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The statue honoring author Willa Cather is unveiled in Statuary Hall in the Capitol on Wednesday. — The statue honoring author Willa Cather is unveiled in Statuary Hall in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

By Bill Clark

Posted June 7, 2023 at 3:26pm

Speaker Kevin McCarthy, second from right, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, right, and elected Nebraska officials participate in the congressional statue dedication and unveiling ceremony in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall on Wednesday honoring novelist Willa Cather, writer of many early 20th century stories about life on the Great Plains.

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