House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has challenged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) over her decision to continue to enforce COVID-19 restrictions at the U.S. Capitol. McCarthy is urging Pelosi to reconsider her restrictions and re-open the U.S. Capitol to pre-pandemic operations given that more and more Americans are now receiving the vaccination aimed at mitigating the spread of the pandemic. “Today, we have multiple vaccines with significant efficacy rates. COVID-19 cases and deaths are falling nationally. And experts predict a return to normalcy may be closer than we think,” the Republican leader wrote in his letter. He cited a newly released Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guideline that provides recommendations for how and when a fully vaccinated individual can visit other people who are fully vaccinated and with those who are not vaccinated. According to those guidelines, fully vaccinated people can visit other vaccinated people indoors without wearing …