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Scalise thanked the two U.S. Capitol police offices –- Crystal Griner and David Bailey –- who were assigned to his security detail that day and fired back at the shooter even though they had also been injured.

“David, you are my hero, you saved my life. Thank you so much,” Scalise said, as representatives gave Bailey, who was in the audience, a standing ovation.

“So many others of you, again, both Republican and Democrat, reached out in ways that I can't express the gratitude and how much it means to me, Jennifer and our whole family,\" Scalise said. \"It really does show the warm side of Congress that very few people get to see.\"

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PHOTO: House Majority Whip Steve Scalise is applauded on the floor of Congress after returning to work for the first time, Sept. 28, 2017, after being shot during a congressional baseball game practice.
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Scalise spoke of his faith that provided an “unbelievable sense of calm.”

“When I was laying out on that ball field, the first thing I did once I was down and I couldn't move anymore, is I just started to pray,\" Scalise said.

Scalise also thanked his wife, Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, a medical doctor and Iraq War veteran, who applied a tourniquet to Scalise’s wound, and his friend, Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., who was the first to rush to the hospital.

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PHOTO: House Majority Whip Steve Scalise addressed members of Congress and thanked Capitol police upon his return to work, Sept. 28, 2017, after being shot during a congressional baseball game practice.
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He also expressed gratitude to the surgical team at MedStar Washington Hospital Center who “put me back together again, which was quite a task, to the point where I'm actually able to relearn how to walk again.\"

Before addressing the House, Scalise tweeted \"I'm back\" this morning, along with a photo.

I’m back. pic.twitter.com/vuqYQorM6U

— Rep. Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) September 28, 2017

ABC News' John Parkinson contributed to this report.

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