North Carolina
NC House session briefly delayed by medical emergency
The opening day of the 2023 state legislative session was delayed briefly within the North Carolina Home of Representatives Wednesday when a member had a medical challenge.
Emergency responders had been known as for state Rep. William Brisson, R-Bladen. The nine-term lawmaker was helped out of the chamber. Shortly after, he returned to take the oath of workplace because the Home organized for the session.
Brisson’s workplace did not instantly reply to a request for extra particulars in regards to the occasion or his present situation.
After the oath, Brisson left once more in a wheelchair. Colleagues mentioned he was OK.
Speaker of the Home Tim Moore known as him “one robust fellow.”
“He was not going to depart this constructing with out taking the oath of workplace,” Moore mentioned.
The speaker mentioned Brisson was “speaking and joking” as he left.
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