A resolution commemorating the tenth anniversary of the attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.

        [Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 96 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. RES. 96

Commemorating the tenth anniversary of the attack on the Alfred P.
Murrah Federal Building.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 5, 2005

Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. Coburn) submitted the following
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

April 11, 2005

Committee discharged; considered and agreed to

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RESOLUTION

Commemorating the tenth anniversary of the attack on the Alfred P.
Murrah Federal Building.

Whereas on April 19, 1995, at 9:02 a.m. Central Daylight Time, in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma, the United States was attacked in one of the worst terrorist
attacks on United States soil, which killed 168 people and injured more
than 850 others;
Whereas this dastardly act of domestic terrorism affected thousands of families
and horrified millions of people across the State of Oklahoma and the
United States;
Whereas the people of Oklahoma and the United States responded to this tragedy
through the remarkable efforts of local, State, and Federal law
enforcement, firefighters, and emergency services, search and rescue
teams from across the United States, public and private medical
personnel, and thousands of volunteers from the community who saved
lives, assisted the injured and wounded, comforted the bereaved, and
provided meals and support to those who came to Oklahoma City to help
those endangered and affected by this terrorist act;
Whereas the people of Oklahoma and the United States pledged themselves to build
and maintain a permanent national memorial to remember those who were
killed, those who survived, and those changed forever;
Whereas this pledge was fulfilled by creating the Oklahoma City National
Memorial, which draws hundreds of thousands of visitors from around the
world every year to the site of this tragic event in United States
history;
Whereas the Oklahoma City National Memorial brings comfort, strength, peace,
hope, and serenity to the many visitors who come to the memorial and its
museum each year to remember and to learn;
Whereas the mission of the National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of
Terrorism, to aid the Nation's emergency responders in preventing
terrorist attacks, or mitigating their effects, should be promoted; and
Whereas the tenth anniversary of the terrorist bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah
Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is on April 19, 2005: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate--
(1) joins with the people of the United States in sending
best wishes and prayers to the families, friends, and neighbors
of the 168 people killed in the terrorist bombing of the Alfred
P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma;
(2) sends Congress's best wishes and thoughts to those
injured in the bombing and its gratitude for their recovery;
(3) thanks the thousands of first responders, rescue
workers, medical personnel, and volunteers from the Oklahoma
City community and across the Nation who answered the call for
help that April morning and in the days and weeks thereafter;
(4) resolves to work with the people of the United States
to promote the goals and mission established by the Oklahoma
City National Memorial on the tenth anniversary of that fateful
day;
(5) supports the resolve for the future, written on the
wall of the memorial, ``We come here to remember those who were
killed, those who survived, and those changed forever. May all
who leave here know the impact of violence. May this memorial
offer comfort, strength, peace, hope, and serenity.'';
(6) designates the week of April 17, 2005, as the National
Week of Hope, commemorating the tenth anniversary of the
Oklahoma City bombing;
(7) calls on the people of the United States to participate
in the events scheduled for each day of that week to teach a
lesson of hope in the midst of political violence and to teach
that good endures in the world even among those who commit bad
acts and further to teach that there is a way to resolve
differences other than resorting to terrorism or violence,
including the--
(A) Day of Faith;
(B) Day of Understanding;
(C) Day of Remembrance;
(D) Day of Sharing;
(E) Day of Tolerance;
(F) Day of Caring; and
(G) Day of Inspiration;
(8) congratulates the people of Oklahoma City for making
tremendous progress over the past decade and demonstrating
their steadfast commitment to the ability of hope to triumph
over violence;
(9) applauds the people of Oklahoma City as they continue
to persevere and to stand as a beacon to the rest of the Nation
and the world attesting to the strength of goodness in
overcoming evil wherever it arises in our midst; and
(10) directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit an
enrolled copy of this resolution to the Memorial Foundation, as
an expression of appreciation.
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