Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, oldest member of Senate, hospitalized with infection

By MARY CLARE JALONICK
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley has been hospitalized in the Washington area with an infection and is receiving antibiotic infusions. At 90 years old, he is the oldest member of the U.S. Senate. Grassley will return to work “as soon as possible following doctors’ orders,” his office said in a statement Tuesday. His office did not give any additional details about his condition. The Iowa Republican had hip surgery last year and briefly used a scooter to get around. But the eight-term senator has appeared otherwise healthy in the halls of Congress even as he became the Senate’s only nonagenarian in September.