Republican Leader Mitch McConnell returned to the Senate floor on Monday, nearly six weeks after suffering a concussion and a fractured rib from a fall at a Washington hotel.
The Kentucky senator, who's 81, has been recovering at home upon release from a rehabilitation facility March 25, following a five-day in the hospital after falling at the Waldorf Astoria while attending a private dinner on March 8.
"It's good to be back," McConnell said, before joking, "Suffice to say, this wasn't the first time being hard-headed has served me very well."
"We're truly lucky and blessed to get to serve in this remarkable institution, represent our home states and serve our country. And needless to say, I'm very happy to be back. There's important business for Congress to tackle," he said.
Showing no outward signs of injury as a result of the accident, McConnell pivoted back to legislative business, chastising President Joe Biden for not yet returning to the debt ceiling bargaining table with Speaker Kevin McCarthy.