House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) revealed that former President Donald Trump was one of the first people to console his family in the hospital after the GOP House leader was nearly killed in an assassination attempt in 2017.

After going through a list of Republican agenda items, Scalise took time to address last Saturday’s assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump that killed one bystander and wounded several others, including the president.

In 2017, Scalise was nearly killed by a far-left extremist during a practice for the congressional baseball game. Scalise was critically injured when 66-year-old James Hodgkinson opened fire with a semiautomatic rifle, hitting the then-Republican whip and a few congressional aides. It is likely that Scalise and several other high-profile Republicans could have been killed if a group of D.C. Metropolitan Police officers had not been there and heroically returned fire.

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“I need to say something about Saturday’s attempt on President Trump’s life. Many of you know I was the survivor of a politically motivated shooting in 2017. Not many know that while I was fighting for my life, Donald Trump was one of the first to come console my family at the hospital,” Scalise revealed in his address. “That’s the kind of leader he is.”

“Courageous under fire. Compassionate towards others,” he continued. “Lets put Donald Trump back in the White House this November so we can make America great again!”

Scalise was followed by another Louisiana Republican in House Speaker Mike Johnson, who vowed to conduct a thorough and independent House investigation of the assassination attempt.

“The House is conducting an immediate and thorough investigation of these tragic events. And that work has already begun. The American people deserve to know the truth and we will ensure accountability,” he said. “I promise you that.”

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