[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 20 (Thursday, January 30, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S516]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                Reagan National Airport Flight Accident

  Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I rise to join my colleagues in 
mourning the 67 people who were killed in the tragic aircraft collision 
last night near Reagan National Airport.
  Among the victims, as reported in the news: a woman from my State, 
from Mahtomedi, MN--a wonderful town. It will be very hard to talk to 
her family; figure skaters we lost from the U.S. team and Russia who 
will never get to compete in the world championship; families flying in 
from Wichita to Washington, DC, who will never get to see our Nation's 
Capital; and three American soldiers, whose moms and dads will get the 
call that every parent dreads when their son or daughter signs up to 
serve our country.
  This was a horrific tragedy. While there is still so much more that 
we need to know about this crash, we know we must get to the bottom of 
what happened.
  My thoughts are with the victims' families and loved ones and the 
first responders who led the recovery operation last night and then, of 
course, are leading the operation today in the icy waters of the 
Potomac.