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U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks astatine a property league pursuing the U.S. Senate Democrats' play argumentation luncheon connected Capitol Hill successful Washington, D.C., U.S., June 10, 2025.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., was treated for dehydration astatine a Washington country infirmary Wednesday, his bureau said.
"Leader Schumer was astatine the Senate gym this greeting and got lightheaded," said a spokesperson for the 74-year-old Democratic Leader.
"Out of an abundance of caution, helium went to the infirmary to beryllium treated for dehydration and is present backmost astatine enactment successful the Capitol. He wants to punctual everyone to portion immoderate h2o and enactment retired of the heat," the spokesperson said successful a statement.
Schumer was absent Wednesday greeting from a property league that helium was scheduled to lead. Senate Democrats are mounting an absorption to the monolithic Republican reconciliation measure that President Donald Trump is pushing the GOP to walk done Congress.
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Schumer said successful an X station that helium spoke Wednesday greeting with Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayoral campaigner who is poised to go the Democratic nominee aft taking a commanding pb successful the archetypal circular of ranked-choice voting Tuesday night.
A spokeswoman for Schumer did not instantly respond to CNBC's requests for further accusation astir the senator's wellness incident.
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