Posted on 07/01/2009 6:18:43 PM PDT by Nachum
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Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Beverly Hills), who was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday after fainting in his Los Angeles office, is being discharged from the hospital today and is expected to be back at work next week, a spokeswoman for the 69-year-old congressman said. She would not say what is ailing Waxman.
The 18-term congressman was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday and was kept there for evaluations and what was called “routine testing.”
Phil Schiliro, Waxman’s former chief of staff (and the current White House liaison to Congress), said on Thursday that Waxman is “feeling fine and is in good spirits.” Schiliro said he did not know what was wrong with Waxman but noted that “he takes great care of himself.”
Waxman wields a great deal of power in Washington these days because he is chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees the energy and healthcare legislation crucial to President Obama’s agenda. Waxman co-wrote an ambitious energy and climate-change bill that passed the House, 219 to 212, on June 26. And he is expected to help craft the chamber’s healthcare legislation.
We will keep you informed of updates on Waxman’s health, when we hear them. In the meantime, check out the L.A. Times review of the congressman’s recent book, “The Waxman Report: How Congress Really Works.” The very complimentary review is written by the always erudite Times critic Tim Rutten (who rarely lavishes praise so freely).
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