U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-New York) was taken to the hospital as Washington D.C. shoulders an extreme heat wave.
That's according to multiple news reports on Wednesday, June 25.
The 74-year-old veteran lawmaker's spokesperson confirmed to CBS News that he was treated for dehydration.
"Leader Schumer was at the Senate gym this morning and got lightheaded," a Schumer spokesperson said. "Out of an abundance of caution, he went to the hospital to be treated for dehydration and is now back at work in the Capitol."
The spokesperson told the outlet that Schumer "wants to remind everyone to drink some water and stay out of the heat."
ABC News reported that Schumer was "briefly" hospitalized.
The incident with the congressional leader comes amid an intense heat wave that has struck the East Coast.
According to ABC News, temperatures have reached the 100-degree mark, and Washington D.C. is one of the affected areas.
The heat wave in Washington D.C. was so intense that the Washington Monument was closed, according to WUSA9.
The station advised that "being outside, especially doing activities in the sun, can be dangerous and lead to serious heat-related illnesses" due to the extreme heat wave.
Schumer was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1998, according to his official biography. He became New York's senior senator when Daniel Patrick Moynihan retired in 2000.
Before joining the Senate, Schumer served in the New York State Assembly and later as a U.S. Congressman. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, where his father owned a small exterminating business.