Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., aims to come back to work in the House of Representatives in September after he was injured in a shooting in June, according to another Republican congressman from his state, Rep. Garret Graves.
"I think it best to rely upon doctors for updates there," Graves said when answering a question Aug. 7 at Baton Rouge Press Club, according to The Times-Picayune. "I think what's most important is that Steve said he's coming back next month."
"He may be fighting off doctors on the way out of the hospital to come. Steve is a fighter. His attitude and spirits have remained very high," Graves said in the press club interview.
Scalise, the House majority whip, was shot at a ballpark in Alexandria, Virginia., where he and Republican colleagues were practicing for an annual baseball game. Three other people were wounded before police shot the attacker.
"He got hit with a high-caliber rifle," Graves added. "He lost a tremendous amount of blood . . . certainly, where he is now is just extraordinary."