Updated: June 17, 2022 at 11:17 AM
This week in Washington(27 images)
President Joe Biden signs an executive order during a Pride Month event, the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol holds its second public hearing and abortion-rights activists gather outside the Supreme Court among the highlights for this week in Washington.
President Joe Biden participates in a virtual meeting with leaders of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF), at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex on Friday. Biden reconvened leaders of the MEF to discuss setting future emissions standards, energy and food security, and to 'tackle the climate crisis', according to a White House statement. Photo by Michael Reynolds/UPI
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Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry gestures to members of the news media. Photo by Michael Reynolds/UPI
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Vice President Kamala Harris makes remarks at the Online Harassment and Abuse Task Force announcement in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Thursday. Photo by Ron Sachs/UPI
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President Joe Biden signs into law S. 3580, the Ocean Shipping Reform Act at the White House. The bipartisan bill is intended to improve supply chains and lower costs to American consumers. One of the sponsors of the bill Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., holds up a pen. Photo by Chris Kleponis/UPI
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