The South Bend native served on the House Ways and Means Committee and was also the ranking member of the House Ethics Committee. Walorski served in the House for nearly a decade, having been first elected in 2012 after serving five years in the Indiana State House. “She passionately brought the voices of her north Indiana constituents to the Congress, and she was admired by colleagues on both sides of the aisle for her personal kindness.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), traveling in Asia, said in a statement that Walorski “lived a life of service: whether caring for impoverished children in Romania, representing her community in the Indiana Statehouse or serving nearly a decade in the House. ZacheryPotts/Twitter Walorski’s press secretary Emma Thomson also passed away in the crash. Scott Applewhite-Pool/Getty Images Walorski with other crash victim Zachery Potts. Jackie Walorski and three other people were reportedly killed in a car accident in Elkhart County, Indiana. “Please keep her family in your thoughts and prayers,” the statement added. In a statement shared by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Walorski’s office said the lawmaker “has returned home to be with her Lord and savior, Jesus Christ.” Thomson and Potts also died as a result of the accident, along with the driver of the other car, identified as 56-year-old Edith Schmucker. Joseph County Republican Party chairman Zachery Potts when a car traveling in the opposite direction crossed the median on Indiana State Road 19 and hit them head-on, according to the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office. Walorski, 58, was riding in an SUV with her press secretary, Emma Thomson, and St. Jackie Walorski and three others were killed Wednesday in a two-car crash in her home state of Indiana, authorities said.
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