Retiring Texas congresswoman and former House Appropriations Committee Chair Kay Granger has been experiencing “dementia issues” in recent months and is living in an independent living facility, her son Brandon Granger told the Dallas Morning News on Sunday.

Retiring U.S. Rep. Kay Granger, R-Fort Worth, has missed votes in Congress since the summer and her son said she has been “having some dementia issues late in the year.” The last time the 81-year-old congresswoman cast a vote on the House floor was the morning of July 24.

The retiring representative, whose last House vote was in July, is suffering from dementia and her son says she moved to a senior living facility.

It's been nearly four months since one Texas congresswoman has cast a vote. U.S. Rep. Kay Granger, R-Fort Worth, has missed votes in Congress and has been "having some dementia issues late in the year,

Two weeks before the 119th U.S. Congress began, a story began to circulate online that U.S. Rep. Kay Granger, a Republican from Texas who had missed votes since July 2024, had been "found" in a dementia care facility.