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- Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., gives opening remarks at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing for a nomination hearing for Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May. 5, 2020. The panel is considering Ratcliffe's nomination for director of national intelligence. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
- Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., arrives at a Senate Committee for Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing, Tuesday, May 12, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is to testify before the committee. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP)
- Sen. Richard Burr, R-NC, speaks during a virtual Senate Committee for Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing, Tuesday, May 12, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP)
- Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
- Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., arrives for a closed door meeting for Senators on election security on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
- Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee arrives for testimony from Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, before a closed door hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
- Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, right, listen to witnesses during a committee's hearing on foreign influence operations and their use of social media on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. As alarms blare about Russian interference in U.S. elections, the Trump administration is facing criticism that it has no clear national strategy to protect the country during the upcoming midterms and beyond. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
- Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., goes behind closed doors as members of the Senate Intelligence Committee arrive to vote on Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 16, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
- Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., puts his jacket on as he heads to the Senate floor, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
- Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison Eid, on her nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
- Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., whose panel is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election, departs the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 22, 2017, after final votes for the week. Republicans released their long-awaited bill to scuttle much of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act earlier but the measure encountered immediate trouble as four Republican senators said they opposed it. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)