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The U.S. Capitol will cease all public tours through at least the end of March amid mounting fears of a widespread coronavirus outbreak, according to multiple people familiar with the decision.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi informed members of the decision in a Wednesday afternoon meeting, which is intended to help prevent the spread of the virus across the sprawling Capitol campus, where many senior-aged lawmakers are already at higher risk. The restriction applies to all tours — public, staff-led and member-led.

Democratic presidential hopefuls are nixing time-honored campaign staples like pressing the flesh and holding crowded voter rallies as they scramble to address the fast-moving coronavirus and adjust to campaigning in the midst of an epidemic.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., and Vice President Joe Biden both canceled rallies in Cleveland, Ohio, Tuesday and indicated they might cancel future indoor rallies altogether even though the two candidates remain locked in a battle for the Democratic nomination.

(CNN) - As spring training gets underway, a group of bipartisan lawmakers is taking a swing at the league's proposal to reorganize the Minor League Baseball system.

A task force in the House of Representatives, led by two Democrats and two Republicans, has formed to challenge Major League Baseball over the future of its minor league system (MiLB).

Lawmakers across the country are focused on the coronavirus, and they are worried about their own safety as well as that of their constituents.

Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., put it bluntly.

"I could have coronavirus right now, Alison, and not show symptoms for 15 days, but give it to you," he told NBC10 Boston.

Moulton says politicians are at a particular risk of contracting and transmitting the illness.

"I've been bringing this up with colleagues, that we are sort of people who could spread this disease if we're not careful," he said.

With the House preparing to take up transportation funding legislation this week, Rep. William Straus explains the rationale behind many of the bill’s provisions.

LYNN — Seth Moulton, the 6th district representative from Massachusetts, may have chosen the eve of one of the most politically significant days of this year’s election cycle to visit the Item, but it didn’t stop him from going over accomplishments central to the city and its surroundings.

And one of his biggest, he said, involves the work he and his team have done at General Electric, including a $5 million ITEP (Improve Turbine Engine Program) contract, and an additional 200 million in the defense bill that will come the company’s way.

ROCKPORT – Congressman Seth Moulton sounded off on the coronavirus COVID-19, public transportation and education at a Cape Ann town hall event Friday morning.

BOSTON — Elected officials from the Merrimack Valley are angling for a piece of the record fine assessed Columbia Gas for its role in the 2018 gas disaster to be diverted back to the region.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney's Office said it reached a settlement in a criminal case against the embattled gas company that included a $53 million fine and a requirement that Columbia Gas be sold in exchange for a guilty plea. Prosecutors said Columbia Gas' parent company, NiSource, one of the largest utilities in the country, would also have to forfeit any profits from the sale.