Lujan, 49, had initially predicated a four-to-six-week recovery following the cerebellar stroke he suffered on Jan. 27.
Luján, 49, walked in and out of a Senate Commerce Committee meeting without assistance, where he was greeted with a bipartisan standing ovation.
“To every one of you that sent me notes, sent videos and all the prayers, it worked,” he said on the committee dais. “And it’s good to be back, I’ll tell you.”Aside from a buzz cut, Luján looked and sounded much the same as before the stroke. In brief comments to reporters after the meeting, he thanked all those who treated him, attended to him in the hospital and sent him good wishes during his recovery.
Among those who greeted Luján after he arrived Thursday was Sen. Kyrsten Sinema , a close friend of Luján’s dating back to their years together in the House. “It’s like a miracle, almost, right?” she said. “No one would have expected Ben Ray to survive and thrive and be back here so quickly. Couldn’t be prouder.”
Luján’s return comes as a personal relief to his colleagues but also as a political relief to Democrats, who were faced with the prospect of a long-term absence when news broke of his
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