Republican Jackie Walorski, a member of the US Congress, died in a car accident on Wednesday.

In 2017, President Klaus Iohannis awarded Jackie WalorskiPhoto: Presidency.ro

Jacky Walorski, 58, was a member of the Friendship Group with Romania of the House of Representatives and was awarded in 2017 by President Klaus Iohannis the National Order of the Star of Romania in the rank of Commander.

In a post on Facebook, the Ambassador of Romania to the USA, Andrey Murau, reminds that Jackie Walorski lived in our country for four years, together with her husband, who is a teacher, laid the foundations of an organization that helps poor children.

  • “A great friend of Romania, a member of the US Congress, who lived in Romania for several years helping children in need, died yesterday in Indiana in a terrible car accident, Jackie Walorski, a member of the US Congress, a great supporter and friend of Romania, a great supporter of our strategic partnership.
  • From 2000 to 2004, she and her husband Dean Swihart (a teacher by profession) lived in Romania as Christian missionaries, where they founded an organization that provided food and medical equipment to poor children. She spoke repeatedly about her experience on Romanian soil: “I would not be in the US Congress today if my husband and I had not lived in Romania for four years,” Ms. Valorski once said, several years. ago.
  • By the way, Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi yesterday reminded of the special relationship between Jackie Walorski and our country: “A native of the state of Indiana, Congresswoman Walorski spent her whole life in public service: whether she cared for poor children in Romania, represented her community in the state legislature Indiana or served nearly ten years in the House of Representatives.”
  • Also, President Joe Biden emphasized that, despite differences in opinion, Jackie Walorski “is respected by members of both parties” in Congress. And former President Donald Trump responded by saying that Walorski was a ‘wonderful woman’ whom he had the honor of knowing and working with for many years,” Andrii Muraru wrote on Facebook.