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FILE - Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

People walk past a sign that points the direction toward a voting location during early voting in the general election, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, at City Hall in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

People walk past a sign that points the direction toward a voting location during early voting in the general election, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, at City Hall in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Voters mark their ballots during early voting in the general election, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, at City Hall in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Voters mark their ballots during early voting in the general election, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, at City Hall in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

FILE — Republican state Rep. Patricia Morgan tours Yushin America, Inc., a company that makes robotics for the plastics industry, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, in Cranston, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

FILE — Republican state Rep. Patricia Morgan tours Yushin America, Inc., a company that makes robotics for the plastics industry, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, in Cranston, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Voters mark their ballots during early voting in the general election, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, at City Hall in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Voters mark their ballots during early voting in the general election, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, at City Hall in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Poll moderator Kimberly Allen, of Providence, R.I., center left, prepares ballots for voters during early voting in the general election, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, at City Hall in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Poll moderator Kimberly Allen, of Providence, R.I., center left, prepares ballots for voters during early voting in the general election, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, at City Hall in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Voters are reflected in a window near an American flag as they mark their ballots during early voting in the general election, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, at City Hall in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Voters are reflected in a window near an American flag as they mark their ballots during early voting in the general election, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, at City Hall in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Voters are reflected in a window near an American flag as they mark their ballots during early voting in the general election, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, at City Hall in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Voters are reflected in a window near an American flag as they mark their ballots during early voting in the general election, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, at City Hall in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)