Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) had a “mild” stroke over the weekend and was rushed to the hospital, his office announced Tuesday.
The 85-year-old former House majority leader “experienced a mild ischemic stroke and sought medical treatment” on Sunday night, his deputy chief of staff Margaret Mulkerrin said in a statement.
“Mr. Hoyer has responded well to treatment and has no lingering symptoms,” she said. “He expects to resume his normal schedule next week.”
The Democrat’s office didn’t state what hospital he was treated at or if and when he was released, but thanked his caretakers.
“Mr. Hoyer’s wife and family extend their deepest thanks to his medical team,” his spokesperson said.
Hoyer announced that he was stepping down from his leadership position among House Democrats in November 2022 after several decades as a top Dem.
He continued to serve Congress since then and is an active member of the Appropriations Committee.
Hoyer’s health also made headlines in 2018 when he was hospitalized for a short time with pneumonia while he was House majority leader.
The Maryland Democrat contracted COVID-19 in February 2022 — becoming the 32nd lawmaker to test positive for the virus at the start of the year.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) suffered a stroke that “technically” killed him just two days before his Democratic primary victory.
“I didn’t have a near-death experience, because technically I had died,” Fetterman, 54, said of his life-altering stroke.
The medical episode sidelined him from the campaign trail for nearly three months and caused him to develop auditory processing challenges, which requires him to use closed-captioning monitors to follow along with people’s speeches.
