Congressman Says He Suffered Partial Seizure on House Floor

A congressman said on Feb. 11 that he froze on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives because he suffered a seizure. “After a round of tests, it was determined that the cause of the brief pause in my speech was a complex partial seizure,” Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.), 79, said in a statement. Larson was speaking on the House floor in Washington on Monday when he abruptly stopped speaking. He had just finished saying, “No one on the Republican side in the House and the Senate, who control both the House and Senate, is going to speak up.” He then uttered a few unintelligible words before pausing for about 15 seconds. Larson then finished his speech....