Heard on the Hill

Photos of the week ending March 24, 2023

House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul speaks with committee members and staffers as he arrives for a markup in the Capitol Visitor Center on Friday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul speaks with committee members and staffers as he arrives for a markup in the Capitol Visitor Center on Friday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted March 24, 2023 at 1:16pm

Congress returned to Washington for a shortened workweek this week. CQ Roll Call photojournalists were in the Capitol capturing the action.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy pets Sniper, the dog of Pastor Dan and JoAnn Cummins, in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall before McCarthy conducted a news conference on the House-passed Parents Bill of Rights on Friday. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise appears at right. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Rob Menendez checks for rain as he and fellow New Jersey Democratic Rep. Josh Gottheimer walk down the House steps after the last vote of the week in the Capitol on Friday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew prepares to testify at the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing titled “TikTok: How Congress Can Safeguard American Data Privacy And Protect Children From Online Harms” in the Rayburn House Office Building on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm testifies during the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Committee hearing on DOE’s fiscal 2024 budget request in the Rayburn Building on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries hold a news conference on the debt limit in the Capitol on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CodePink, gestures with a peace sign as Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken takes his seat for the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on "The State of American Diplomacy in 2023: Growing Conflicts, Budget Challenges, and Great Power Competition" in the Capitol Visitor Center on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel takes his seat for a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Moderna’s pricing of the COVID-19 vaccine in the Hart Senate Office Building on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Actress and comedian Mindy Kaling receives the 2021 National Medal of Arts from President Joe Biden during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Devin Howard and members of the District Running Collective cheer for runners during the Rock ‘n’ Roll Running Series half-marathon on North Capitol Street on Saturday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)