Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., was released from the hospital on Friday after suffering a stroke earlier this month.

Murphy, 53, was hospitalized last week due to the incident. His staff described him as "awake and alert" by Monday.

“The doctors are very encouraged by the progress I’ve made so far. In order to take my recovery seriously and get back to work on the quickest timeline possible, I will be spending several weeks at a rehabilitation center after being discharged from the hospital today," he said, according to Politico.

Murphy is expected to miss several votes in the upper chamber as a result.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.