FILE - In this Dec. 10, 1985 file photo, Margaret Heckler, right, answers a question on Capitol Hill in Washington at her confirmation hearing for ambassador to Ireland. At left is Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. Heckler, an eight-term Republican congresswoman from Massachusetts, secretary of Health and Human Services under President Ronald Reagan, and U.S. ambassador to Ireland, died Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, in Arlington, Va. She was 87. (AP Photo/Lana Harris)