House and Senate Leaders Hold Moment of Silence

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-CA) walk down the east steps of the Capitol to participate in a moment of silence for the more than 500,000 American lives lost to COVID-19 on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. Congressional leaders held a candlelight ceremony to mark the more than half million U.S. deaths. Photo by Leigh Vogel/UPI