Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, experienced a "very rapid" decline since moving into a retirement facility, her son said, after it was discovered over the weekend that the congresswoman had been absent from her duties in the Capitol for nearly six months.
Brandon Granger told the New York Post that his mother made the decision to move into the retirement community on her own, though she has since shown signs of dementia over the past three months.
The 81-year-old congresswoman, who did...