Committee chairman Senator Rand Paul, Republican from Kentucky, delivers his opening remarks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing with Dr. Anthony Fauci on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2026. Dr. Fauci, the former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is testifying after Senator Paul released more than 1000 pages of Fauci's diary entries from the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)