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United States, public and private medical personnel, and 
thousands of volunteers from the community who saved 
lives, assisted the injured, comforted the bereaved, and 
provided meals and support to those who came to Okla-
homa City to help those endangered or otherwise affected 
by this terrorist act; 
Whereas the people of Oklahoma and the United States 
pledged themselves to create, build, and maintain a per-
manent national memorial to remember those who were 
killed, those who survived, and those changed forever; 
Whereas the Oklahoma City National Memorial draws hun-
dreds of thousands of visitors from around the world 
every year to the site of this tragic event in American 
history; 
Whereas the Oklahoma City National Memorial brings com-
fort, strength, peace, hope, and serenity to the many visi-
tors who come to the memorial and museum each year 
to remember and to learn about this tragic event; 
Whereas the 10th anniversary of the terrorist bombing of the 
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, 
Oklahoma, is on April 19, 2005; and 
Whereas the Oklahoma City National Memorial will com-
memorate the anniversary of the terrorist bombing by 
recognizing the week of April 17–24, 2005, as the Na-
tional Week of Hope, which will include a day of faith, 
a day of understanding, a day of remembrance, a day of 
sharing, a day of tolerance, a day of caring, and a day 
of inspiration, and the annual Oklahoma City Memorial 
Marathon, A Run to Remember: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
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(1) joins with all Americans to send 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; 
(2) thanks the thousands of first responders, 
rescue workers, medical personnel, and volunteers 
from the Oklahoma City community and from com-
munities around the Nation who answered the call 
for help that April morning and in the days and 
weeks that followed; 
(3) sends best wishes and thoughts to those in-
jured in the bombing, and expresses gratitude for 
their recovery; 
(4) resolves to stand with all Americans to pro-
mote the goals and mission established by the Okla-
homa City National Memorial as stated in the fol-
lowing mission statement 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.’’; 
(5) encourages Americans to observe a National 
Week of Hope—
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(A) to commemorate the 10th anniversary 
of the Oklahoma City bombing; and 
(B) to allow each American to participate 
in an event each day of that week to teach a 
lesson that— 
(i) hope can exist in the midst of po-
litical violence; 
(ii) good endures in the world even 
among those who commit bad acts; and 
(iii) there is a way to resolve dif-
ferences other than by resorting to ter-
rorism or violence; 
(6) congratulates the people of Oklahoma City 
for making tremendous progress over the past dec-
ade and for demonstrating their steadfast commit-
ment to such lessons; and 
(7) 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. 
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