US President Donald Trump holds up a newly signed executive order on adjusting imports of polysilicon in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 7, 2026. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 06: Chairman Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) (C) speaks alongside (L-R) U.S. Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), ranking member Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) and U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) 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) *** BESTPIX ***

US Vice President JD Vance (C) departs after attending a Senate Republican policy luncheon at the US Capitol on August 6, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

US Vice President JD Vance (C) departs after attending a Senate Republican policy luncheon at the US Capitol on August 6, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

US Vice President JD Vance (2L) arrives for a Senate Republican lunch on Capitol Hill on August 6, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

A person wears a hat that reads "Jesus did it" as Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Senator Rand Paul (background) speaks with members of the press after a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee business meeting to consider pending calendar business on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on August 6, 2026. A Republican-led US Senate committee on Thursday voted to hold the country's former top infectious diseases official Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress, in an escalation of efforts to blame him for potential Covid-19 pandemic missteps. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Senator Rand Paul speaks with members of the press after a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee business meeting to consider pending calendar business on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on August 6, 2026. A Republican-led US Senate committee on Thursday voted to hold the country's former top infectious diseases official Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress, in an escalation of efforts to blame him for potential Covid-19 pandemic missteps. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)