Scalise to undergo surgery in post-shooting treatment
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FILE PHOTO: House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) speaks at the Values Voter Summit of the Family Research Council in Washington, U.S. October 13, 2017. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Steve Scalise said he would undergo surgery on Wednesday as part of continuing treatment of wounds sustained in a June shooting.
Scalise, the No. 3 Republican leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, said on Tuesday that the surgery had been planned for a month. "I look forward to returning to the Capitol as soon as I can within the coming weeks," he told reporters.
The Louisiana congressman was injured when a gunman opened fire on Republican lawmakers as they practiced in a Washington suburb for a charity baseball game.
Scalise was shot in the hip and had previous surgeries to repair internal organs and broken bones.
(Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Tom Brown)
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