[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 71 (Wednesday, May 12, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S3662]
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                HONORING DEEPWATER HORIZON CREW MEMBERS

  Mr. DODD. I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the immediate 
consideration of S. Res. 523 submitted earlier today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 523) honoring the crew members who 
     perished aboard the offshore oil rig, Deepwater Horizon, and 
     extending the condolences of the Senate to the families and 
     loved ones of the deceased crew members.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. DODD. I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, 
the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements be 
printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 523) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 523

       Whereas oil and natural gas are necessary commodities for 
     the United States;
       Whereas a drill ship, the Deepwater Horizon, was drilling 
     in 5,000 feet of water approximately 50 miles off the coast 
     of Louisiana, in the Gulf of Mexico;
       Whereas on April 20, 2010, a terrible explosion occurred 
     aboard the Deepwater Horizon;
       Whereas 126 men and women were on board the Deepwater 
     Horizon at the time of the explosion;
       Whereas 11 men remain missing, and are presumed dead;
       Whereas 17 people were injured, 3 of them critically; and
       Whereas the United States is greatly indebted to oil rig 
     crewmen for the serious physical risks, difficult periods of 
     separation from their families, and supremely challenging 
     engineering tasks endured to produce much-needed energy for 
     the Nation: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) honors the crew members who perished aboard the 
     offshore oil rig, Deepwater Horizon; and
       (2) expresses sincere condolences to the families and loved 
     ones of the deceased crew members.

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