On the recordMay 21, 2002
Mr. Speaker, as we compensate the many families who have suffered and lost loved ones on September 11, we must never forget the American families who lost loved ones in the African embassy bombings. On August 7, 1998, two truck bombs exploded minutes apart, killing 224 people at the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The victims of the embassy bombings were killed by a madman under the same cold-blooded direction that resulted in the deaths of thousands of people on September 11: Osama bin Laden and his terrorist network. I strongly support H.R. 3375, the Embassy Employee Compensation Act, which would allow the American family members of the African embassy victims to receive compensation under the same procedure provided for the families of the victims from the September 11 attacks.
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