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The week of June 14 as captured by Roll Call’s photojournalists

Former White House counsel John Dean prepares to testify at the House Judiciary Committee hearing on "Lessons from the Mueller Report: Presidential Obstruction and Other Crimes," on Monday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
Former White House counsel John Dean prepares to testify at the House Judiciary Committee hearing on "Lessons from the Mueller Report: Presidential Obstruction and Other Crimes," on Monday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
By Bill Clark
Posted June 14, 2019 at 11:39am

Pigs, jets and seersucker suits were just a few of this week’s highlights.

UNITED STATES - JUNE 11: Former Sens. John Breaux, D-La., and Mary Landrieu, D-La., are seen in the Capitol on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Former Sens. John Breaux, D-La., and Mary Landrieu, D-La., returned to the Capitol on Tuesday (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JUNE 11: Comedian and advocate Jon Stewart, center, talks with Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., on the Speaker's balcony after a meeting in the Capitol about funding for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. 9/11 responders attended the meeting. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Comedian and advocate Jon Stewart, center, talks with Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., on the Speaker’s Balcony after a meeting in the Capitol about funding for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JUNE 11: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., departs after speaking at a news conference in the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday June 11, 2019. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., leaves the podium after speaking at a news conference on Trump administration subpoenas in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JUNE 12: Donald Trump Jr., arrives to appear before Senate Intelligence Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Donald Trump Jr., arrives to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JUNE 12: Two men dressed up in pig costumes pet Faye the pig before the start of the Citizens Against Government Waste press conference to release the 2019 Congressional Pig Book report on pork spending at the Phoenix Park Hotel in Washington on Wednesday June 12, 2019. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
Two men in pig costumes pet Faye the pig before the start of the Citizens Against Government Waste news conference to release the 2019 Congressional Pig Book report on pork spending at the Phoenix Park Hotel on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JUNE 12: Reps. Justin Amash, R-Mich., left, and ranking member Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, are seen during a House Oversight and Reform Committee markup in Rayburn Building on a resolution on whether to hold Attorney General William Barr and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Reps. Justin Amash, R-Mich., left, and ranking member Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, participate in the House Oversight and Reform Committee markup in Rayburn Building on a resolution on whether to hold Attorney General William Barr and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JUNE 12: Democratic presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg sits down to wait before he attends a rally protesting against President Donald Trump policies outside of the White House in Washington on Wednesday June 12, 2019. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
Democratic presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg sits down to wait before he attends a rally  against President Donald Trump policies outside of the White House on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JUNE 12: Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, holds a press conference on sanctuary cities with Diamond and Silk at the Capitol on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, covers his face as he laughs during his news conference on sanctuary cities with Fox Nation pundits Diamond and Silk outside the Capitol on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JUNE 12: An F-35 flies past the U.S. Capitol dome during a flyover in Washington on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
An F-35 fighter flies past the U.S. Capitol dome during a flyover in Washington on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JUNE 13: Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., front left, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calf., Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., back left, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala., R-N.C., Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., come together to celebrate National Seersucker Day in Washington on Thursday June 13, 2019. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
Senators gather in the Capitol’s Ohio Clock Corridor for the annual National Seersucker Day group photo on Thursday. Front from left are Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss. Back row from left are Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala., R-N.C., Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Sen. John Kennedy, R-La. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

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