WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (Rep.) -- Del. Stacey Plaskett, D-Virgin Islands, issued the following news release:

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CONGRESSWOMAN PLASKETT EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES ON PASSING OF CIVIL RIGHTS ICON REVEREND JESSE LOUIS JACKSON SR.

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Washington, D.C. -Congresswoman Stacey E. Plaskett released the following statement on the passing of Civil Rights leader and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Honorable Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson Sr.: