Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina slipped on the marble staircase outside the House chamber but is reportedly okay after receiving treatment for cuts.
North Carolina Representative Virginia Foxx fell while walking down the marble staircase outside the House chamber, her communications team tells Newsweek. The Republican representative was walking over to speak to her family in the gallery of the House chamber when the incident occurred. Foxx, 81, is the most recent elderly lawmaker to have hurt herself while on the job. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 84, was admitted to a hospital after sustaining a hip injury in Luxembourg.
She required surgery and was seen without her signature stilettos when the House of Representatives reconvened Friday.Just a few days before Pelosi's accident, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, 82, fell and sprained his wrist after a Senate Republican lunch on Capitol Hill. Foxx's communications director, Alex Ives, told Newsweek that medical professionals looked after Foxx. Ives said, 'Rep. Foxx slipped while walking down the marble staircase outside the House chamber after walking up to talk to her family in the gallery. After being helped to her feet, and looked over by medical personnel, she proceeded on her own to the Attending Physician's office to get treated for a few individual cuts,' Ives said. 'Everything seems to be okay.' Foxx, along with the other members of the House of Representatives, were on the Hill on Friday for the first day of the 119th Congress. The House reelected Speaker Mike Johnson for a second term. Foxx was one of the members chosen to tally the votes.
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