WI: Leo Ryan Lived?

Leo Ryan was the Democratic Congressman who went to South America to investigate Jim Jones and his cult. He was subsequently killed by the cult as he went back to his plane.
From a quick wiki glance, he was critical of the lack of Congressional oversight of the CIA, L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology, and the Unification Church of Sun Myung Moon.
So what if Leo Ryan had either not gone to Jonestown or had managed to avoid the cultists sent to kill him and his party?
 
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Japhy

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I'm really not sure how much of an Impact Congressmen Ryan's survival would cause. I think though there's a chance that could take Senate Seat that eventually went to Feinstein. Not really sure what he'd do with it though.

Also it was South America, not Africa.
 
I am interested in if Ryan could do more against Scientology. There were very egregious actions the Scientologists took in the 1970's which could be used to go after them harder. In Operation Snow White, for example, they infiltrated government agencies (US and internationally) to steal documents and spy on officials.
 
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