(CNN) Sen. Lindsey Graham, the chairman of the powerful Judiciary committee and a close ally of the President's -- told CNN on Wednesday that his committee will hold a hearing on gun control legislation later this month, a rare move in a Republican-controlled chamber.

The hearing is expected to cover the "extreme risk protection" or "red flag" laws that have been passed in some states and that Graham has supported implementing at a federal level.

The hearing is significant for the GOP-led Senate, a chamber where most Republicans -- and many Democrats -- have little interest in diving into the polarizing issue of gun control. The hearing would also follow the House of Representative's passage of a pair of bills improving background checks for gun purchases, bills that have not yet been picked up by the Senate.

"I haven't really looked at the House package, but this is to me the area where we can come together," he said on Capitol Hill. He added, "We did a lot on NICS Fix," a proposal that passed as part of a broader spending package last year that gave financial incentives for states and local governments to submit information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.

The hearing will be March 26, Graham said.

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