For more than 40 years. ScooP JACKSONfor six terms in the House and then for some 30 years in the Senateprovided the Nation distinguished and outstanding service and leadership which placed him in the very forefront of Americas public figures. ScooP. as we all know and heard from him on occasion. was the son of immigrant parents. who came to this country from Norway. He was enormously proud of that heritage and what it meant to him and what it has meant to this country. He was an effective and early leader in so many fields of our national public life: the environment. educational opportunity. efforts to protect our people from poverty and from disease and from poor housing. civil rights here at home. human rights abroad. strong champion of the independent State of Israel. a forceful spoksman on national security policy. the leader on energy issues. the list goes on and on and on.
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