Rep. Scalise returns to Capitol Hill 3 months after GOP baseball shooting

“I’m back,” Scalise, R-Louisiana, wrote Thursday morning in a tweet.

Scalise was welcomed to the Chamber of the House of Representatives with resounding applause from his colleagues.

“Our prayers have been answered,” House Speaker Paul Ryan said. “His bravery and his family’s strength have been such an inspiration.”

“You have no idea how great this feels to be back here, at work in the people’s house,” Scalise said.

The 51-year-old lawmaker was shot in the hip on June 14 as Republicans gathered at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Alexandria, Virginia, to practice for the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity. Three other people were shot, including a Capitol police officer, a Congressional aide and a lobbyist for Tyson Foods.

The shooter, identified by officials as 66-year-old James Hodgkinson, was shot and killed by responding police officers.