Congress is lifting its mask requirement on the House floor, making face coverings optional for President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on Tuesday. Federal regulators eased guidelines last week in a rethinking of the nation's strategy to adapt to living with COVID-19. Congress' Office of the Attending Physician announced the policy change Sunday, lifting a requirement that has been in place for much of the past two years on Capitol Hill. The Capitol move also comes just one day before Washington's mask mandate expires on Monday, and as a host of states and local governments have begun implementing the new CDC guidelines and lifting mask-mandates indoors and in schools. The nation's capital is now in an area considered low risk under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's new metrics, which place less of a focus on positive test results and more on what's happening in community hospitals. The new system greatly changes the look of th
Face coverings are now optional for President Joe Biden's State of the Union address Tuesday, as Congress is lifting its mask requirement on the House floor after federal.
Congress is lifting its mask requirement on the House floor, making face coverings optional for President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on Tuesday. Federal regulators eased guidelines last week in a rethinking of the nation's strategy to adapt to living with COVID-19. Congress' Office of the Attending Physician announced the policy change Sunday, lifting a requirement that has been in place for much of the past two years on Capitol Hill. The Capitol move also comes just one day before Washington's mask mandate expires on Monday, and as a host of states and local governments have begun implementing the new CDC guidelines and lifting mask-mandates indoors and in schools. The nation's capital is now in an area considered low risk under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's new metrics, which place less of a focus on positive test results and more on what's happening in community hospitals. The new system greatly changes the look of th