肯塔基州参议员米奇·麦康奈尔周一重返参议院，这是他自六月因摔倒入院后的首次露面。
“今天，我将进行自六月摔伤后的首次参议院投票，”麦康奈尔在一份声明中说道。“我真的很期待回到参议院，见到我的同事们。”
今天下午，坐在轮椅上的麦康奈尔在参议院会议厅外向记者发表了简短讲话，随后进入会议厅，进行了自6月11日以来的首次投票。
“在回避了你们两年的问题——实际上是二十年的问题——之后，我不确定今天你们中有多少人会在这里，”麦康奈尔开场时开玩笑说。“所以我很高兴见到你们。现在是时候回去工作了，为这届国会完成这项任务。”
麦康奈尔表示，他将重点关注农业法案——该法案此前因麦康奈尔缺席而未能从委员会阶段推进。
“如你所知，我一直对北约很感兴趣，并支持我们那些全力以赴与俄罗斯作战的好友，”他说。
麦康奈尔在周一的声明中表示，他尚未完全康复，但会尽力出席关键投票。
“我的康复过程漫长且时常令人沮丧，而小儿麻痹症的持续影响更是雪上加霜。我尚未完全恢复到100%的状态，但我已向图恩领袖保证，在遵循医生建议继续接受物理治疗的同时，当会议需要我时，我会尽最大努力出席关键的投票环节，”麦康奈尔说道。
麦康奈尔于6月14日入院治疗，其办公室最初在声明中并未透露具体原因。随后，这位参议员发表声明称，他因摔倒而入院。
经过数周的住院康复治疗，麦康奈尔在8月6日的一份声明中宣布，他将在家里继续康复。
周一之前，这位参议员自6月14日摔倒后便未再公开露面。麦康奈尔自受伤以来，已缺席了华盛顿参议院六周的议事活动。
这位参议员在康复期间发表的声明中表示，他一直在跟进自己在参议院的工作。
麦康奈尔在8月6日的一份声明中表示：“根据医生的建议，在州政府工作期间，我将在家中坚持密集的物理治疗方案，同时，我还会继续与我的团队和同事就参议院的重要事务进行沟通。”。
Sen． Mitch McConnell returns to Senate floor after hospitalization
Kentucky Sen． Mitch McConnell returned to the Senate on Monday for the first time since being hospitalized in Junefollowing a fall．
＂Today， I＇ll cast my first Senate vote since I took a bad fall back in June，＂ McConnell said in a statement． ＂I＇m really looking forward to being back on the Senate floor and seeing my colleagues．＂
McConnell， who was in a wheelchair， briefly addressed journalists outside the Senate chamber this afternoon before heading to the floor to cast his first vote since June 11．
＂After two years -- two decades -- of dodging your questions， I wasn＇t sure how many of you would be here today，＂ McConnell joked at the outset． ＂So I am glad to see you． It is time to get back to work and finish the job for this Congress．＂
McConnell said he would be focused on the farm bill -- which previously failed to advance out of committee due to McConnell＇s absence．
＂As you know， I have an ongoing interest in NATO and backing up our good friends who are totally in the fight against the Russians，＂ he said．
McConnell said in his Monday statement that he was not yet fully recovered but that he would try to be present for critical votes．
＂My recovery has been a long and often frustrating process， and the lingering effects of childhood polio haven’t made it any easier． I’m still not quite back to 100%， but I’ve assured Leader Thune that， as I continue with physical therapy on the advice of my doctors， I will do my best to be present for tough votes when our Conference needs me，＂ McConnell said．
McConnell was hospitalized on June 14 for reasons that were initially undisclosed in statements from his office． Subsequent statements from the senator revealed that he had suffered a fallthat left him hospitalized．
After weeks of inpatient rehabilitation treatment， McConnell announced in an Aug． 6 statement that he＇d be continuing his recovery at home．
Before Monday， the senator had not been seen publicly since the June 14 fall． McConnell has missed six weeks of Senate business in Washington since his injury．
In statements issued during his recovery， the senator has said he＇s keeping up with his work in the Senate．
＂On the advice of my doctors， I＇ll maintain an intensive regimen of physical therapy from home during the state work period， and I’ll continue to engage with my staff and colleagues on important Senate business，＂ McConnell said in an Aug． 6 statement．
