: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise says he has been diagnosed with ‘treatable blood cancer’

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, the Louisiana Republican, said Tuesday that he has been “diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, a very treatable blood cancer.” Scalise, 57, said he has started treatment, which will continue for the next several months, and he expects to work while getting treated and intends to return to Washington, D.C.

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