Merrick Garland, Biden's pick for attorney general, could face tricky political questions during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee today. In the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Garland and Democrats are expected to point to Garland's work prosecuting the Oklahoma City bombing as evidence of his ability to investigate and prosecute domestic terrorism.

"If confirmed, I will supervise the prosecution of white supremacists and others who stormed the Capitol on January 6 – a heinous attack that sought to disrupt a cornerstone of our democracy: the peaceful transfer of power to a newly elected government,” Garland will say.

Garland's opening statement also conveys a commitment to equity, saying that upholding the Civil Rights Act remains "urgent" for the Department of Justice. Garland has received ample bipartisan support, ahead of his confirmation hearings before Senate Judiciary Monday and Tuesday, 61 former federal judges and a bipartisan group of more than 150 former Justice Department officials have penned letters in support of Garland's confirmation.

-ABC News' Alexander Mallin and Benjamin Siegel

First lady Jill Biden arrived at the Houston Food Bank around 1 p.m. on Friday with Texas first lady Cecilia Abbott, according to a pool report.

Biden and Abbott first stopped in the main lobby for several minutes and received a rundown of the food bank’s food distribution process from Nicole Lander, the organization’s chief impact officer. Lander told the first ladies that the food bank distributes an average of 18 million pounds of food per month during disasters, the equivalent of 20 tractor-trailer loads. Lander also noted that one in four children in the Houston area lacks consistent access to nutritious food, according to the report.

Biden and Abbott then moved to a warehouse room and joined volunteers in packing bags of food for the food bank’s Backpack Buddy program, which distributes food on weekends to students who rely on school meals during the week.

Biden packed canned peaches, while Abbott packed boxes of raisins.

They were joined by Houston Independent School District Interim Superintendent Grenita Lathan, according to the pool report.

After their first stop, Biden and Abbott moved to a separate room to pack meals for seniors through the food bank’s Senior Box program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and provides a monthly box of food to roughly 11,000 low-income seniors in the Houston area, a separate pool report said.

Biden packed quick oats into boxes. Abbott also helped pack food boxes nearby, wearing a face mask emblazoned with the Texas flag.