The House made another brief appearance this week in Washington before heading home early until after the election. The week featured the unveiling of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy's portrait, a dinosaur, campaigning in Texas and preparations for next week's Congressional Women's Softball game. Here are photographs of the action captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists this week. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and House Minority Whip Katherine M. Clark, D-Mass., arrive for an event with House Democrats about affordability on the House steps of the U.S. Capitol, on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., claps as former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., arrives for the unveiling of his portrait in Statuary Hall in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., pulls the rope to unveil his portrait in Statuary Hall on Tuesday. He was flanked to the right by Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y.; House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn.; House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La.; and Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., crosses back over the Russell Senate subway tracks in the Capitol on Tuesday. Wicker had been waiting for the subway when he initially crossed the tracks after spotting an acquaintance on the other side. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., fist bumps Senate pages in the Senate subway after a vote in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) FBI Director Kash Patel arrives to testify during the Senate Judiciary hearing on "Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation" on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Ore., bats during a members’ practice on Capitol Hill ahead of the Congressional Women's Softball Game on Tuesday. The game will be played at Audi Field on Sept. 23. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) Texas Democratic congressional candidate Bobby Pulido speaks to the crowd at his campaign rally in Goliad, Texas, on Saturday. Pulido is running against GOP Rep. Monica De La Cruz in the Texas 15th Congressional District. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
