Fallin Resolution to Observe OKC Bombing Anniversary
The House is scheduled to consider a resolution today observing the 15th anniversary of the OKC bombing. That anniversary is Monday.
Rep. Mary Fallin, R-Oklahoma City, is the lead sponsor of the resolution, while the other Oklahomans in the U.S. House are co-sponsors. Here is the text of the resolution:
Remembering the victims of the attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal
Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and supporting the goals and
ideals of the National Week of Hope.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 23, 2010
Ms. FALLIN (for herself, Mr. COLE, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. BOREN, and Mr.
LUCAS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
RESOLUTION
Remembering the victims of the attack on the Alfred P.
Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
and supporting the goals and ideals of the National
Week of Hope.
Whereas, on April 19, 1995, at 9:02 a.m., a terrorist detonated
a truck bomb at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal
Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma;
Whereas this was one of the worst terrorist attacks ever to
occur on United States soil, taking the lives of 168 people
and injuring more than 850 others, many of them
United States Government employees who worked in the
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building;
Whereas this cowardly act of domestic terrorism directly 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 personnel, firefighters,
search and rescue teams, public and private
medical personnel, other emergency services 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 offer assistance;
Whereas this courageous response set what has come to be
known as the ‘‘Oklahoma Standard’’, which was later
emulated by many Americans following the terrorist attacks
of September 11, 2001;
Whereas, following the 1995 attack, the people of Oklahoma
and the United States pledged 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 establishing the Oklahoma
City National Memorial, which draws hundreds of
thousands of visitors from around the world every year
to the site of the attack;
Whereas the inscription on the wall of the Oklahoma City
National Memorial reads: ‘‘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.’’;
Whereas the National Memorial Institute for the Prevention
of Terrorism was established to educate the Nation’s
emergency responders about preventing and mitigating
the effects of terrorist attacks;
Whereas the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building has been replaced
with a new, safe, secure, and functional Federal
building in downtown Oklahoma City that houses many
of the offices once housed in the Murrah Building, sending
a message that the people and Government of the
United States will not be cowed by terrorists; and
Whereas the 15th anniversary of the terrorist bombing of the
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building is April 19, 2010:
Now, therefore, be it
1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
2 (1) joins with the people of the United States
3 in sending best wishes and prayers to the families,
4 friends, and neighbors of the 168 people killed in the
5 terrorist bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal
6 Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and
7 (2) sends its best wishes and prayers to those
8 injured in the bombing and expresses gratitude to
9 the thousands of first responders, rescue workers,
10 medical personnel, and volunteers from the commu11
nity and across the Nation who answered the call for
12 help on the morning of the attack and in the days
13 and weeks thereafter.
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘Resolution remembering
the victims of the attack on the Alfred P. Murrah
Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.’’.
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