H. Res. 1206 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
April 13, 2010. 
Whereas, on April 19, 1995, at 9:02 a.m., a terrorist deto-
nated 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 peo-
ple 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 af-
fected thousands of families and horrified millions of peo-
ple across the State of Oklahoma and the United States; 
Whereas the people of Oklahoma and the United States re-
sponded to this tragedy through the remarkable efforts of 
local, State, and Federal law enforcement personnel, fire-
fighters, 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
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emulated by many Americans following the terrorist at-
tacks 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 for-
ever; 
Whereas this pledge was fulfilled by establishing the Okla-
homa 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 re-
placed 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, send-
ing 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 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
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(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; and 
(2) sends its best wishes and prayers to those in-
jured in the bombing and expresses gratitude to the 
thousands of first responders, rescue workers, medical 
personnel, and volunteers from the community and 
across the Nation who answered the call for help on the 
morning of the attack and in the days and weeks there-
after. 
Attest: 
Clerk.