[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 51 (Friday, April 19, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3651]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            IN REMEMBRANCE OF OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING VICTIMS

  (Mr. MONTGOMERY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MONTGOMERY. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the minority leader, Mr. 
Gephardt, and from my side of the aisle, we join with the Speaker in 
expressing our sadness of what has happened in Oklahoma City and where 
168 were killed. We just had a silence of the whole House of 168 
seconds in memory of those people who did lose their lives, so we 
should never forget or let this happen again, if possible.
  I am not sure whether we could control sad incidents such as this, 
but to the people and individuals who were involved in government work, 
visiting that facility at Oklahoma City, we certainly go out and reach 
for them. As mentioned by the Speaker, some of these individuals were 
severely wounded, and watching in the news, these persons are fighting 
back, they are taking their wounds and they are moving ahead, and that 
is what we have to do in this great country.
  So on behalf of my other colleagues, this is a sad day for us. Let us 
hope that it will never happen again.

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