[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 71 (Tuesday, May 2, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4447]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       THE OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, when a terrorist's bomb tore a hole in the 
Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, its impact was felt across 
the country. We all grieved with the families and we prayed that the 
rescue workers would find more survivors.
  Their grief leads us to want to affirm our country as both free and 
tolerant. Here is Congress, we must call on people of good will from 
both parties to repudiate extremist, paramilitary forces and 
provocative rhetoric that pushes people to violence and terrorism. By 
doing so, we do not politicize a tragedy, we live up to our 
responsibilities to respond to this tragedy.
  The images of bloodied babies being carried from the smoking rubble 
of the Murrah Building and the grieving families will stay with us for 
a long time. But, we should also remember the heroes of the Oklahoma 
City. Remember the rescue workers and the volunteers. And, remember the 
indominable spirit of the people of Oklahoma City. Our thoughts and 
prayers remain with them, today. And, we owe it to them, to both the 
victims and the heroes of Oklahoma City, to stand up to the forces that 
seek to divide us with words of hate.

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