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Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8), from Russia, celebrates his goal in the second period of an NHL hockey game against the St. Louis Blues, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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With the Capitol in the background, Army veteran David Dickerson of Oklahoma City, Okla., joins others to place 1,892 flags representing veteran and service members who have died by suicide to date in 2014, on the National Mall in Washington on March 27, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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Sen. Robert Menendez, New Jersey Democrat, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 27, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Dec. 13, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

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The South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Barack Obama shakes hands with Deputy Secretary of Defense Ash Carter after he spoke at the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) symposium being held at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington, Monday, Dec. 3, 2012.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio administers a ceremonial re-enactment of the oath-of-office to Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Mo., accompanied by his wife Jackie, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, on the impact of President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration, in this Dec. 2, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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Georgetown forward Aaron Bowen (23) goes for a rebound against Xavier center Matt Stainbrook, back, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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Geroge Washington forward Kevin Larsen, left, reaches for a rebound as VCU guard Justin Tillman, right, gives chase during an NCAA college basketball game at the Siegel Center in Richmond, Va., on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Zach Gibson) **FILE**

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House Select Committee on Benghazi Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., demands answers of witnesses from the State Department and the CIA, as it holds its third public hearing to investigate the 2012 attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, where a violent mob killed four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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In this Jan. 21, 2014, photo, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., chair of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, is interviewed by The Associated Press about her proposal to let military prosecutors rather than commanders make decisions on whether to prosecute sexual assaults in the military, in her Capitol Hill office in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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National Edition News cover for January 23, 2015 - Despite infighting, GOP delivers a bill for March for Life activists: Anti-abortion protesters march by the Supreme Court in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, during the annual March for Life rally and march. Thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators are gathering in Washington for an annual march to protest the Supreme Court's landmark 1973 decision that declared a constitutional right to abortion. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Anti-abortion demonstrators march past the Supreme Court in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, during the annual March for Life. Thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators are gathering in Washington for an annual march to protest the Supreme Court's landmark 1973 decision that declared a constitutional right to abortion. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

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Environmentalist Tom Steyer speaks to the Center for American Progress’s Second Annual Policy Conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

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Pro-life demonstrators head towards the Supreme Court in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, during the annual March for Life. Thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators gathered in Washington for an annual march to protest the Supreme Court's landmark 1973 decisions that declared a constitutional right to abortion. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Acting National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Christopher Hart gestures as he speaks about the recent Metro subway fire earlier this month in D.C., during a Capitol Hill news conference in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. One woman was killed and more than 80 were sent to hospitals with smoke inhalation after a subway train filled with smoke inside a tunnel near the busy L’Enfant Plaza station in downtown Washington. Authorities have said an electrical malfunction caused the smoke, and it took 44 minutes for Metro to shut off power to the affected section of rail.(AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington is one of four lawmakers who will stand in support of the March for Life when the rally kicks off at noon on the Mall Thursday. (Associated Press)

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Joni Ernst at Work in Washington Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times