Pelosi last week asked the chairman and vice chairwoman of the Joint Committee on the Library, which oversees the placement of statues, to remove the 11 statues displayed around the Capitol complex as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection.
Each of the 50 states contributes two statues to the collection, which they can replace if their legislatures and governors approve a change. All of the 
11 Confederate statues that have been on display on the Capitol for decades were contributed by Southern states.
Two states, Florida and Arkansas, are currently in the process of replacing their Confederate statues with statues of civil rights activists, while Virginia's governor expressed interest earlier this year in replacing the state's Robert E. Lee statue displayed in the Capitol.
While lawmakers cannot unilaterally remove any of the statues in the collection, they do have the authority to move them to different locations. During her previous stint as Speaker, Pelosi moved the statue of Lee, the Confederate army commander, from a prominent place in Statuary Hall near the House chamber to a room below known as the Crypt.
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus 
introduced legislation last week that would remove all of the Confederate statues in the Capitol within 120 days.