Stephanie Bice: “For many, today is just another day on the calendar, but for Oklahomans, today marks significance. It was 29 years ago…”

“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. ____________________”