Jackie Walorski

Capitol Hill remained the center of attention on Wednesday, as Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) described her demands for the reconciliation report that could ...

The 11 golfers involved in the suit claim the PGA Tour is trying to hurt their careers. According to Jenkins’s office, one of the plea offers she nullified involved a case in which a defendant had six open cases for dealing fentanyl and was arrested with more than 100 grams of the drug. The yo-yo phenomenon underscores why scientists are still studying the Pfizer drug and its dosages, durations and impacts on specific categories of patients ( The Hill). One health benefit that emerged from the grim pandemic was a reduction in tobacco purchases and smoking. Islands in the Caribbean are being choked by a record amount of seaweed, impacting tourism and killing wildlife. … For chief executive officers, the era of courting employees with solicitous outreach in a tight labor market may be ending ( The Wall Street Journal). The Iran nuclear talks will resume in Vienna today at the instigation of the European Union after being stalled for months. Many analysts warn that Democratic officials are playing with fire by trying to game the GOP field ( The Hill). The others: Reps. Don Young (R-Alaska) and Jim Hagedorn (R-Minn.) ( Roll Call). Tragedy struck the Capitol Hill community on Wednesday when Walorski, a six-term lawmaker, and two staff members died in a car crash. As a result, the bill’s price tag has been whittled to a fraction of the original $3 trillion envisioned by the majority party. According to Reuters, the complaint centers on new sourcing requirements for battery components and critical minerals, but Manchin has shown little interest in heeding their wishes.

Jackie Walorski is being remembered by her constituents, as well as fellow political leaders, both locally and on Capitol Hill.

Jackie Walorski was a great public servant, a brave and constant ally for change during all my years in elected office, and a great representative of her district at both the state and national levels. That candor is sometimes missing from discussions with members of Congress, and we join with the people of her district to mourn her passing and the other lives lost in the Elkhart County accident,” said IBA Executive Director Dave Arland. She was a great advocate for her district and my prayers are with the families of all connected to this tragic accident.” “My condolences go out to the family and loved ones of U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, her Communications Director Emma Thomson and St. Joseph County Republican Party Chairman Zachery Potts. I send my thoughts and prayers to find peace during this heartbreaking time. The Board of Commissioners was shocked and saddened to learn of the tragic passing of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski earlier today in an automobile accident. Commissioner Dieter stated, “Jackie was a great friend to St. Joseph County and a tireless fighter for our residents. Commissioner Kostielney stated, “Jackie Walorski was a remarkable warrior, not just for the citizens of St. Joseph County, but the entire State of Indiana. She always put the needs of her constituents first. The City of Mishawaka and our Citizens mourn with you and together we commemorate the extraordinary life of this remarkable woman who devoted her life to serving and protecting a strong democracy as well as individual freedom and liberty. Compounding this grief is the fact that two of her staffers, including her District Director and St. Joseph County Republican Chairman, Zach Potts, were also killed in the same accident. Please join Amanda and I in praying for Jackie’s loved ones and the friends and family of her two staff members who also lost their lives in this tragic accident.” Please join me and Maureen in praying for the families and friends of those lost on this tragic day for Indiana.” 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.”

Indiana Rep. Jackie Walorski died Wednesday in a car crash in her home district, her office announced. She was 58. The Elkhart County Sheriff's Office said ...

President Joe Biden ordered flags to be flown at half-staff Wednesday and Thursday. Biden said: “We may have represented different parties and disagreed on many issues, but she was respected by members of both parties for her work on the House Ways and Means Committee on which she served. The Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office said that Walorski was riding in an SUV with Emma Thomson, 28, a member of her staff, and Zach Potts, 27, chairman of the St. Joseph County Republican Party when another vehicle struck them head-on. Indiana Rep. Jackie Walorski died Wednesday in a car crash in her home district, her office announced.

Emma Thomson, a 2012 Bishop McCort Catholic High School graduate and former staffer for U.S. Rep. John Joyce, died on Wednesday in a car accident that also ...

A TERRIBLE LOSS — The flags fly at half mast today on Capitol Hill as colleagues mourn Rep. Jackie Walorski, who died suddenly yesterday.

Burgess and Sarah talked to more than a dozen Democrats, from leadership to frontliners in both chambers to take the temperature of Dems on Biden. CALCULATING COSTS AND SAVINGS — A new analysis from Third Way of the health care provisions in the Democrats’ reconciliation bill show big savings for families with median income and children. But this is about giving everybody the opportunity on the college level, no matter what university, to feel like you’ve got an opportunity to compete.” Honestly.) It’s no surprise that Tubberville, a former college football coach (whose staff in the Senate still call him “coach,”) is leading the charge on this issue. Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas), who worked closely with Walorski on Ways and Means, also put a spotlight on the staffers: “Jackie was always so proud of her team - she couldn’t say enough about them. And those changes could change the calculation of support for the bill on the floor. WEDNESDAY’S WINNER:Stephan Kline correctly answered that Martin Van Buren was the first “natural born citizen,” born after independence was declared. UNTHINKABLE — The Capitol Hill community is reeling from Wednesday’s news that Walorski (R-Ind.), 58, died in a car crash in her home state, along with communications director Emma Thomson, 28, and district director Zachery Potts, 27. “Emma Thomson was an office neighbor of ours on the Hill for years and one of the absolute nicest people on earth. Fitting the framework: Each piece of the Dems’ package must produce a significant impact on federal revenues, debt and spending. Provisions designed to encourage the purchasing of electric cars and cut prescription drug costs are still under evaluation and could be on the parliamentarian’s chopping block. "It took the wind out of me when I heard.

Walorski, who was 58, represented Indiana's 2nd Congressional District and had previously served as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives. She began ...

She also served as the ranking GOP member for a subcommittee of the powerful House Ways and Means committee. A statement released by the congresswoman’s office said that two staffers had also died. We will have no further comment at this time,” read a message from the congresswoman’s office that McCarthy tweeted. She had been a member of the House GOP’s deputy whip team. House Minority Whip Steve Scalise said in a statement that Walorski “was a champion for the people of Indiana, and she will be remembered for her kindness, tenacity, and commitment to helping others.” “Dean Swihart, Jackie’s husband, was just informed by Elkhart County Sheriff’s office that Jackie was killed in a car accident this afternoon.

Known for her dedication to service and well-liked by her Democrat and Republican colleagues in the House, Indiana Republican Rep. Jackie Walorski died in a ...

Walorski first ran for Congress in 2010, winning the Republican nomination for her district. Walorski is survived by her husband of 27 years, Dean Swihart, a Mishawaka, Ind., schoolteacher. Walorski began her career as a television reporter for WSBT-TV, a CBS affiliate in South Bend, from 1985 to 1989. Walorski had been the U.S. Representative for Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District since 2013. She has returned home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Please keep her family in your thoughts and prayers.” However, it is difficult to declare her net worth accurately without knowing what investments she held and any supplementary incomes streams, like money earned from speaking engagements, for example.

Walorski and three others were killed in a car crash on Wednesday. Shutterstock photo. INDIANAPOLIS – Governor Eric Holcomb is directing flags to half-staff ...

She, and the example she set, will be missed every day forward.” She will be remembered as a fighter with a huge heart that always went the extra mile and I’ll treasure the times we walked a few of those together. At every level of public service Jackie was known to be a positive force of nature, a patriot, and a relentless policy maker with an unwavering loyalty to her constituents.

Two staff members and driver of other car also die in Indiana accident; Biden issues condolences, says Walorski was 'respected by members of both parties' ...

The White House said its flags would be lowered Wednesday and Thursday, and Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb issued a similar flag directive for the state. “We may have represented different parties and disagreed on many issues, but she was respected by members of both parties for her work,” Biden said. She was active in agriculture and food policy in Congress, often working across the aisle on those issues. The crash, which occurred in a rural area near the town of Wakarusa, is still under investigation. Three people in the SUV, including Walorski, 58, were killed, as was a woman driving the other car, authorities said. She worked as a television news reporter in South Bend before turning to politics.

President Joe Biden ordered all United States Flags through Aug. 4 to remember the life of U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski.

But the blog continues to say half-mast is used outside the U.S. Sept. 11 - Patriot Day (half-staff all day) May 15 - Peace Officers Memorial Day (half-staff all day)

Emma Thomson was a longtime member of Capitol Hill Baptist Church and attended George Washington University. She was 28.

She graduated from Bishop McCort High School in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the city’s Tribune-Democrat newspaper reported. Walorski, who served on the House Ways and Means Committee, was first elected to represent Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District in 2012. As a member of the Indiana House, she pushed anti-abortion legislation and became a favorite of the conservative tea party movement. She previously served six years in the state's legislature. “Emma was so well-loved by her church, and she was a faithful servant of her church,” he said. A church on Capitol Hill honored a 28-year-old congressional staffer and parishioner who was killed in a crash in Indiana on Wednesday with U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski and two others.

We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski, a 1985 alumna of Taylor University, who died in yesterday's auto accident in ...

We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski, a 1985 alumna of Taylor University, who died in yesterday’s auto accident in Elkhart County, Indiana. Ms. Walorski’s vibrant faith led her and her husband, Dean Swihart, to serve for four years in Romania as Christian missionaries.

Rep. Jackie Walorski, an Indiana Republican, was killed Wednesday in a car crash in Elkhart County, Ind.

"Rep. Jackie Walorski was a true leader/legislator and the most thoughtful person one could hope to meet. “A lifelong Hoosier, Congresswoman 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," Pelosi said in a statement. My prayers are with Jackie’s loving husband Dean, her entire family, and the families of both of her staffers.” "She was a champion for the people of Indiana, and she will be remembered for her kindness, tenacity, and commitment to helping others," he said. News of Walorski's death prompted an outpouring from congressional colleagues and others in Washington on both sides of the aisle. Walorski, 58, was born in South Bend, Ind., and was first elected to Congress in 2012.

Two of Walorski's staff members and the driver of another car were also killed in the crash.

Indiana Sen. Todd Young tweeted that he is "truly devastated" by Walorski's death and said she "loved Hoosiers and devoted her life to fighting for them. "She had a heart of gold, and I will miss her dearly." Walorski "spent a lifetime serving the community that she grew up in," he said. He said she was "always a good friend," and added, "when it's close to home, and you know the people, it's tough to get through." In his original release Wednesday, the sheriff said Schmucker was traveling northbound and crossed into the opposite lane. Potts was driving the Toyota RAV4, Siegel said, and all occupants in both cars involved in the crash were wearing seatbelts.

Walorski, 58, had served in Congress since 2013.

Walorski voted against certifying President Biden’s victories in both Arizona and Pennsylvania after the Jan. 6 attacks on the U.S. Capitol that left more than 100 law enforcement officers injured. “She was a dear friend who loved serving the people of Indiana in Congress.” The driver of a northbound vehicle traveled left of the centerline and collided head-on with the sport-utility vehicle carrying Walorski and staffers Zachery Potts, 27, and Emma Thomson, 28. “Jackie loved Hoosiers and devoted her life to fighting for them,” he tweeted. All three occupants in the southbound vehicle died as a result of their injuries. She has returned home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Please keep her family in your thoughts and prayers.

Elkhart County police say witnesses and video confirm Schmucker not the one who crossed the center line, leading to the fatal crash.

Police now say Walorski and her team were driving north and Potts "crossed the center line for reasons that are unknown at this time" and hit Schmucker, who was driving south. The department's Facebook page was updated to correct the error at 11:05 a.m. Thursday. The department released a new statement at 10:26 a.m. Thursday correcting the error. Police originally said that Schmucker was driving a maroon Buick LeSabre northbound on Indiana 19 when she crossed the center line and hit a silver Toyota RAV 4 driven by Potts going south. The group was reportedly returning from a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Claypool. "The information from the preliminary investigation at the scene, as to the direction of travel of the vehicles, was not correct," a release from Elkhart county police states, adding they became aware of eyewitnesses and video evidence that contradicted the initial report.

The Indiana Republican, who died in a car accident, was both a reliable ally to Kevin McCarthy and deeply respected by Democrats.

While much of Washington is preparing to empty for the August recess and the House is already gone, the loss was still keenly felt—especially among staff on the Hill who were remembering two of their own who also died in the crash. (The same conditions, it should be noted, plague journalists trying to keep pace with White House hopefuls.) Thomson and Potts were similarly committed to their work in the House office. And, always just out of earshot, were the whispers that Walorski was destined to move up into a more serious job in Leadership. Her time as a local television reporter gave her a knack for telling stories in a compelling way, and the Republican Party’s messaging right has long needed an upgrade. After college, Walorski moved home to report on her community as a journalist before shifting into non-profit and fundraising for academia and, eventually, to Christian missionary work in Romania. Most importantly, she never lost sight of treating her fellow humans with respect, even when she thought they were unrepentantly wrong. When she fought to preserve funding for Christian social service groups, it was because of her faith and not out of a bid to get booked on Tucker Carlson. Democrats could disagree with her position but begrudgingly respected it in a city filled with exploitative characters who too often view outrage as a ticket to power. “When there was a vacancy for Republican leader of the Ethics Committee, she was my first call,” McCarthy said in a statement. That Walorski’s communications director and district director were killed in the crash sincerely shook many aides, even those who had never worked with 28-year-old Emma Thomson and 27-year-old Zachery Potts. It’s impossible to discuss her time in office without acknowledging her support for The Big Lie, a lawsuit promoting it, and her vote against certifying Joe Biden as the rightful winner of the 2020 election. As the news spilled out Wednesday that Walorski and two of her aides had been killed in an auto accident in her home state, the immediate response showed that as much as Washington is a place of deep division and dysfunction, Congress is in many ways a family. Walorski’s background read like an idealized “About Me” page for a Republican candidate, with time spent studying at Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University and four years as a missionary in Romania. In the House, she was a good barometer for what Christian conservatives could stomach in compromises and where the red lines were. And the admiration that poured forth for the 58-year-old Republican who spent a decade in the House was as abundant as it was sincere. Put plainly: If you could read Walorski, you could read the broader Republican cohort on the Hill, and McCarthy and his team learned that quickly.