WASHINGTON — Sen. John Fetterman made his highly anticipated return to the Senate on Monday, following a six-week hospital stay for depression, which put mental health challenges under a spotlight that had already been trained on him and his health for months.
Fetterman, D-Pa., climbed out of a black SUV and waved to a crowd of gathered reporters and then put his hands to his heart. Dressed down in his signature navy shorts, sneakers and a Carhartt hoodie, he smiled and said, “It’s great to be back.”
Pennsylvania’s freshman senator returns to the Senate after the governing body had a two-week recess. He’s expected to join a roll call vote to advance a nominee for deputy under secretary of defense, Radha Iyengar Plumb, to a confirmation vote. He’ll co-chair a panel hearing on Wednesday about SNAP benefits and later join all senators for a classified briefing about the leaked U.S. documents about the war in Ukraine.
