US Capitol Physician Ends Masks Requirement on House Floor

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) receives a COVID-19 vaccination shot by Dr. Brian Monahan, attending physician of the Congress of the United States, in her office on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Dec. 18, 2020. Ken Cedeno-Pool/Getty Images

The Capitol attending physician, Dr. Brian Monahan, announced Friday that masks will no longer be required on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.

The rule change comes as 85 percent of Capitol Complex employees have been fully vaccinated, significantly decreasing the threat of virus transmissibility.