House Resolution 1
[By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss, and Delegates Amores, Anderson, Angotti, Armstead, Ashley,
Azinger, Beach, Beane, Boggs, Border, Brown, Browning, Butcher, Campbell, Cann,
Canterbury, Caputo, Carmichael, Coleman, Compton, Craig, DeLong, Dempsey, Douglas,
Doyle, Ellem, Ennis, Evans, Fahey, Faircloth, Ferrell, Flanigan, Fleischauer, Fletcher, Fox,
Fragale, Frederick, Givens, Hall, Harrison, Hatfield, Hrutkay, Hubbard, Keener, Kominar,
Kuhn, Leach, Leggett, Louisos, Mahan, Manchin, Manuel, Marshall, Martin, Mathews,
McGraw, Mezzatesta, Michael, Morgan, Overington, Paxton, Perdue, Perry, Pethtel, Pino,
Poling, Proudfoot, Prunty, Riggs, Romine, Schadler, Shaver, Shelton, Smirl, J. Smith, L.
Smith, Spencer, Stalnaker, Staton, Stemple, Stephens, Susman, Swartzmiller, R. Thompson, R.
M. Thompson, Trump, Tucker, Varner, Walters, Warner, Webb, Webster, C. White, G.
White, H. White, Williams, Wills, Wright and Yeager)
"Expressing the sense of the House of Delegates and decrying the outrageous terrorist
attacks launched against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, expressing sympathy
to the families and friends of those killed or injured, and urging the President of the United States
and other federal officials to deal swiftly with those who threaten our freedom."
Whereas, The United States of America stands as the Nation most respected throughout
the world for its freedom and its defense of freedom; and
Whereas, Tens of thousands of men and women have fought and died to secure, maintain
and guarantee this freedom, and have utilized this freedom to build the most powerful and most
successful nation on earth; and
Whereas, On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, enemies of the United States encroached upon
the sacred soils of our Nation and conducted a series of the most inhumane, murderous attacks
in the history of the world, hijacking and destroying four civilian aircraft, crashing two of them
into the World Trade Center Towers in New York City, a third into the Pentagon outside
Washington, D. C., and the fourth failing to reach its target and crashing in Pennsylvania, which
monstrous attacks killed and injured thousands of innocent people and completely demolished
the World Trade Center Towers and a portion of the Pentagon, symbols of American strength
and success; and
Whereas, The freedom fought for, secured and maintained over the past two hundred
twenty-five years is threatened by the attackers, by targeting symbols of America, clearly intended
to intimidate our Nation and weaken its resolve; therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Delegates:
That the members of the West Virginia House of Delegates hereby express their deepest,
heartfelt sympathy to the families and friends of those killed and injured in the terrorist attacks
of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, and the recovery efforts following the attacks;
That the members of the House of Delegates hereby offer collective condolences and
unreserved expressions of support to the State and to the City of New York, to the State of
Virginia, and to the State of Pennsylvania;
That the House of Delegates of West Virginia hereby condemns in the strongest possible
terms the terrorists who contrived and carried out those attacks, as well as their sponsors or any
person or nation which harbours terrorists;
That the House hereby commends the heroic actions of the myriad of rescue workers,
volunteers and officials who responded to these tragic events with courage, determination and
skill;
That we hereby publicly proclaim that we will not forget those who have fought and died
to help secure and maintain our freedom, and we further publicly decry and condemn those who
plot, plan and execute attacks on our freedom, our citizenry and our way of life;
That our thoughts and prayers go out to all those directly affected by the attacks and to
those participating in the recovery from the attacks;
That the President of the United States and the Congress be hereby urged to deal swiftly
and judiciously with the situation, that freedom might live; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates forthwith prepare and cause
to be delivered certified copies of this resolution to President George W. Bush, to the Honorable
Bob Wise, Governor of the State of West Virginia, to U. S. Senators Robert C. Byrd and John D.
Rockefeller IV, and to members of the United States House of Representatives Alan B. Mollohan,
Shelley M. Capito and Nick Joe Rahall, to the Clerk of the United States House of
Representatives and the Secretary of the United States Senate, to the Governor of New York and
the Mayor of New York City, to the Governor of Virginia and the Governor of Pennsylvania,
and to the Presiding Officers of the Legislatures of all the States in this Nation.
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