June 25 (UPI) -- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., became lightheaded while exercising Wednesday morning and went to a hospital, where he was treated for dehydration and released.
Schumer, 74, was exercising on a stationary bike in the U.S. Senate gymnasium when he became lightheaded, the New York Post reported.
He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was diagnosed and treated for dehydration and released.
Schumer afterward attended an afternoon news conference concerning airline safety.
Like many parts of the Mid-Atlantic and northeastern United States, Washington, D.C., is experiencing a heat wave that has triggered heat advisories from the National Weather Service.
