[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 23, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S1713]
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                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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SENATE RESOLUTION 130--REMEMBERING THE 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TERRORIST 
 ATTACKS AT BRUSSELS AIRPORT AND THE MAALBEEK METRO STATION IN BELGIUM 
           AND HONORING THE VICTIMS OF THE TERRORIST ATTACKS

  Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Hawley, Mr. 
Hagerty, and Mr. Cruz) submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations:

                              S. Res. 130

       Whereas, on March 22, 2016, 35 people were killed and more 
     than 300 people were wounded by 3 bombs that detonated at 
     Brussels Airport in Zaventem, Belgium, and the Maalbeek metro 
     station in Brussels, Belgium (referred to in this preamble as 
     the ``terrorist attacks'');
       Whereas Justin Shults, Stephanie Shults, Gail Minglana 
     Martinez, and Bruce Baldwin were Americans who lost their 
     lives, among the many other victims, as a result of the 
     terrorist attacks;
       Whereas Justin Shults, an east Tennessee native who was 30 
     years old and working as an accountant while living in 
     Brussels at the time of the terrorist attacks, was a graduate 
     of Vanderbilt University and a devoted husband to his wife 
     Stephanie;
       Whereas Stephanie Shults, a Kentucky native who was 29 
     years old and working as an accountant while living in 
     Brussels at the time of the terrorist attacks, was a graduate 
     of Vanderbilt University, where she met her husband Justin;
       Whereas Gail Minglana Martinez, a Texas native who was 41 
     years old at the time of the terrorist attacks, was a proud 
     mother of 4 children and wife to her husband Kato, who were 
     all injured in the terrorist attacks; and
       Whereas Bruce Baldwin, a Missouri native who was 66 years 
     old at the time of the terrorist attacks, was a husband to 
     his wife Virginia, had worked for the Department of State, 
     and was a member of the Army who served in Vietnam: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) remembers the 5th anniversary of the March 22, 2016, 
     terrorist attacks at Brussels Airport and the Maalbeek metro 
     station in Belgium (referred to in this resolution as the 
     ``terrorist attacks'');
       (2) honors the memory of Justin Shults, Stephanie Shults, 
     Gail Minglana Martinez, and Bruce Baldwin, the 4 Americans 
     who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks;
       (3) expresses its deepest condolences--
       (A) to the other victims who were killed or wounded as a 
     result of the terrorist attacks;
       (B) to the families of the victims; and
       (C) to the home countries of each victim; and
       (4) pledges continued resolve to stand against terrorism 
     and extremism.

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