Political Quotes

“I thank the kind gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for arranging this Special Order this evening. I thank Congressman Chabot for his kind words and all the Members who have come to pay tribute to our beloved colleague, Ralph Regula. Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to honor my late friend and respected colleague who served 18 terms and was a gentleman farmer, the very Honorable Congressman Ralph Regula of Ohio. Ralph passed away earlier this month in Bethlehem Township, Ohio. He was 92. To his beloved wife, Mary, for whom we all hold deep affection, and their family--Martha, Richard, David, and their children--please let me extend heartfelt sympathy and deepest affection. I had the privilege of serving with Ralph for 26 years, many of those on the Appropriations Committee. As others have mentioned, Ralph Straus Regula was born in Beach City, Ohio, on December 3, 1924, right before the Great Depression. In 1948, he graduated from Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio, and went on to receive a degree in law as a night student from William McKinley School of Law in Canton, and then went on to serve in the United States Navy during World War II. Some of my memories of Ralph include him pulling into the congressional garage on so many occasions in his spiffy red pickup truck, always thinking about what was happening back in Ohio on his farm. That truck had many purposes.…”