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Photos of the week | March 13-19, 2026

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., whispers to House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., as House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain of Michigan speaks at a news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., whispers to House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., as House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain of Michigan speaks at a news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted March 20, 2026 at 11:17am

St. Patrick’s Day, a hearing on worldwide threats and a confirmation hearing for the nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security highlighted this week in the Capitol. Here are images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists this week.

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., stops to speak with reporters after a news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
President Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., walk through Statuary Hall to the speaker’s office after the Friends of Ireland luncheon in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
FBI Director Kash Patel testifies at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats in the Hart Senate Office Building on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Senate Homeland Security Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., left, listens to Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., nominee to be secretary of Homeland Security, testify during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Ranking member Jack Reed, D-R.I., right, looks on as Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., checks his watch as he arrives for a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Jodey C. Arrington, R-Texas, talks with reporters outside the Capitol on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

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