WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 12: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) (L) talks briefly with a reporter as he arrives at his office at the U.S. Capitol on March 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. Thune is being pressured by conservatives to do away with the 60-vote cloture threshold and move the SAVE America Act forward, a priority for President Donald Trump going into the midterm elections. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

US Senator John Cornyn, Republican from Texas, walks through the Senate Subway at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on march 12, 2026. Cornyn is seeking reelection to the US Senate and is facing a runoff election with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

President of the National Association of Scholars Peter Wood (L) testifies during a US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine transparency and trust, focusing on foreign influence in higher education, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

President of the National Association of Scholars Peter Wood testifies during a US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine transparency and trust, focusing on foreign influence in higher education, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

(L/R) President of the National Association of Scholars Peter Wood, Craig Singleton, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and Robert Daly, senior fellow at the Asia Society, testify during a US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine transparency and trust, focusing on foreign influence in higher education, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

(L/R) President of the National Association of Scholars Peter Wood, Craig Singleton, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and Robert Daly, senior fellow at the Asia Society, testify during a US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine transparency and trust, focusing on foreign influence in higher education, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Craig Singleton, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, testifies during a US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine transparency and trust, focusing on foreign influence in higher education, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Craig Singleton, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, testifies during a US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine transparency and trust, focusing on foreign influence in higher education, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)