(L-R) US Senator Susan Collins, Republican from Maine and US Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, speak as US 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)