[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1227 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1227

 Remembering the victims of the attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal 
   Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and supporting the goals and 
                  ideals of the National Week of Hope.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 25, 2010

 Ms. Fallin submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
            the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Remembering the victims of the attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal 
   Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and supporting the goals and 
                  ideals of the National Week of Hope.

Whereas, on April 19, 1995, at 9:02 a.m., a terrorist detonated a truck bomb at 
        the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma;
Whereas this was one of the worst terrorist attacks ever to occur on United 
        States soil, taking the lives of 168 people and injuring more than 850 
        others, many of them United States Government employees who worked in 
        the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building;
Whereas this cowardly act of domestic terrorism directly affected thousands of 
        families and horrified millions of people across the State of Oklahoma 
        and the United States;
Whereas the people of Oklahoma and the United States responded to this tragedy 
        through the remarkable efforts of local, State, and Federal law 
        enforcement personnel, firefighters, search and rescue teams, public and 
        private medical personnel, other emergency services personnel, and 
        thousands of volunteers from the community who saved lives, assisted the 
        injured and wounded, comforted the bereaved, and provided meals and 
        support to those who came to Oklahoma City to offer assistance;
Whereas this courageous response set what has come to be known as the ``Oklahoma 
        Standard'', which was later emulated by many Americans following the 
        terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001;
Whereas, following the 1995 attack, the people of Oklahoma and the United States 
        pledged to build and maintain a permanent national memorial to remember 
        those who were killed, those who survived, and those changed forever;
Whereas this pledge was fulfilled by establishing the Oklahoma City National 
        Memorial, which draws hundreds of thousands of visitors from around the 
        world every year to the site of the attack;
Whereas the Oklahoma City National Memorial brings comfort, strength, peace, 
        hope, and serenity to the many visitors who come to the Memorial and its 
        museum each year to remember and to learn;
Whereas the National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism, a 
        partner of the Oklahoma City National Memorial, was established to 
        educate the Nation's emergency responders about preventing and 
        mitigating the effects of terrorist attacks;
Whereas the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building has been replaced with a new, 
        safe, secure, and functional Federal building in downtown Oklahoma City 
        that houses many of the offices once housed in the Murrah Building, 
        sending a message that the people and Government of the United States 
        will not be cowed by terrorists;
Whereas the 15th anniversary of the terrorist bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah 
        Federal Building is April 19, 2010; and
Whereas the week of April 19, 2010, should be designated as the National Week of 
        Hope: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) joins with the people of the United States in sending 
        best wishes and prayers to the families, friends, and neighbors 
        of the 168 people killed in the terrorist bombing of the Alfred 
        P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma;
            (2) sends its best wishes and thoughts to those injured in 
        the bombing and expresses gratitude for their recovery;
            (3) thanks the thousands of first responders, rescue 
        workers, medical personnel, and volunteers from the community 
        and across the Nation who answered the call for help on the 
        morning of the attack and in the days and weeks thereafter;
            (4) pledges to work with the people of the United States to 
        promote the goals and mission of the Oklahoma City National 
        Memorial;
            (5) supports the inscription on the wall of the Memorial, 
        which reads: ``We come here to remember those who were killed, 
        those who survived, and those changed forever. May all who 
        leave here know the impact of violence. May this memorial offer 
        comfort, strength, peace, hope, and serenity.'';
            (6) congratulates the people of Oklahoma City for making 
        tremendous progress in recovering from the attack over the past 
        15 years and demonstrating their steadfast commitment to the 
        ability of hope to triumph over violence;
            (7) applauds the people of Oklahoma City as they continue 
        to persevere and to stand as a beacon to the rest of the Nation 
        and the world, attesting to the strength of goodness in 
        overcoming evil wherever it arises;
            (8) supports the goals and ideals of the National Week of 
        Hope; and
            (9) directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to 
        transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the Oklahoma 
        City National Memorial Foundation as an expression of 
        appreciation for the work of the Foundation.
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