New Mexico Senator Ben Ray Lujan on Thursday returned to work for the first time since suffering a stroke in late January, drawing applause and embraces from his colleagues on the Senate Commerce Committee.
On 1 February, Mr Lujan’s chief of staff Carlos Sanchez said the first-term senator checked himself into Christus St Vincent Regional Hospital in Santa Fe, New Mexico after “experiencing dizziness and fatigue”. He was later diagnosed as having suffered a stroke in his cerebellum, the part of the brain which controls balance.
