Long-serving California GOP Rep. Jerry Lewis dies at 86
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REDLANDS, Calif. (AP) Former Republican Rep. Jerry Lewis, who became a hero in his community for steering hundreds of millions of federal dollars to projects in his inland Southern California district, but was criticized as an exemplar of pork-barrel spending abuses, has died. He was 86.
His death was announced in a statement by California Republican Rep. Ken Calvert, who said on his website that Lewis made an enormous impact on his district, the state of California and our nation.
Calvert said that if Jerry was ever criticized, it was for delivering too much and too often for his district. Our country would be a far better place if all of our public servants worked as tirelessly and effectively for the people they represented as Jerry Lewis did.
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