House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., said Tuesday he has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a common form of blood cancer.
“I am incredibly grateful we were able to detect this early and that this cancer is treatable,” Scalise said in a statement, adding he would continue working throughout the monthslong treatment.
The congressman from Louisiana, the No. 2-ranking Republican in the House, was injured in a shooting in 2017, when a gunman attacked lawmakers practicing for an annual charity baseball game. Scalise underwent several surgeries to repair internal organs and broken bones following the assault.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said in December he had been diagnosed with a form of lymphoma. Raskin announced in April that he was in remission.
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