Heard on the Hill

Photos of the week | July 4-10, 2025

American cyclist Greg LeMond accepts the Congressional Gold Medal from Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., during a ceremony to honor the Tour de France winner in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall on Wednesday. Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., left, and LeMond’s wife, Kathy, also appear. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams

Posted July 11, 2025 at 9:20am

The Senate returned to Washington after the Fourth of July holiday, while the House decided to take the week off. Here are the images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists this week.

Independence Day fireworks explode over the National Mall in Washington on July 4. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

The Capitol dome appears through raindrops on the Capitol Visitor Center skylights as remnants of Tropical Storm Chantal moved through the Washington area on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

A woman holds a pamphlet about the National Farm Security Action Plan during a news conference to “discuss actions being taken to protect American agriculture from foreign threats,” outside an Agriculture Department building in Washington on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., left, and White House trade adviser Peter Navarro hold a sign depicting Chinese-owned farmland in the United States during a news conference outside an Agriculture Department building in Washington on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Sens. John Fetterman, D-Pa., seated, and Dave McCormick, R-Pa., arrive to introduce Jeffrey Bartos, the nominee to be U.S. representative to the United Nations for U.N. management and reform, during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing in the Dirksen building on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

House Chaplain Margaret G. Kibben and Senate Chaplain Barry Black attend a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony to honor Greg LeMond, American cyclist and Tour de France winner, in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, participates in a photo op before meeting with senators in the Capitol on Wednesday. Also appearing are, from left, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., Senate Foreign Relations Chair Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., addresses a union rally in support of House-side food service workers ahead of a cafeteria overhaul in Washington on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

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