WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 14: Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) (R) and Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Chair Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) preside over a hearing about the Department of Housing and Urban Development's proposed FY2026 budget in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 14, 2026 in Washington, DC. Committee Democrats pointed out that while requesting a 50-percent increase in the Pentagon budget, the Trump Administration is asking Congress to slash $10 billion at the Department of Housing and Urban Development by targeting community development and homelessness programs and aid for low-income people to afford rental housing. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)