[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 41 (Monday, April 11, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3438-S3439]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  COMMEMORATING THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACK ON THE ALFRED P. 
                        MURRAH FEDERAL BUILDING

  Mr. FRIST. I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be 
discharged from further consideration and the Senate now proceed to S. 
Res. 96.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 96) commemorating the 10th 
     anniversary of the attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal 
     Building.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the resolution be 
agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be 
laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 96) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                               S. Res. 96

       Whereas on April 19, 1995, at 9:02 a.m. Central Daylight 
     Time, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the United States was 
     attacked in one of the worst terrorist attacks on United 
     States soil, which killed 168 people and injured more than 
     850 others;
       Whereas this dastardly act of domestic terrorism 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, firefighters, and 
     emergency services, search and rescue teams from across the 
     United States, public and private medical 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 help those endangered and affected by this terrorist act;
       Whereas the people of Oklahoma and the United States 
     pledged themselves 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 creating the Oklahoma 
     City National Memorial, which draws hundreds of thousands of 
     visitors from around the world every year to the site of this 
     tragic event in United States history;
       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 mission of the National Memorial Institute for 
     the Prevention of Terrorism, to aid the Nation's emergency 
     responders in preventing terrorist attacks, or mitigating 
     their effects, should be promoted; and
       Whereas the tenth anniversary of the terrorist bombing of 
     the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, 
     Oklahoma, is on April 19, 2005: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) joins with the people of the United States in sending 
     best wishes and prayers to

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     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 Congress's best wishes and thoughts to those 
     injured in the bombing and its gratitude for their recovery;
       (3) thanks the thousands of first responders, rescue 
     workers, medical personnel, and volunteers from the Oklahoma 
     City community and across the Nation who answered the call 
     for help that April morning and in the days and weeks 
     thereafter;
       (4) resolves to work with the people of the United States 
     to promote the goals and mission established by the Oklahoma 
     City National Memorial on the tenth anniversary of that 
     fateful day;
       (5) supports the resolve for the future, written on the 
     wall of the memorial, ``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) designates the week of April 17, 2005, as the National 
     Week of Hope, commemorating the tenth anniversary of the 
     Oklahoma City bombing;
       (7) calls on the people of the United States to participate 
     in the events scheduled for each day of that week to teach a 
     lesson of hope in the midst of political violence and to 
     teach that good endures in the world even among those who 
     commit bad acts and further to teach that there is a way to 
     resolve differences other than resorting to terrorism or 
     violence, including the--
       (A) Day of Faith;
       (B) Day of Understanding;
       (C) Day of Remembrance;
       (D) Day of Sharing;
       (E) Day of Tolerance;
       (F) Day of Caring; and
       (G) Day of Inspiration;
       (8) congratulates the people of Oklahoma City for making 
     tremendous progress over the past decade and demonstrating 
     their steadfast commitment to the ability of hope to triumph 
     over violence;
       (9) 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 in our midst; and
       (10) directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit an 
     enrolled copy of this resolution to the Memorial Foundation, 
     as an expression of appreciation.

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