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Mcconnell Says He Intends To Return To The Senate — But Not Yet

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Sunday that he will return to the Senate after a weeks-long hospitalization in a statement seeking to put to bed rampant speculation about his health.

McConnell, in a lengthy note to constituents, said he was placed in the hospital after falling last month and also has dealt with a “mild case of pneumonia.”

“My doctors have confirmed that I didn’t break any bones or suffer a concussion,” he said. “I didn’t have a heart attack or a stroke. I don’t have any tumors or hemorrhages. But I was briefly unconscious and was taken to the hospital.”

McConnell’s statement is the first he has made since he was hospitalized in mid-June. And while he said he will return to the Senate, he said that he can’t go back just yet and didn’t specify in the statement when he will return.

“I still have unfinished business to complete on your behalf, and I have every intention of finishing the job you elected me to do,” McConnell said. “I’ll keep working hard to get back on the Senate floor as soon as possible.”

For now, McConnell said he is in touch with staff and with Republican colleagues “on the appropriations process, midterm politics, and everything in between.”

The Senate is coming back into session Monday after a two-week break and then will leave town again in early August until September.

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Mcconnell Says He Intends To Return To The Senate — But Not Yet

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