Jackie Walorski a Republican, 58, elected to Congress in 2012, killed along with two members of her staff in head-on collision in Indiana.
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Walorski, a Republican who represented Indiana’s second congressional district in the US House of Representatives, was traveling in a vehicle when another car veered into their lane.
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Her famous lines - America is a grateful nation. We cannot allow anything or anyone to get in the way of that. The words "veteran" and "backlog" should never appear in the same sentence.
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Her famous line - It is disconcerting to sit with your parents and find you're turning over your future to your government, which can't manage their money.
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Before she entered the political arena, she covered news stories for a television station in South Bend.
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Walorski and her husband, Dean Swihart, were Christian missionaries in Romania where they founded a foundation for destitute children.
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Walorski was a lifelong resident of Indiana, according to her official biography. She served on the House ways and means committee and as the top Republican on the subcommittee.
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Walorski was seeking reelection this year to a sixth term in the solidly Republican district. She was active on agriculture and food policy in Congress.
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