Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, experienced a “very fast” decline since moving into a retirement ability, her brother said, after it was discovered over the weekend that the lawmaker had been absent from her tasks in the Capitol for nearly six months. Although she has since shown signs of memory over the past three weeks, Brandon Granger claimed to his mother that she made the decision to move into the pension community on her own. The 81-year-old congressman, who did not seek re-election and is retiring at the end of this parliamentary term, has mostly remained excluded from the Capitol in recent months, having next put seats on July 24. She did not appear in this year’s election for more than 54 % of votes. The Dallas Express initially reported Granger’s absence on Friday in a part that quoted a resident of her city who claimed Granger was staying in a storage treatment facility in Texas. House PASSES FUNDING BILL WITH JUST HOURS UNTIL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNA supply in Granger’s office denied that the lawmaker was in the hospital’s memory care system on Sunday. Granger was reported to be residing in the retirement community where recollection care is provided, but not in the memory care facility itself. Brandon Granger criticized the claims that his mother was a “load of bulls-t” in the storage care system after she was discovered wandering. ” They have a memory care facility there, but she’s in]an ] independent living facility”, Brandon Granger told The Post. ” It’s a great villas. I assisted her in moving in. Brandon Granger added that his mum’s decline has been “very swift and quite hard”, though he did not say whether she had received care at the storage facility, the Post reported. GOP REP-ELECT OUTLINES HOW DOGE, TRUMP AGENDA May Find COUNTRY ‘ BACK ON TRACK’: ‘ Not MORE BUSINESS ASUSUAL’Granger released a statement Sunday saying that she has faced “health challenges” and is “deeply thankful for the outpouring of care and concern” over the weekend. ” As many of my family, friends, and colleagues have known, I have been navigating some unforeseen health challenges over the past year”, Granger said in the statement. ” However, since early September, my health challenges have progressed making frequent travel to Washington both difficult and unpredictable. Granger appeared to have not cast a vote since July, but she did so for the unveiling of her portrait as chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee and a reception that followed.” During this time, my incredible staff has continued to deliver exceptional constituent services,” they have for the past 27 years. House Speaker Johnson, R-La., and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., were both present at the event. Since 1997, Grenauer has served in the House. She was the first woman to lead Fort Worth, Texas, in the past. In January, Republican congressman-elect Craig Goldman will succeed Granger. Chad Pergram of Fox News contributed to this article.