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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. RES. 110

Expressing the sense of the Senate condemning the bombing in Oklahoma

City.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

APRIL 25 (legislative day, APRIL 24), 1995

Mr. NICKLES (for himself, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. DOLE, Mr. DASCHLE, Mr.

HATCH, Mr. HELMS, Mr. BROWN, Mr. SMITH, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr.

DODD, Mr. BYRD, Mr. CONRAD, Mr. FORD, Mr. KOHL, Ms. MOSELEYBRAUN, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. ROBB, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. LIEBERMAN,

Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. ASHCROFT, Mr. BENNETT, Mr. BOND, Mr. BURNS,

Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. CHAFEE, Mr. COATS, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. COHEN,

Mr. COVERDELL, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. D’AMATO, Mr. DEWINE, Mr. DOMENICI, Mr. FAIRCLOTH, Mr. FRIST, Mr. GORTON, Mr. GRAMM, Mr. GRAMS,

Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. GREGG, Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mr. JEFFORDS, Mrs.

KASSEBAUM, Mr. KEMPTHORNE, Mr. KYL, Mr. LOTT, Mr. LUGAR, Mr.

MACK, Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. MURKOWSKI, Mr. PACKWOOD, Mr. PRESSLER, Mr. ROTH, Mr. SANTORUM, Mr. SHELBY, Mr.

SIMPSON, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. SPECTER, Mr. STEVENS, Mr. THOMAS, Mr.

THOMPSON, Mr. THURMOND, Mr. WARNER, Mr. REID, Mr. BINGAMAN,

Mr. HOLLINGS, Mr. BRADLEY, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. BIDEN, and Mr.

WELLSTONE) submitted the following resolution; which was considered

and agreed to

RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the Senate condemning the bombing

in Oklahoma City.

Whereas, on Wednesday, April 19, 1995, a car bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, collapsing the north face of
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this nine-story concrete building, killing and injuring innocent and defenseless children and adults;

Whereas authorities are calling this the deadliest terrorist attack ever on U.S. soil;

Whereas Federal law authorizes the imposition of the death

penalty for terrorist murder; and

Whereas additional anti-terrorism measures are now pending

for consideration in the United States Senate: Now,

therefore, be it

1 Resolved, That the Senate of the United States—

2 (1) condemns, in the strongest possible terms,

3 the heinous bombing attack against innocent chil4 dren and adults at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal

5 Building in Oklahoma City;

6 (2) sends its heartfelt condolences to the fami7 lies, friends, and loved ones of those whose lives

8 were taken away by this abhorrent and cowardly act;

9 and expresses its hopes for the rapid and complete

10 recovery of those wounded in the bombing;

11 (3) applauds all those courageous rescue and

12 volunteer workers who are giving unselfishly of

13 themselves and commends all law enforcement offi14 cials who are working determinedly to bring the per15 petrators to justice;

16 (4) supports the President’s and the United

17 States Attorney General’s position that Federal

18 prosecutors will seek the maximum penalty allowed
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1 by law, including the death penalty, for those re2 sponsible;

3 (5) commends the rapid actions taken by the

4 President to provide assistance to victims of the ex5 plosion and for promptly beginning an investigation

6 to find the perpetrators of this crime, and it urges

7 the President to use all necessary means to continue

8 this effort until the perpetrators and their accom9 plices are found and appropriately punished; and

10 (6) will expeditiously approve legislation to

11 strengthen the authority and resources of all federal

12 agencies involved in combating such acts of terror13 ism.

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