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Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) introduced on Sunday that he has been hospitalized after struggling a “minor stroke” over the weekend whereas giving a speech.

The junior senator from Maryland mentioned in an announcement on Twitter that medical doctors at George Washington College Hospital in Washington, D.C., have knowledgeable him that “there are not any long-term results or harm on account of this incident.” Van Hollen says he’ll stay hospitalized for “a number of days” however plans to return to work within the senate later this week.

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“This weekend, I used to be admitted to George Washington College Hospital after experiencing lightheadedness and acute neck ache whereas I used to be delivering a speech in Western Maryland. On the advice of the Attending Doctor, I sought medical consideration upon my return house,” Van Hollen’s assertion started.

“Earlier right now, an angiogram indicated that I had skilled a minor stroke within the type of a small venous tear in the back of my head. Happily, I’ve been knowledgeable that there are not any long-term results or harm on account of this incident, however my medical doctors have suggested that out of an abundance of warning I stay below commentary for a number of days. I sit up for returning to work within the Senate later this week and thank the medical group for his or her wonderful care,” Van Hollen concluded.

Van Hollen, 63, was elected to the Senate in 2016. He’s up for reelection this yr and will likely be on the poll within the Democratic major slated for July 19. Van Hollen is part of the slim majority Democrats maintain within the Senate with 48 Democrats, two independents who caucus with the Democrats, and Kamala Harris’s tiebreaking vote.

The Maryland senator is the second high-profile politician to announce on Sunday that they’ve suffered a stroke.

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, who’s main within the state’s Democratic Senate major, revealed on Sunday that he suffered a stroke on Friday.

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Fetterman, 52, mentioned in an announcement that he had gone to the hospital for a check-up after he started feeling unwell, the place he realized he had a stroke “attributable to a clot from my coronary heart being in an A-fib rhythm for too lengthy.”

Fetterman mentioned that he’s hospitalized, however medical doctors count on him to make a full restoration.