'I am so happy to be home': Fetterman released more than a month after checking into Walter Reed for depression treatment

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania has been discharged from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after checking into the facility more than a month ago to seek treatment for clinical depression.

"I am so happy to be home. I'm excited to be the father and husband I want to be, and the senator Pennsylvania deserves. Pennsylvanians have always had my back, and I will always have theirs," Fetterman said in a statement.

"I am extremely grateful to the incredible team at Walter Reed. The care they provided changed my life. I will have more to say about this soon, but for now I want everyone to know that depression is treatable, and treatment works. This isn't about politics — right now there are people who are suffering with depression in red counties and blue counties. If you need help, please get help," the lawmaker said.

A photo posted on social media shows the senator giving a thumbs up to the camera.

Fetterman's communications director, Joe Calvello, said in a tweet that the senator will return to Washington, D.C., next month: "Sen. Fetterman was discharged from Walter Reed, and is now back in Braddock," Calvello noted. "With the Senate in recess for the next 2 weeks, John will spend time with his family and constituents in PA, and return to D.C. when the Senate session resumes on 4/17."

The lawmaker, who took office in January, suffered a stroke last year just before winning the Democratic U.S. Senate primary in Pennsylvania.

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