US Senator Chris Murphy (L), Democrat of Connecticut, and Senator Katie Britt, Republican of Alabama, listen as Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin testifies during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security hearing on the fiscal year 2027 budget for the Department of Homeland Security, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 2, 2026. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)