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Thirteen years later, Pepper was elected from the then newly-established District 3 (since renumbered multiple times) seat in the U.S. House. as a representative, he stressed his [[anti-communist]] position and was critical of [[Cuba]]n dictator [[Fidel Castro]], who was unpopular in south Florida at that time. He chaired the House Permanent Select Committee on Aging and attempted to strengthen [[Social Security and [[Medicare]]. From 1983 to 1989, he chaired the House Rules Committee. Upon his death at the age of eighty-eight, he was honored with a state funeral. Eleven years later, the [[United States Postal Service]] issued a stamp in his honor.<ref name=obit/>
Thirteen years later, Pepper was elected from the then newly-established District 3 (since renumbered multiple times) seat in the U.S. House. as a representative, he stressed his [[anti-communist]] position and was critical of [[Cuba]]n dictator [[Fidel Castro]], who was unpopular in south Florida at that time. He chaired the House Permanent Select Committee on Aging and attempted to strengthen [[Social Security and [[Medicare]]. From 1983 to 1989, he chaired the House Rules Committee. Upon his death at the age of eighty-eight, he was honored with a state funeral. Eleven years later, the [[United States Postal Service]] issued a stamp in his honor.<ref name=obit/>
==See also==
*[[Edward Fitzgerald (Soviet spy)]]
==References==
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