Why is the US Capitol covered with scaffolds and fences?

Your messages this week have asked what is going on at the U.S. Capitol building with the large white plastic covering the scaffolding and fences. Well we’ve shown this a few times this month, but as many of you are new I decided to go out and take another look so you can see yourself. I also caught Joe Biden entering Holy Trinity church in Georgetown tonight, fresh off his trip to the Middle East (he got back about 1:00am). Show not Tell Architect of the Capitol US Capitol Flickr: Capitol Stone Project - Youtube Show not Tell. —————— PenguinSix is an apolitical guy in a political town who likes to walk a lot. He has hiked over 17,000 miles (27,000kms) in the past six years and is still walking today. He is an American expat who spent the last decade in Hong Kong with his family