US Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks to reporters alongside US Senator Tom Cotton , Republican of Arkansas, after a weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2026. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

US Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks to reporters after a weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2026. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

US Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks to reporters alongside US Senator Tom Cotton (L), Republican of Arkansas, and US Senator John Barrasso (R), Republican of Wyoming, after a weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2026. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

US Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks to reporters alongside US Senator Tom Cotton (L), Republican of Arkansas, and US Senator John Barrasso, Republican of Wyoming, after a weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2026. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

US Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut reads on the Senate Subway at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on July 29, 2026. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

US Senate Majority Leader John Thune departs a press conference after a weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2026. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democrat from New York speaks after a weekly Senate Democratic Policy luncheon at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on July 29, 2026. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

US Senate Majority Leader John Thune arrives to a press conference after a weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2026. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)