1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 RESOLUTION 1037 By: West (Rick) and Hefner
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 A Resolution sending heartfelt remembrances to the
7 families, friends, and neighbors of those killed in
8 the terrorist bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal
8 Building and to those injured in the bombing;
9 expressing gratitude to those who answered the call
9 for help; and directing distribution.
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13 WHEREAS, on April 19, 1995, at 9:02 a.m., a terrorist bomb
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14 ripped apart the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City;
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16 WHEREAS, this was one of the worst terrorist attacks to occur on
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17 United States soil, taking the lives of 168 people and injuring more
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18 than 850 others, many of them United States government employees who
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19 worked in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building; and
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20 WHEREAS, this cowardly act of domestic terrorism directly
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21 affected thousands of families and horrified millions of people
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22 across the state and across the nation; and
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23 WHEREAS, the people of Oklahoma and the United States responded
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24 to this tragedy through the remarkable efforts of local, state, and
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 1 federal law enforcement personnel, firefighters, search and rescue
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2 teams, public and private medical personnel, other emergency
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3 services personnel, and thousands of volunteers from the community
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4 who saved lives, assisted the injured and wounded, comforted the
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5 bereaved, and provided meals and support to those who came to
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6 Oklahoma City to offer assistance; and
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7 WHEREAS, this courageous response set what has come to be known
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8 as the "Oklahoma Standard", which was later emulated by many
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9 Americans following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; and
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10 WHEREAS, following the 1995 attack, the people of Oklahoma and
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11 the United States pledged to build and maintain a permanent national
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12 memorial to remember those who were killed, those who survived, and
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13 those changed forever; and
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14 WHEREAS, this pledge was fulfilled by establishing the Oklahoma
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15 City National Memorial, which draws hundreds of thousands of
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16 visitors from around the world every year to the site of the attack;
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18 WHEREAS, the inscription on the wall of the Oklahoma City
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19 National Memorial reads: "We come here to remember those who were
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20 killed, those who survived and those changed forever. May all who
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21 leave here know the impact of violence. May this memorial offer
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22 comfort, strength, peace, hope and serenity."; and
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23 WHEREAS, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building has been replaced
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24 with a new, safe, secure, and functional federal building in
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 1 downtown Oklahoma City that houses many of the offices once housed
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2 in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, sending a message that the
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3 people and government of the United States will not be cowed by
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4 terrorists; and
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5 WHEREAS, the 29th anniversary of the terrorist bombing of the
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6 Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building is April 19, 2024.
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7 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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8 OF THE 2ND SESSION OF THE 59TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
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9 THAT the Oklahoma House of Representatives sends its heartfelt
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10 remembrances to the families, friends, and neighbors of the 168
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11 people killed in the terrorist bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah
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12 Federal Building in Oklahoma City.
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13 THAT the Oklahoma House of Representatives sends its heartfelt
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14 remembrances to those injured in the bombing and expresses gratitude
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15 to the thousands of first responders, rescue workers, medical
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16 personnel, and volunteers from the community and across the nation
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17 who answered the call for help on the morning of the attack and in
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18 the days and weeks thereafter.
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19 THAT a copy of this resolution be sent to Kari Watkins,
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20 Executive Director of the Oklahoma City National Memorial and
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21 Museum.
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