[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7921]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 SENATE RESOLUTION 523--HONORING THE CREW MEMBERS WHO PERISHED ABOARD 
THE OFF-SHORE OIL RIG, DEEPWATER HORIZON, AND EXTENDING THE CONDOLENCES 
   OF THE SENATE TO THE FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES OF THE DECEASED CREW 
                                MEMBERS

  Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Vitter, Mrs. 
Hutchison, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Bingaman, Ms. 
Murkowski, and Mr. Nelson of Florida) submitted the following 
resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              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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