WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 16: U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) (L) and U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) (R) speak to one another during a Senate Armed Services Committee nomination hearing for Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess on Capitol Hill on July 16, 2026 in Washington, DC. Schiess, who currently serves as Deputy Chief of Space Operations, is U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to become the next Chief of Space Operations of the U.S. Space Force. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)