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Retiring Texas congresswoman and former Home Appropriations Committee Chair Kay Granger has been experiencing “dementia issues” in current months and resides in an impartial dwelling facility, her son Brandon Granger advised the Dallas Morning Information on Sunday.
“It’s been a hard year,” he stated, based on the Texas publication. Brandon Granger additionally advised the outlet that his mom resides at Custom Senior Residing in Fort Price, Texas, however that she will not be in a reminiscence care facility as some media retailers have reported.
Rep. Granger’s son and and congressional workplace each stated the 81-year-old congresswoman will not be in reminiscence care.
“There’s nothing wrong with someone wanting to live in a community with other folks their age,” Brandon Granger stated, based on the Dallas Morning Information.
In a press release supplied by the congresswoman’s workplace, Granger stated her well being challenges have progressed since September and thanked her household and constituents for his or her help.
“I am deeply grateful for the outpouring of care and concern over the past several days. As many of my family, friends, and colleagues have known, I have been navigating some unforeseen health challenges over the past year. However, since early September, my health challenges have progressed making frequent travel to Washington both difficult and unpredictable. During this time, my staff has remained steadfast, continuing to deliver exceptional constituent services, as they have for the past 27 years,” Granger stated in a written assertion supplied to CNN by her workplace.
A supply aware of the congresswoman’s scenario advised CNN that she moved into an impartial dwelling facility to downsize and put together for the longer term. This particular person added that if the congresswoman had identified she could be unable to vote within the remaining six weeks of the 118th Congress, there would have been completely different preparations.
Granger final voted on the Home flooring on July 24, based on a CNN evaluate of her voting report. Granger final yr introduced she wouldn’t search reelection and this spring stepped down as chair of the influential Home Appropriations Committee. She didn’t vote within the current package deal to stop a authorities shutdown.
“As I announce my decision to not seek re-election, I am encouraged by the next generation of leaders in my district. It’s time for the next generation to step up and take the mantle and be a strong and fierce representative for the people,” Granger stated in a press release in November 2023.
Whereas she has not voted since July, Granger has been again in Washington no less than as soon as since then. In mid-November, she took half in an official portrait unveiling and was celebrated by her colleagues for her profession atop the highly effective Appropriations Committee.
Granger was the primary Republican woman to signify Texas within the Home and has represented the twelfth Congressional District, which incorporates Fort Price, since 1997. She is being succeeded by Republican Craig Goldman, a member of the Texas Home.
