WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNCN) — North Carolina’s longest-serving congressional representative suffered a fall at the U.S. Capitol Friday.
According to her office, Rep. Virginia Foxx slipped while walking down the marble staircase outside the U.S House chamber. She had walked up the staircase to speak with her family in the gallery.
After being helped to her feet and looked over by medical personnel, Foxx proceeded on her own to the attending physician’s office to receive treatment for a few individual cuts, according to her office.
The congresswoman’s office said Foxx seemed to be fine after the fall.
Foxx commented on the incident in an X post.
“Thank you to everyone for your prayers—just a few small cuts and I’m doing just fine,” she wrote. “I’m a mountain woman and we’re tougher than a $2 steak.”
Foxx, 81, has served North Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2005. She represents the 5th congressional district, which covers the northwestern regions of the state, including parts of Forsyth County.