Majority Leader Hoyer Issues Statement on Death of Journalist Roberts
September 17, 2019
September 17, 2019
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on the death of journalist Cokie Roberts:
"I was stunned and deeply saddened to learn of the passing of my great friend Cokie Roberts. She was a wonderful person, a leading journalist, and a great student of the Congress.
"I join in mourning with her husband Steve, their two children, their six grandchildren, and the entire Roberts and Boggs extended families . . .
"I was stunned and deeply saddened to learn of the passing of my great friend Cokie Roberts. She was a wonderful person, a leading journalist, and a great student of the Congress.
"I join in mourning with her husband Steve, their two children, their six grandchildren, and the entire Roberts and Boggs extended families . . .