Ranking member Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) questions U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as he testifies during a Senate Committee on Finance hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on June 03, 2026 in Washington, DC. The hearing was held to examine the Treasury Department's budget request for fiscal year 2027. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/TNS) The First Amendment needs all the help it can get these days.