A couple of new senators and a lot of possible future Trump administration officials dominated the Capitol this week. CQ Roll Call photojournalists were there to capture the action.
Kash Patel, left, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be director of the FBI, meets with Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in the Hart Senate Office Building on Monday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Howard Lutnick, Trump’s pick to be Commerce secretary, arrives for a meeting in the Russell Senate Office Building on Monday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, Trump’s expected nominee to be director of national intelligence, arrives to meet with senators in the Hart Building on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Russell Vought, Trump’s pick to be director of the Office of Management and Budget, is seen after meeting with Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, in the Russell Building on Monday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Newly elected Sen. Adam B. Schiff, D-Calif., raises his right hand for his ceremonial swearing-in, administered by Vice President Kamala Harris, as his wife, Eve, holds the Bible in the Old Senate Chamber on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Pete Hegseth, center, Trump’s pick to be secretary of Defense, meets with Cornyn in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Scott Bessent, Trump’s expected nominee for secretary of Treasury, makes his way to a meeting in the Hart Building on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Former Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., right, Trump’s pick to be secretary of Transportation, leaves his meeting with incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Republican Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota, Trump’s expected nominee for secretary of Homeland Security, walks with Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., left, and Hogan Gidley, aide to Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., in the Hart Building on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
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