US Senator Dick Durbin (C), Democrat from Illinois, speaks alongside fellow Senate Democrats, after acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche testified during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination to be Attorney General, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2026. Pictured with Durbin, L/R, are Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat from Rhode Island, Richard Blumenthal, Democrat from Connecticut, Adam Schiff, Democrat from California, and Mazie Hirono, Democrat from Hawaii. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)