Tom Kean Jr. Finally Reveals Why He Has Been Absent From Congress for Months

By

Nia Prater,

Intelligencer staff writer, who covers New York politics

New Jersey Republican representative Tom Kean Jr. made his long-awaited return to Capitol Hill on Tuesday after he disappeared from public life over the course of several months. Kean took to the House floor shortly after 11 a.m. and revealed that he had been hospitalized after being diagnosed with depression.