警方说，华盛顿（美联社） - 警方说，美国共和党众议员杰基·瓦洛斯基（Jackie Walorski）周三在她的印第安纳州北部地区的一次车祸中与她的两名国会工作人员和另一个人丧生。
The crash happened about 12:30 p.m. when a car crossed the center line on a state highway and collided head-on with the SUV Walorski was riding in, the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office said. Three people in the SUV, including Walorski, 58, were killed, as was a woman driving the other car, authorities said.
Walorski, who served on the House Ways and Means Committee, was first elected to represent Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District in 2012. She previously served six years in the state’s Legislature.
“她回到家，与她的主和救主耶稣基督在一起。请让她的家人保持您的想法和祈祷。” Walorski的参谋长Tim Cummings在一份声明中说。
瓦洛斯基（Walorski）和她的丈夫迪恩·斯威哈特（Dean Swihart）以前是罗马尼亚的基督教传教士，在那里他们建立了一个基金会，为贫困儿童提供食物和医疗用品。在转向政治之前，她曾在南本德（South Bend）担任电视新闻记者。
印第安纳州Mishawaka的27岁的Zachery Potts也被杀。华盛顿特区28岁的艾玛·汤姆森（Emma Thomson）；据警长办公室称，现年56岁的印第安纳州纳帕尼的伊迪丝·施马克（Edith Schmucker）。
卡明斯证实，波茨和汤姆森是瓦洛斯基国会工作人员的成员。汤姆森（Thomson）是瓦洛斯基（Walorski）的传播总监，而波茨（Potts）是她的地区主任，也是北印第安纳州圣约瑟夫县的共和党主席。
据警长办公室称，施马克正在驾驶另一辆车。这次坠机事故发生在瓦卡鲁萨镇附近的农村地区，仍在调查中。
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, often working across the aisle on those issues. A co-chair of the House Hunger Caucus, she introduced legislation with Democrats to bring back a Nixon-era White House event on food insecurity.
President Joe Biden pointed to that work in a statement crediting Walorski for years of public service.
拜登说：“我们可能代表了不同的政党，并且在许多问题上不同意，但双方成员的工作受到了尊重。”“我和我的团队对她的伙伴关系表示感谢，因为我们计划在今年秋天举行一场历史悠久的白宫饥饿，营养和健康会议上，这将以她对美国农村地区需求的深刻关心。”
印第安纳州共和党美国参议员托德·杨（Todd Young）说，他因瓦洛斯基（Walorski）的去世而遭受了破坏。
“Jackie loved Hoosiers and devoted her life to fighting for them,” Young said in a statement. “I’ll never forget her spirit, her positive attitude, and most importantly her friendship. All of Indiana mourns her passing, along with the tragic deaths of her staff Emma Thomson and Zach Potts.”
瓦洛斯基（Walorski）在国会中是一项可靠的共和党投票，包括反对在国会大厦起义后接受亚利桑那州和宾夕法尼亚州选举票。
作为印第安纳州众议院的成员，瓦洛斯基推动了反堕胎立法反对赌博扩张提案。她成为保守茶党运动的最爱。
Walorski lost a close 2010 congressional race to Democrat Joe Donnelly before narrowly winning the seat in 2012 as Donnelly made a successful run for the Senate. She had easily won her reelection campaigns since then.
众议院共和党少数党领袖凯文·麦卡锡（Kevin McCarthy）称瓦洛斯基（Walorski）为“毫无意义，直截了当的射手”。
民主众议院议长南希·佩洛西（Nancy Pelosi）说，瓦洛斯基（Walorski）“过着服务的生活。”
佩洛西在一份声明中说：“她热情地将印第安纳州北部选民的声音带到了国会，她因其个人的友善而受到过道两边的同事的钦佩。”
佩洛西（Pelosi）下令在美国国会大厦（Walorski's Horn）的半员工驾驶美国国会大厦的旗帜。白宫表示，其旗帜将在周三和周四降低，印第安纳州州长埃里克·霍尔科姆（Eric Holcomb）为该州发布了类似的旗帜指令。
共和党人霍尔科姆（Holcomb）说：“在各个层面上，杰基（Jackie）众所周知，杰基（Jackie）是自然界的积极力量，爱国者和一个无情的决策者，对自己的选民坚定不移。”
Democratic Rep. Annie Kuster of New Hampshire said she and Walorski bonded as newly elected members of Congress in late 2012 over their husbands’ shared love of jazz music and became friends.
“I was proud to work with her on a variety of critical issues, including legislation to address the addiction crisis, end sexual violence, and help military sexual assault survivors access the care they need,” Kuster said.
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Davies reported from Indianapolis. Associated Press writer Mary Clare Jalonick contributed from Washington.
