[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 12 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. CON. RES. 12

 To recognize the heroic sacrifice of the Special Agents of the Bureau 
            of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in Waco, Texas.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               March 2 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

   Mr. DeConcini (for himself, Mr. Krueger, Mr. Bond, Mr. Kohl, Mr. 
   D'Amato, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Gramm, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Johnston, and Mr. 
   Specter) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
                        considered and agreed to

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 To recognize the heroic sacrifice of the Special Agents of the Bureau 
            of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in Waco, Texas.

Whereas Special Agents Steve Willis, Robert J. Williams, Conway LeBleu and Todd 
        McKeehan, of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, were killed by 
        hostile gunfire in the performance of a heroic effort to disarm a 
        hostile cult and to protect the lives of innocent persons, including 
        children, living in its compound;
Whereas these men, along with 15 other special agents who were wounded during 
        this confrontation, were members of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 
        Firearms elite Special Response Teams, whose members are highly-trained 
        and experienced in the execution of high-risk operations;
Whereas such Special Response Teams have been deployed over 230 times in the 
        past year with no injury to any agent, including during a highly-
        publicized siege involving a fugitive white supremacist and during the 
        Los Angeles civil disturbances in 1992;
Whereas 182 special agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms have 
        been killed in the line of duty since Prohibition; and
Whereas the men and women of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms mourn 
        the loss of their brother officers, but maintain discipline and a 
        commitment to the protection of our citizens at the risk of their own 
        lives on a daily basis: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That the sacrifice and dedication of the agents of the Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is a cornerstone of our system of justice 
and cause for both sorrow and pride.

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