Rep. Stinny Hoyer of Maryland, a longtime Democratic leader, suffered a “mild” stroke over the weekend but is now recovering.
A statement from Deputy Chief of Staff Margaret Mulkerin said Hoyer, 85, “suffered a mild ischemic stroke and was receiving medical treatment” on Sunday night.
Hoyer has served in the U.S. House of Representatives for more than 40 years.
As New York Post Marcheline’s statement did not say which hospital Hoyer was taken to or how long he remained there, but added that Hoyer is “responding well to treatment,” has “no lingering symptoms,” and is “expected to return to his normal schedule next week.”
Mulkerin’s statement also expressed gratitude to Hoyer and his family to his entire “medical team.”
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute reports that the vast majority of strokes (a whopping 87 percent) are ischemic, meaning they involve a blockage that prevents the brain from receiving normal blood flow. WBAL Television Reported.
Hoyer has served in the U.S. House of Representatives for more than four decades, and after serving several years as a Maryland state senator, he was elected in a special election to represent the state’s 5th congressional district in 1981.
Since then, Hoyer has risen through the ranks within his party, ultimately becoming House Majority Leader, a position he will hold from January 2019 until January 2023.
Hoyer, a staunch Democrat, has two impeachment Former President Donald Trump First Impeachment The investigation is “a duty to the nation, the American people, and the United States Constitution.”
To this day, Hoyer remains in Congress as an active member of the House Appropriations Committee.
Both houses are currently August Holidays,parable Federal Law The August recess is mandatory only in odd-numbered years.
The stroke is not Hoyer’s first medical issue: He was hospitalized with pneumonia in 2018 while he was House Majority Leader, and he was also infected with COVID-19 in 2022, according to the Post.
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