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Photos of the week

The week ending Feb. 28 as captured by Roll Call photojournalists

A woman carries a campaign sign for former Navy SEAL Floyd McLendon, candidate to unseat incumbent Democrat Colin Allred in the Texas 32 Congressional District, in front of the early voting location at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Dallas on Sunday.
A woman carries a campaign sign for former Navy SEAL Floyd McLendon, candidate to unseat incumbent Democrat Colin Allred in the Texas 32 Congressional District, in front of the early voting location at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Dallas on Sunday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

As the coronavirus spread, Congress turned its attention this week toward finding funding for developing a vaccine and treatment.

Here is the week in photos:

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg speaks at a campaign rally in Arlington, Va., on Sunday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
Attorney General William Barr arrives in the Capitol to attend the Senate Republicans’ lunch on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., left, talks with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in the senators-only elevator in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., left, talks with Rep. Paul Tonko, D-N.Y., before the start of a House subcommittee hearing on the live event ticketing industry on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
Health and Human Services staff look at their phones as HHS Secretary Alex Azar testifies during a hearing on the coronavirus outbreak on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., speaks about Sen. Bernie Sanders’ comments on Cuba during the House Republicans’ weekly news conference on Wednesday. Balart is flanked by, from left, Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds her weekly news conference in the Capitol as a monitor shows CNN’s coverage of the coronavirus outbreak on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., beckons other members to gather around the sign during the dedication of the Elijah E. Cummings Room in the Oversight and Reform Committee hearing room in the Rayburn House Office Building on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

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