BREAKING: US lawmaker Jackie Walorski dies in head-on crash along with two aides and driver.
‘Dean Swihart, Jackie’s husband, was just informed by the Elkhart County Sheriff’s office that Jackie was killed in a car crash this afternoon. She has returned to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Please keep her family in your thoughts and prayers. We will have no further comment at this time,’ it read.
Walorski, a Republican, represented Indiana’s second district since 2013. The South Bend native was elected to Congress in 2012 and served three terms in the Indiana Statehouse. Walorski was a member of the House Ways and Means Committee and McCarthy appointed her to the ranking Republican spot on the House Ethics Committee last year.
‘I’m honored to take on the important responsibility of holding members of the House to the highest standards of transparency, accountability, and ethical conduct,’ Walorski stated at the time. Walorski also worked as a television news reporter, higher education development director and served as a missionary in Romania.Walorski’s colleagues on Capitol Hill grieved over her death.
All of Indiana mourns her passing, along with the tragic deaths of her staff Emma Thomson and Zach Potts. Please join me in praying for their families in this difficult time.
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