[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 97 (Monday, July 18, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8394-S8395]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     HONORING THE PASSENGERS AND CREW OF UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 93

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Rules 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Con. Res. 26 
and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will state the concurrent resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 26) honoring and 
     memorializing the passengers and crew of the United Airlines 
     Flight 93.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
concurrent resolution.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the amendment 
at the desk be agreed to, the concurrent resolution, as amended, 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 amendment (No. 1228) was agreed to, as follows:

       On page 3, line 2, strike ``and the minority leader of the 
     Senate'' and insert ``the minority leader of the Senate, the 
     Chairman and the Ranking Member of the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration of the Senate, and the Chairman and the 
     Ranking Member of the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the House of Representatives''.

  The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 26), as amended, was agreed 
to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The concurrent resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                            S. Con. Res. 26

       Whereas on September 11, 2001, acts of war involving the 
     hijacking of commercial airplanes were committed against the 
     United States, killing and injuring thousands of innocent 
     people;
       Whereas 1 of the hijacked planes, United Airlines Flight 
     93, crashed in a field in Pennsylvania;
       Whereas while Flight 93 was still in the air, the 
     passengers and crew, through cellular phone conversations 
     with loved ones on the ground, learned that other hijacked 
     airplanes had been used to attack the United States;
       Whereas during those phone conversations, several of the 
     passengers indicated that there was an agreement among the 
     passengers and crew to try to overpower the hijackers who had 
     taken over Flight 93;

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       Whereas Congress established the National Commission on 
     Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (commonly referred 
     to as ``the 9-911 Commission'') to study the September 11, 
     2001, attacks and how they occurred;
       Whereas the 9-911 Commission concluded that ``the nation 
     owes a debt to the passengers of Flight 93. Their actions 
     saved the lives of countless others, and may have saved 
     either the U.S. Capitol or the White House from 
     destruction.''; and
       Whereas the crash of Flight 93 resulted in the death of 
     everyone on board: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That
       (1) the United States owes the passengers and crew of 
     United Airlines Flight 93 deep respect and gratitude for 
     their decisive actions and efforts of bravery;
       (2) the United States extends its condolences to the 
     families and friends of the passengers and crew of Flight 93;
       (3) not later than October 1, 2006, the Speaker of the 
     House of Representatives, the minority leader of the House of 
     Representatives, the majority leader of the Senate, the 
     minority leader of the Senate, the Chairman and the Ranking 
     Member of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 
     Senate, and the Chairman and the Ranking Member of the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 
     of Representatives shall select an appropriate memorial that 
     shall be located in the United States Capitol and that shall 
     honor the passengers and crew of Flight 93, who saved the 
     United States Capitol from destruction; and
       (4) the memorial shall state the purpose of the honor and 
     the names of the passengers and crew of Flight 93 on whom the 
     honor is bestowed.

     

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