The Senate’s top Republican says he has no plans to retire and will finish his term. Eighty-one-year-old Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made the remarks Wednesday amid widespread speculation over his health following a series of falls, a concussion and two recent incidents where he froze up while answering reporters’ questions.

Reporter: “What do you say to those who are calling on you to step down? Do you have any plans to retire anytime soon?”

Minority Leader Mitch McConnell: “I have no announcements to make on that subject.”

Reporter: “But what do you say to those who” —

Minority Leader Mitch McConnell: “I’m going to finish my term as leader, and I’m going to finish my Senate term.”

This week McConnell released a letter from Congress’s attending physician, who said tests had ruled out a stroke or seizure.