According to those close to the California Democrat, the 88-year-old legislator is having trouble recognizing colleagues and following policy conversations.

Dianne Feinstein, the United States Senate’s oldest member, is having difficulty recognizing colleagues, following policy talks, and carrying out her duties, according to sources close to the California Democrat. “It’s horrible,” one Democratic senator said of Feinstein’s memory, according to the newspaper. “It’s only getting worse.”

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Feinstein’s memory is “rapidly fading,” according to politicians and former workers mentioned in the study. According to the Chronicle, the 88-year-old lawmaker has had trouble recognizing longtime colleagues, recalling conversations, and understanding complicated policy, and “can no longer fulfil her job duties without her staff doing much of the work required to represent the nearly 40 million people of California.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, for example, is a Democrat.

Feinstein said in a statement to the Chronicle that the loss of her husband, financier Richard Blum, had been “very difficult and distracting” over the last year, but she denied claims that she was unable to execute her duties as senator. “There’s no doubt I’m still serving and delivering for the people of California,” she added, “and I’ll put my record up against anyone’s.”

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