[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5089]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          REMEMBERING THE VICTIMS OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING

  (Mr. LANKFORD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LANKFORD. On April 19, 9:02 a.m. central time, my city will stop 
for a moment of silence. We'll stop and we'll reflect for 168 seconds. 
Family and friends will stand on the green grass in the shade of the 
Survivor Tree and will read the names of all 168 victims of the April 
19, 1995, bombing at the Murrah Building in Oklahoma City.
  While the State of Oklahoma remembers, I would like to ask the Nation 
to also pause for a moment and to remember the service, the lives, and 
the families of those that we will never forget, to thank again the 
rescue workers who rushed into a building that they had no idea how 
stable it really was, and to remember again the survivors of that day.
  In the days ahead, our community will visit the 3-acre memorial site. 
Tens of thousands will participate in a memorial marathon. Oklahoma 
families will again stop, discuss, and remember with their children 
April 19, 1995. I would like to encourage the Nation to do the same.

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