U.S. House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., leaves a meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II at the Capitol on Dec. 4, 2024, in Washington, D.C.  (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON — Former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was injured while on an official trip to Luxembourg to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge and admitted to a hospital, her office said Friday.

“Speaker Emerita Pelosi is currently receiving excellent treatment from doctors and medical professionals,” spokesperson Ian Krager wrote in a statement.

“She continues to work and regrets that she is unable to attend the remainder of the CODEL engagements to honor the courage of our servicemembers during one of the greatest acts of American heroism in our nation’s history,” Krager wrote, using the abbreviation for congressional delegation, the term for an official trip.

“Speaker Emerita Pelosi conveys her thanks and praise to our veterans and gratitude to people of Luxembourg and Bastogne for their service in World War II and their role in bringing peace to Europe.”

Krager wrote in the statement that after sustaining “an injury” Pelosi “was admitted to the hospital for evaluation.” He didn’t provide any additional details. The Associated Press reported that Pelosi “tripped and fell while at an event with the other members of Congress.”

Pelosi, 84, was sworn in as a member of Congress in June 1987 and rose through the ranks to become the first woman in the country’s history to hold the speaker’s gavel.

House Democrats elected Pelosi speaker in 2007 and she remained the top member of the party in the House until January 2023, when New York Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries became minority leader following his election by Democrats.

After she retired from leadership at the beginning of this Congress, she took on the title of speaker emerita.

Pelosi represents California’s 11th Congressional District, which covers parts of San Francisco.

Voters in the district reelected Pelosi to another two-year term in Congress during November’s elections. She secured 81% of the vote in the heavily Democratic district over a Republican challenger.

Pelosi’s undisclosed injury came just days after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., fell in the U.S. Capitol, sustaining an injury to his wrist and a small cut on his face.

Lawmakers on trip

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., led the bipartisan trip that included House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul, R-Texas; House Republican Policy Committee Chair Gary Palmer, of Alabama; House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chair Mike Bost, R-Ill; and House Veterans’ Affairs Committee ranking member Mark Takano, D-Calif.

Reps. Salud Carbajal, D-Calif; Andrew Clyde, R-Ga.; Neal Dunn, R-Fla.; Scott Franklin, R-Fla; Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wis.; John Joyce, R-Pa; Thomas Kean Jr., R-N.J.; Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa; Nathaniel Moran, R-Texas; Keith Self, R-Texas; Lloyd Smucker, R-Pa.; Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis.; and Joe Wilson, R-S.C., also attended.

The U.S. Embassy in Luxembourg posted a photo showing the group on social media on Friday.

The photo shows Wyoming GOP Sen. John Barrasso, Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins, New Hampshire Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan and Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran were on the trip as well.