--- title: Steve Scalise Condition Update: Congressman Making Progress description: The hospital where Steve Scalise is undergoing treatment is describing his condition as "fair" rather than critical canonical: https://time.com/4826805/steve-scalise-condition-update-2/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-21T17:02:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:54:14.130Z article:section: Politics og:title: Steve Scalise Making 'Good Progress' After Shooting, Hospital Says og:description: He is beginning an extended healing and rehabilitation process og:url: https://time.com/4826805/steve-scalise-condition-update-2/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt869bed8c0943f04f/6988d1a77cdbac49d1d58c5a/paul-ryan1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Paul Ryan, Kevin McCarthy og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Steve Scalise Making 'Good Progress' After Shooting, Hospital Says twitter:description: He is beginning an extended healing and rehabilitation process twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt869bed8c0943f04f/6988d1a77cdbac49d1d58c5a/paul-ryan1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Steve Scalise Making 'Good Progress' After Shooting, Hospital Says ## Video: Congressional Baseball Game Raises More Than $1 Million for Charity in Wake of Shooting [Watch (HLS stream): Congressional Baseball Game Raises More Than $1 Million for Charity in Wake of Shooting](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/8q1mmqRV.m3u8) (1:00)  _Published 2017-06-16. The Congressional Baseball Game raised more than $1 million for charity as ticket sales spiked the day after a gunman opened fire at a practice session for the Republican team._  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Jun 21, 2017 5:02 PM UTC  House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., right, and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif. walk to a security briefing for lawmakers on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 14, 2017, after a gunman opened fire wounding House Majority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise of La., and others during a Congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Va. House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., right, and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif. walk to a security briefing for lawmakers on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 14, 2017, after a gunman opened fire wounding House Majority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise of La., and others during a Congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Va.J. Scott Applewhite—AP  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Jun 21, 2017 5:02 PM UTC One week after [Steve Scalise](http://time.com/4820987/steve-scalise-baseball-shooting-surgery-critical-condition/) was shot during a congressional baseball practice, the congressman has continued to improve, with his condition upgraded from serious to fair. “Congressman Steve Scalise continues to make good progress. He is now listed in fair condition and is beginning an extended period of healing and rehabilitation,” Medstar Washington Hospital, where Scalise is being treated, [said in a statement Wednesday.](https://www.medstarwashington.org/news/2017/06/21/congressman-steve-scalise-update/#q=%7B%7D) On June 17, the last time the hospital provided an update, the hospital said his condition was “serious,” and that he had undergone another surgery but was continuing to improve. Before that, he had been in critical condition since he was brought to the hospital in shock after the shooting. Scalise was shot Wednesday June 14, after a gunman opened fire at a [GOP congressional baseball practice](http://time.com/4817777/alexandria-shooting-steve-scalise/) in Alexandria, Virginia. He was shot in the left hip, and the bullet injured his internal organs. “He’s in some trouble,” President Donald Trump said last Thursday, “but he’s a great fighter, and he’s going to be OK, we hope.” The FBI said Wednesday they believe shooter [James Hodgkinson](http://time.com/4819794/steve-scalise-virginia-shooting-zach-barth-roger-williams/), 66, of Illinois, who was killed in gunfire exchange with law enforcement, acted alone when he opened fire on the baseball practice. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4826805/steve-scalise-condition-update-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4826805/steve-scalise-condition-update-2/"},"headline":"Steve Scalise Making 'Good Progress' After Shooting, Hospital Says","datePublished":"2017-06-21T17:02:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:54:14.130Z","description":"He is beginning an extended healing and rehabilitation process","url":"https://time.com/4826805/steve-scalise-condition-update-2/","keywords":["Congress","steve scalise","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt869bed8c0943f04f/6988d1a77cdbac49d1d58c5a/paul-ryan1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alana Abramson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt869bed8c0943f04f/6988d1a77cdbac49d1d58c5a/paul-ryan1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Paul Ryan, Kevin McCarthy","caption":"Paul Ryan, Kevin McCarthy","creditText":"J. 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