sing Sing Correctional Facility on Friday, Nov. 6, 2026 in Ossining, N.Y. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins gives a fist bump to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on National Veterans Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)