Nancy Pelosi returned to Congress with a walker on Monday after a hip replacement surgery. The congresswoman, 84, fell down a marble staircase during a trip to Luxembourg in December and underwent emergency hip replacement surgery.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — And on the first day of the 119th Congress, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., wore flats. The former speaker arrived in the House chamber Friday morning for the first time since fracturing her hip in a fall on a marble staircase at a palace in Luxembourg and undergoing emergency hip replacement surgery.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she is en route to Washington after recently undergoing a hip replacement surgery in Germany following a fall in Luxembourg last month. “I am on my way to Washington to proudly represent the people of San Francisco in Congress.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has jetted back to Washington, DC, just over three weeks after getting hip replacement surgery as Democrats hope for maximum attendance in the speakership contest on Friday.