North Carolina Representative Virginia Foxx fell while walking down the marble staircase outside the House chamber, her communications team tells Newsweek .
The Context
Foxx “seems to be okay,” her communications director, Alex Ives, told 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.
What To Know
Ives told Newsweek that medical professionals looked after Foxx…