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(CNN) — The Senate is set to return Monday after a five-week recess, and it is still unclear if GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell will end his three-month absence from the Capitol due to health issues.

McConnell was hospitalized in June, which his office later said was due to a fall. In August, the senator announced that he would continue his recovery at home after spending time at a rehabilitation center after his hospitalization.

As the Senate’s recess comes to a close, the retiring senator has not announced if he will join his colleagues at the Capitol next week.

In response to multiple questions from CNN on when McConnell will return to Capitol Hill, his office has not provided a definitive date.

House Oversight Chair James Comer of Kentucky sparked speculation that McConnell might soon be back when he said last week that McConnell’s staff had told him they are hoping the senator will return when the Senate comes back into session.

Although he said he has not spoken to McConnell directly, Comer said he communicates regularly with the senator’s staff as their offices often work together on matters for their state.

Asked if McConnell is expected to be back at that time, Comer said, “I expect that. I sure hope so.”

“I have not talked to Leader McConnell. I’ve talked to his staff, many of whom are from my district originally. And they have all said it’s their goal for Senator McConnell to be here when the Senate comes in,” Comer said.