Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) was taken to a local Washington-area hospital on Wednesday after becoming lightheaded at the Senate gym during the morning.

Schumer was treated for dehydration, according to a spokesperson for the Democratic leader, and returned to the Capitol for work.

“Leader Schumer was at the Senate gym this morning and got lightheaded,” the spokesperson said in a statement. “Out of an abundance of caution, he went to the hospital to be treated for dehydration and is now back at work in the Capitol.”

“He wants to remind everyone to drink some water and stay out of........

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