Grassley has checkmate.
It’s a 42 hour drive from Palo Alto to DC. With sleep and meal breaks there is no way for Ford to show by Wednesday, 10am if she’s not already driving.
I did Bay Area to north eastern North Carolina 2 years ago with 2 others and the return was non stop but for gas and relieving and it was 46.5 hours. No one is soloing that without a bag of amphetamines, a box of Depends and a fast car...