The public will be able to enter the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 3 for the first time since March 2020, when outgoing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi closed the historic structure and its associated office complexes in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
“In six days, the new Republican majority will fully reopen and restore the U.S. Capitol to the American people,” House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) posted on Twitter on Wednesday shortly after The Epoch Times inquired about the status of the reopening.
The reopening of the Capitol will coincide with the first day of the 118th Congress, which will include razor-thin majorities chosen by voters in the November midterm elections for both the upper and lower chambers….