John Fetterman to return to Senate, lead listening to on meals stamps
WASHINGTON–Sen. John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat who was hospitalized for six weeks with despair, is marking his return to the Senate subsequent week by chairing a listening to on meals stamps.
“The information is out! I am very excited to chair my first subcommittee listening to subsequent week,” he stated Wednesday night on Twitter.
The listening to, which focuses on the nation’s largest meals help packages, shall be held at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday within the Russell Senate Workplace Constructing and comes as Fetterman returns to the chamber after a two-month absence.
“We’ll be speaking about defending SNAP, preventing for PA’s farmers within the Farm Invoice, and rather more. Hope you will tune in,” he stated in a tweet.
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Fetterman returns after hospitalization for despair
When the Senate reconvenes Monday after a two-week recess, it should mark Fetterman’s first day again since Feb. 15. That is when he checked himself into Walter Reed Nationwide Navy Medical Heart, the place his medical despair and listening to loss was handled for six weeks.
He was launched from the hospital two weeks in the past and has spent the two-week spring recess at dwelling close to Pittsburgh.
Within the first interview that aired after his launch, Fetterman tearfully described the “downward spiral” of despair. Slightly than concentrate on politics, he stated his message was one which urged others to get assist in the event that they want it.
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Sweet Woodall is a Congress reporter for USA TODAY. She might be reached at cwoodall@usatoday.com or on Twitter at @candynotcandace.
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