[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 128 (Monday, July 30, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5457-S5458]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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SENATE RESOLUTION 597--URGING THE RELEASE OF INFORMATION REGARDING THE 
      SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, TERRORIST ATTACKS UPON THE UNITED STATES

  Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. 
Murphy, and Mr. Menendez) submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs:

                              S. Res. 597

       Whereas tens of thousands of pages of documents relating to 
     the September 11, 2001,

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     terrorist attacks upon the United States remain classified by 
     the Federal Government;
       Whereas the contents of these documents are necessary for a 
     full public understanding of the events and circumstances 
     surrounding the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks;
       Whereas the decision to maintain the classified status of 
     many of these documents prevents the people of the United 
     States from having access to information about the September 
     11, 2001, terrorist attacks, including the involvement of 
     certain foreign governments in the attacks; and
       Whereas the people of the United States and the families of 
     the victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks 
     deserve full and public disclosure of the events surrounding 
     the attacks: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) documents related to the events of September 11, 2001, 
     should be declassified to the greatest extent possible; and
       (2) the survivors, the families of the victims, and the 
     people of the United States deserve answers about the events 
     and circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001, 
     terrorist attacks upon the United States.

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