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FILE - State Sen. Dave Min, D-Irvine, listens as lawmakers discuss a bill before the Senate at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., July 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

FILE - State Sen. Dave Min, D-Irvine, listens as lawmakers discuss a bill before the Senate at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., July 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

FILE - Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides watches as the company's carrier aircraft flies over Spaceport America near Upham, N.M., Aug. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)

FILE - Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides watches as the company's carrier aircraft flies over Spaceport America near Upham, N.M., Aug. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)

FILE - Rep. David Valadao, from left, R-Calif., Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Fla., and Rep. John Rutherford, R-Fla., walk to a closed-door GOP strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - Rep. David Valadao, from left, R-Calif., Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Fla., and Rep. John Rutherford, R-Fla., walk to a closed-door GOP strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Calif., departs as Republicans meet to decide who to nominate to be the new House speaker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, late Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

FILE - Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Calif., departs as Republicans meet to decide who to nominate to be the new House speaker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, late Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

FILE - Scott Baugh, a Republican candidate for Congress from Orange County's 48th District, poses outside a polling place after voting in Huntington Beach, Calif., June 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Krysta Fauria, File)

FILE - Scott Baugh, a Republican candidate for Congress from Orange County's 48th District, poses outside a polling place after voting in Huntington Beach, Calif., June 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Krysta Fauria, File)

FILE - John Duarte, a Republican candidate in California's 13th Congressional District, arrives at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - John Duarte, a Republican candidate in California's 13th Congressional District, arrives at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - Sec. of Defense Lloyd Austin, left, shakes hand with committee chairman Ken Calvert, R-Calif., during a House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense budget hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell, File)

FILE - Sec. of Defense Lloyd Austin, left, shakes hand with committee chairman Ken Calvert, R-Calif., during a House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense budget hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell, File)

FILE - Democratic Assembly members, Adam Gray and Jacqui Irwin, of Thousand Oaks, discuss legislation at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

FILE - Democratic Assembly members, Adam Gray and Jacqui Irwin, of Thousand Oaks, discuss legislation at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

FILE - Assemblyman Rudy Salas Jr., asks questions during a hearing in Sacramento, Calif., Aug. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

FILE - Assemblyman Rudy Salas Jr., asks questions during a hearing in Sacramento, Calif., Aug. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

FILE - Rep. Michelle Steel, R-Calif., questions witnesses during a hearing of a special House committee dedicated to countering China, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

FILE - Rep. Michelle Steel, R-Calif., questions witnesses during a hearing of a special House committee dedicated to countering China, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)