[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 135 (Friday, December 8, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H9302]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   COMMEMORATING ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF NOVEMBER 9, 2005, TERRORIST 
                        ATTACKS IN AMMAN, JORDAN

  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on 
International Relations be discharged from further consideration of the 
resolution (H. Res. 1095) commemorating the one-year anniversary of the 
November 9, 2005, terrorist attacks in Amman, Jordan, and ask for its 
immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Indiana?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                              H. Res. 1095

       Whereas on November 9, 2005, a series of terrorist bombs 
     exploded at the Radisson, Hyatt, and Days Inn hotels in 
     Amman, Jordan, resulting in the deaths of scores of civilians 
     and the injuries of hundreds of others;
       Whereas Jordan has been targeted in several terrorist 
     attacks over the past few years and likely remains a target 
     for Islamic extremists;
       Whereas Jordan provided unequivocal support to the United 
     States  after the  September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks;
       Whereas Jordan has arrested suspected terrorists with 
     possible ties to Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda organization and 
     has provided other critical support to the global war on 
     terrorism; and
       Whereas Jordan  remains  a  firm ally of the United States 
     in the global war against terrorism and in helping to achieve 
     a lasting peace in the Middle East: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
       (1) notes with sorrow the one-year anniversary of the 
     November 9, 2005, terrorist attacks in Amman, Jordan;
       (2) condemns in the strongest possible terms the November 
     9, 2005, terrorist attacks;
       (3) expresses its ongoing condolences to the families and 
     friends of those individuals who were killed in the attacks 
     and its sympathies to those individuals who were injured;
       (4) reiterates its support of the Jordanian people and its 
     government;
       (5) values the strong and  lasting friendship between 
     Jordan and the United States and  the continuing cooperation 
     of the two nations in political, economic, and humanitarian 
     endeavors; and
       (6) expresses its readiness to support and assist the 
     Jordanian authorities in their efforts to pursue, disrupt, 
     undermine, and dismantle the networks that plan and carry out 
     such terrorist attacks as the November 9, 2005, terrorist 
     attacks in Amman, Jordan.

  The resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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