Just before the Minnesota House Health and Human Services Finance Division heard MN DHS Commissioner outline improvement plan and take their often-pointed questions, the committee remembered Minneapolis DFLer Diane Loeffler, who passed away in mid-November. Mike Cook reported at Session Daily:
An email from House Speaker Melissa Hortman (DFL-Brooklyn Park), said that Loeffler, serving her eighth term in the House, “had battled cancer, and recently the cancer returned.”
Loeffler, 66, chaired the House Property and Local Tax Division. She also served on the full House Taxes Committee and the health and human services committees, as she has throughout the majority of her legislative career.
In a statement, Hortman said, "Diane was dedicated to helping people in Minnesota who were the most vulnerable -- the sick, the elderly, and those with disabilities. She was unfailingly kind to her colleagues. In the spring, tulips from Diane's garden graced many desks in the House Chamber."
Monday's sentiments matched those of the Speaker, regardless of the division members' politics or region.
Here's the YouTube from Minnesota House Information services:
Star Tribune photographer Glenn Stubbe tweeted:
MN Reps remembered colleague Diane Loeffler fondly before today's DHS hearing pic.twitter.com/1JghDJJFDf
— Glen Stubbe (@gspphoto) December 2, 2019
Photo: Rep. Diane Loeffler, pictured on the House Floor in 2018. Photo by Andrew VonBank, Session Daily.
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