US Senator Patrick Leahy (3rd L) and his wife Marcelle Pomerleau (C) pay their respects as former US President Jimmy Carter lies in state in the US Capitol Rotunda on January 8, 2025, in Washington, DC. Carter, the 39th President of the United States, died at the age of 100 on December 29, 2024 at his home in Plains, Georgia. (Photo by Samuel Corum / AFP) (Photo by SAMUEL CORUM/AFP via Getty Images)