WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump remembered the late Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) on Tuesday at the House Republican retreat at the Kennedy Center after news of the California congressman’s death broke.
Trump noted that LaMalfa passed away on Monday at the top of his remarks on Tuesday.
“I want to express our tremendous sorrow at the loss of a great member, great, great, great member, Congressman Doug LaMalfa, who passed away yesterday, as you probably have heard,” the president said.
“He was the leader of the Western Caucus, a fierce champion on California water issues. He was great on water… ‘Release the water!’ he’d scream out,” he added. “And a true defender of American children; he was a defender of everybody, and our hearts go
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