House Reimposes Masks Requirement on House Floor After New CDC Guidance

Attending Physician of the United States Congress Dr. Brian Monahan walks through the U.S. Capitol before a series of votes on a $3 trillion economic package to aid people affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic in Washington on May 15, 2020. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The U.S. House of Representatives is reimposing a mask mandate after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) again altered its COVID-19-related guidance telling fully vaccinated people to wear masks in some indoor areas.

In a memo issued late Tuesday, Brian Monahan, the Capitol’s attending physician, said that masks will once again be required on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.