[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 114 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 114

   Honoring the life of NBC Reporter David Bloom, and expressing the 
     deepest condolences of the Senate to his family on his death.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 9, 2003

 Mr. Dayton (for himself, Mr. Coleman, and Mrs. Dole) submitted the 
        following resolution; which was considered and agreed toYYYYYYY

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Honoring the life of NBC Reporter David Bloom, and expressing the 
     deepest condolences of the Senate to his family on his death.

Whereas the Senate has learned with sadness of the death of NBC Reporter David 
        Bloom;
Whereas David Bloom, a native of Edina, Minnesota, greatly distinguished himself 
        by his rapid rise in the field of journalism;
Whereas, most recently, David Bloom was embedded with the Third Infantry 
        Division of the United States Army to provide in-depth reporting on the 
        war in Iraq;
Whereas David Bloom, as a skilled and determined reporter, covered many major 
        news stories for NBC News, including reporting from Israel on the 
        escalating violence in the Middle East, the recovery efforts from Ground 
        Zero after September 11, 2001, the war on terrorism at home, and the 
        Washington, D.C., sniper story;
Whereas, while covering the White House beat between 1997 and 2000, David Bloom 
        reported on the Maryland Peace Summit with Yassir Arafat and Benjamin 
        Netanyahu, on Operation Desert Fox in Iraq, and on the NATO air campaign 
        in Kosovo;
Whereas, prior to being named White House Correspondent, David Bloom was a Los 
        Angeles-based correspondent for NBC News, where he reported extensively 
        on the Unabomber, the Freeman ranch standoff, and the war in Bosnia;
Whereas David Bloom was a co-recipient of the 1992 George Foster Peabody Award, 
        a winner of the Radio-Television News Directors Association Edward R. 
        Murrow Award for his coverage of Hurricane Andrew, and a 1991 Regional 
        Emmy Award winner for Investigative Journalism for his report on the 
        shipment of arms to Iraq from south Florida;
Whereas David Bloom was a devoted husband to his wife, Melanie, and a proud 
        father to three exceptional daughters, Nicole, Christine, and Ava; and
Whereas David Bloom's life was distinguished for its great ambition, multitude 
        of accomplishments, standards of excellence, dedication to family, and 
        important contributions to the dissemination of unbiased information to 
        citizens throughout the country: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) pays tribute to the outstanding career and devoted work 
        of David Bloom;
            (2) expresses its deepest condolences to his family; and
            (3) directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit an 
        enrolled copy of this resolution to the family of David Bloom.
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