[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 69 (Friday, April 19, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H2526]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                ANNIVERSARY OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING

  (Mrs. BICE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BICE. Mr. Speaker, for many, today is just another day on the 
calendar, but for Oklahomans, today marks significance.
  It was 29 years ago today, April 19, 1995, that the Alfred P. Murrah 
Federal Building was bombed, and 168 Oklahoma lives were lost.
  I could not be at the ceremony, which will occur later this morning 
back in Oklahoma, so I thought it only fitting that I stand before this 
body to recognize those who we have mourned over these last 29 years.
  To the mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, sons, and daughters who 
never made it home that day, and their loved ones whose lives were 
changed forever, we will never forget.
  Oklahomans overcame the tragedy together, forming the Oklahoma 
standard through the embodiment of the American spirit. It was through 
that unity that we found strength. Our community, our State, and our 
Nation will never be the same, but we remain strong.
  As we mourn the lives lost, we pray for those who have and continue 
to suffer.

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