Political Quotes

“I come today to request a pause in the political discourse of this Chamber for a moment of reflection. As those both in this Chamber and across the Nation know, last Thursday, March 12, 2026, an American KC-135 refueling aircraft went down in western Iraq. The crash claimed the lives of the aircraft's six crew members. I would like to take a moment of the Senate's time this evening to honor three of Ohio's favorite sons, the airmen who were serving in the Ohio National Guard with the 121st Air Refueling Wing at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus. And listening to my colleague Senator Lankford, I will say this, quote a passage from John 15:13: Greater love has no one than this to lay down one's life for his friends. Let me first speak of one of Ohio's favorite sons, Capt. Curtis J. Angst. He was 30 years old from Wilmington, OH. He was a KC-135 pilot with 10 years of military service. He graduated from Wilmington High School in 2014 and enlisted in Ohio's Air National Guard a year later. He earned a degree in aerospace engineering in 2020 from the University of Cincinnati. His family states that his commitment to his country was matched only by his devotion to his wife Mary and his passion for music, traveling, and the outdoors. His family stated: Those who knew Curtis remember his steady kindness and the joy he carried with him everywhere he went.”