Rep. Paul Gosar Closing DC Office Over Contact with CPAC Coronavirus Patient

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) in the Statuary Hall of the Capitol building on the way to attending the State of the Union in Washington on Jan. 30, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

A federal lawmaker is closing his Washington office and going into quarantine because he was with a person who has the new coronavirus for “an extended period of time.”

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) said he was remaining at his house in Arizona until the conclusion of the two-week period following his interaction with an attendee of the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) who later tested positive for the new virus, which causes a disease called COVID-19.