The circumstances surrounding the health of Commerce Secretary John Bryson...
The circumstances surrounding the health of Commerce Secretary John Bryson are “very unusual,” Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., told reporters Tuesday. “I know him pretty well,” Rockefeller said. “I'm very sad and I hope this is something he…
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can get treatment for.” Bryson announced Monday that he was taking a medical leave of absence following reports that he suffered a seizure related to three car accidents on Sunday. “When you have that kind of a black out that doesn’t mean it all happens at once. Two minutes later he was collapsed on the ground. It’s a mystery and I want it to work out well for him.” Rockefeller said he wasn’t aware that Bryson had any health issues during his confirmation hearings and said he hadn’t heard any new developments about the secretary’s health situation.