[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 523 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 523

  Honoring the crew members who perished aboard the offshore oil rig, 
 Deepwater Horizon, and extending the condolences of the Senate to the 
         families and loved ones of the deceased crew members.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 12, 2010

  Ms. Landrieu (for herself, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Vitter, Mrs. 
  Hutchison, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Bingaman, Ms. 
     Murkowski, and Mr. Nelson of Florida) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Honoring the crew members who perished aboard the offshore oil rig, 
 Deepwater Horizon, and extending the condolences of the Senate to the 
         families and loved ones of the deceased crew members.

Whereas oil and natural gas are necessary commodities for the United States;
Whereas a drill ship, the Deepwater Horizon, was drilling in 5,000 feet of water 
        approximately 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana, in the Gulf of 
        Mexico;
Whereas on April 20, 2010, a terrible explosion occurred aboard the Deepwater 
        Horizon;
Whereas 126 men and women were on board the Deepwater Horizon at the time of the 
        explosion;
Whereas 11 men remain missing, and are presumed dead;
Whereas 17 people were injured, 3 of them critically; and
Whereas the United States is greatly indebted to oil rig crewmen for the serious 
        physical risks, difficult periods of separation from their families, and 
        supremely challenging engineering tasks endured to produce much-needed 
        energy for the Nation: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) honors the crew members who perished aboard the 
        offshore oil rig, Deepwater Horizon; and
            (2) expresses sincere condolences to the families and loved 
        ones of the deceased crew members.
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