John Larson Explains House Floor Freezing Episode | EUROtoday

Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) says he skilled a “complex partial seizure” on Monday when he froze up and struggled to get phrases out throughout a House ground speech.

“Yesterday, at around noon, I experienced a medical incident on the House floor, when my speech momentarily paused,” reads a press release from Larson posted to X on Tuesday. “Following the incident, I saw the House Attending Physician, Dr. Monahan, who referred me for further evaluation.”

The 76-year-old added that he had undergone a coronary heart valve substitute 15 years in the past “due to a variation in the shape of my aortic valve that I was born with.”

“Sometimes, people with this condition can later develop symptoms such as the momentary change in speech or movement that was apparent yesterday,” he continued.

He stated medical doctors had since prescribed remedy that’s presupposed to “greatly reduce the chance of this happening again.”

He intends to renew an “active schedule,” together with his duties as his congressman, from Wednesday, he added.

The incident came about Monday as Larson was highlighting considerations about Social Security, after the Trump administration gained entry to Treasury Department techniques containing Americans’ private knowledge.

Midway by a sentence, Larson stopped talking abruptly, after which slurred phrases as he tried to proceed. The episode appeared to final a few minute.

The lawmaker’s workplace stated afterwards he “had what was likely an adverse reaction to a new medication.”

Larson has served in Congress for greater than twenty years, representing a district in Hartford.