Report: Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. at Arizona treatment facility

Congress is demanding an explanation from Illinois Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr., who has been missing from the legislative body for about a month.

According to MSNBC, Jackson may have been in Arizona the entire time.

A family friend said Jackson is struggling with both severe depression and an alcohol problem, though his wife said Jackson is being treated for a mood disorder, not alcoholism.

“The Congressman is receiving intensive medical treatment at a residential facility for a mood disorder,” his office said in the statement. “He is responding positively to treatment and expected to make a full recovery.”

Jackson’s father, civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, Sr., said his son is undergoing medical care and is recovering.

Jackson, Jr., is the focus of an ethics committee investigation after he allegedly used his officer to compel former Gov. Rod Blagojevich to the seat vacated by President Barack Obama.

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