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[1/5]2026年9月14日，美国华盛顿，肯塔基州联邦参议员米奇·麦康奈尔（共和党）返回国会山后在参议院会议厅外对记者发表讲话。路透社/埃文·武奇
华盛顿9月14日路透电 —— 共和党联邦参议员米奇·麦康奈尔于周一重返美国国会山，此前他因在家中摔倒休养了三个月，此次事件引发了外界对他是否适合继续担任国会议员的质疑。
“我必须承认，过去两年——其实是几十年——一直在回避你们的提问，我不确定今天还会有多少人在这里。但我很高兴见到你们。是时候回去工作，完成本届国会的任务了，”这位84岁的肯塔基州共和党人在参议院会议厅外的轮椅上对记者说道。
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麦康奈尔看起来面容虚弱，讲话时有时会停顿，他表示自己决心推动通过新的农业法案、助力美国与北约的关系，并对抗俄罗斯在乌克兰的侵略行径。一名记者询问他是否打算完成自己的参议院任期（任期将于明年1月结束），他未予回应。随后他进入会议厅为一名共和党司法提名人选投票。
作为共和党长期领袖，麦康奈尔于2025年宣布计划在2026年中期选举后从参议院退休。自6月中旬以来，他一直未在公众视野中出现，当时他被从家中送往华盛顿地区的一家医院，数周内医院方面未披露其入院原因。
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麦康奈尔事后表示，他当时摔倒后短暂失去意识。住院期间他患上肺炎，并接受了抗生素治疗，这是麦康奈尔办公室援引主治医生的说法发布的单独声明内容。他于8月初从康复中心出院。
这一事件是一系列健康问题中的最新一起，这些问题引发了外界对麦康奈尔是否有能力履职参议院职务的担忧。参议院素来以议员高龄著称，皮尤研究中心的数据显示，当前参议院议员的平均年龄略低于65岁，众议院则略低于58岁。
周一早些时候，麦康奈尔发表声明称自己“还没有完全恢复到最佳状态”，但补充说他已向参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩保证，会“尽最大努力出席关键投票”。
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A frail-looking McConnell returns to the US Senate after three-month absence
2026-09-14 23:22:06 UTC / Reuters
By Reuters
September 14, 2026 11:22 PM UTC Updated 19 mins ago
[1/5]U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to reporters outside the Senate Chamber after he returned to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 14, 2026. REUTERS/Evan Vucci
WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Republican Senator Mitch McConnell returned to the U.S. Capitol on Monday after a three-month absence spent recuperating from a fall in his Washington home that had raised questions about his fitness to serve in Congress.
“I must admit. After two years of – decades, actually – dodging your questions, I wasn’t sure how many of you would be here today. But I’m glad to see you. Time to get back to work, finish the job for this Congress,” the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican told reporters from a wheelchair outside the Senate chamber.
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Looking frail and speaking in a voice that sometimes faltered, McConnell said he was determined to work to pass new farm legislation, aid U.S. relations with NATO and counter Russian aggression in Ukraine. He ignored a reporter who asked if he intended to serve out the remainder of his Senate term, which ends in January. He then entered the chamber to vote for a Republican judicial nominee.
A longtime Republican Party leader who in 2025 announced his plan to retire from the Senate after the 2026 midterms, McConnell had been out of public view since mid-June, when he was taken from his home to a hospital in the Washington area for reasons that went undisclosed for weeks.
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McConnell later said he suffered a fall that left him briefly unconscious. While hospitalized, he developed pneumonia and was treated with antibiotics, according to a separate statement that McConnell’s office attributed to the attending physician. He was released from a rehabilitation center in early August.
The episode marked the latest in a series of health problems that have raised concerns about McConnell’s capacity to serve in the Senate, an institution long known for the advanced age of its members. The median age is just under 65 for the current Senate and just under 58 for the House of Representatives, according to Pew Research Center.
Earlier on Monday, McConnell issued a statement acknowledging that he was “not quite back to 100%” but adding that he had assured Senate Majority Leader John Thune that he would “do my best to be present for tough votes.”
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Reporting by David Morgan and Christian Martinez; Editing by Caitlin Webber and Lincoln Feast.
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