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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 139 

Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the attack on the Alfred P. Murrah 

Federal Building. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 16, 2015 

Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. LANKFORD) submitted the following 

resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Commemorating the 20th 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 1 of the worst terrorist attacks on 

United States soil, which killed 168 people and injured 

more than 850 others; 

Whereas this dishonorable 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 

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sonnel, 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 the those endangered and affected by that 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 that 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 that 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 the museum of the 

memorial each year to remember and to learn; and 

Whereas the 20th anniversary of the terrorist bombing of the 

Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, 

Oklahoma, is on April 19, 2015: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

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; 

7 (2) sends the best wishes and thoughts of Con8 gress to those injured in the bombing; 


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1 (3) expresses the gratitude of Congress for the 

2 recovery of those injured; 

3 (4) thanks the thousands of first responders, 

4 rescue workers, medical personnel, and volunteers 

5 from the Oklahoma City community and across the 

6 United States who answered the call for help that 

7 April morning and in the days and weeks that fol8 lowed; 

9 (5) resolves to work with the people of the 

10 United States to promote the goals and mission es11 tablished by the Oklahoma City National Memorial 

12 on the 20th anniversary of that fateful day; 

13 (6) supports the resolve for the future, written 

14 on the wall of the memorial, ‘‘We come here to re15 member those who were killed, those who survived, 

16 and those changed forever. May all who leave here 

17 know the impact of violence. May this memorial 

18 offer comfort, strength, peace, hope, and serenity.’’; 

19 (7) congratulates the people of Oklahoma City 

20 for making tremendous progress over the past 2 dec21 ades and demonstrating their steadfast commitment 

22 to the ability of hope to triumph over violence; 

23 (8) applauds the people of Oklahoma City as 

24 they continue to persevere and to stand as a beacon 

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1 testing to the strength of goodness in overcoming 

2 evil wherever it arises in our midst; and 

3 (9) directs the Secretary of the Senate to trans4 mit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the Memo5 rial Foundation, as an expression of appreciation. 

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