[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 184 (Tuesday, December 9, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10837-S10838]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        HONORING THE VICTIMS OF THE BOMBING OF PAN AM FLIGHT 103

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now 
proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 727.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 727) honoring the victims of the 
     bombing of Pan Am flight 103 on the twentieth anniversary of 
     the tragedy.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution 
be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider 
be laid upon the table, that there be no intervening action or debate, 
and any statements relating to the resolution be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 727) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 727

       Whereas, on December 21, 1988, 259 passengers and crew 
     members on board Pan American Airways flight 103, and 11 
     people

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     on the ground in Lockerbie, Scotland, were killed by a 
     terrorist's bomb;
       Whereas 189 people of the United States and nationals from 
     20 other countries were victims of this heinous attack;
       Whereas the families and friends of the victims of this 
     tragedy have suffered immeasurable losses;
       Whereas people around the world actively have worked to 
     diminish the possibility of future terrorist attacks;
       Whereas, in 2003, Libya accepted responsibility for Libyan 
     officials' involvement in the bombing of Pan Am flight 103, 
     denounced terrorism, and vowed to abandon its weapons 
     program;
       Whereas, on October 31, 2008, almost 20 years after the 
     terrorist attack, Libya completed delivery of long-awaited 
     compensation to the families of the victims of the bombing of 
     Pan Am flight 103; and
       Whereas nothing can replace the loved ones lost in the 
     attack, and the United States must never forget the victims 
     of this crime: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) designates December 21, 2008, as ``Twentieth 
     Anniversary of Remembrance for the Victims of the Bombing of 
     Pan Am Flight 103 Day''; and
       (2) conveys the most sincere condolences to the families, 
     friends, and communities of the victims of the attack on 
     Flight 103.

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