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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. RES. 130
Remembering the 5th anniversary of the terrorist attacks at Brussels Airport
and the Maalbeek metro station in Belgium and honoring the victims
of the terrorist attacks.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 23, 2021
Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. HAWLEY, Mr.
HAGERTY, and Mr. CRUZ) submitted the following resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
MARCH 25, 2021
Committee discharged; considered and agreed to
RESOLUTION
Remembering the 5th anniversary of the terrorist attacks
at Brussels Airport and the Maalbeek metro station in
Belgium and honoring the victims of the terrorist at-
tacks.
Whereas, on March 22, 2016, 35 people were killed and more
than 300 people were wounded by 3 bombs that deto-
nated at Brussels Airport in Zaventem, Belgium, and the
Maalbeek metro station in Brussels, Belgium (referred to
in this preamble as the ‘‘terrorist attacks’’);
Whereas Justin Shults, Stephanie Shults, Gail Minglana
Martinez, and Bruce Baldwin were Americans who lost
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their lives, among the many other victims, as a result of
the terrorist attacks;
Whereas Justin Shults, an east Tennessee native who was 30
years old and working as an accountant while living in
Brussels at the time of the terrorist attacks, was a grad-
uate of Vanderbilt University and a devoted husband to
his wife Stephanie;
Whereas Stephanie Shults, a Kentucky native who was 29
years old and working as an accountant while living in
Brussels at the time of the terrorist attacks, was a grad-
uate of Vanderbilt University, where she met her hus-
band Justin;
Whereas Gail Minglana Martinez, a Texas native who was 41
years old at the time of the terrorist attacks, was a proud
mother of 4 children and wife to her husband Kato, who
were all injured in the terrorist attacks; and
Whereas Bruce Baldwin, a Missouri native who was 66 years
old at the time of the terrorist attacks, was a husband
to his wife Virginia, had worked for the Department of
State, and was a member of the Army who served in
Vietnam: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate—
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(1) remembers the 5th anniversary of the
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March 22, 2016, terrorist attacks at Brussels Air-
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port and the Maalbeek metro station in Belgium (re-
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ferred to in this resolution as the ‘‘terrorist at-
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tacks’’);
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(2) honors the memory of Justin Shults, Steph-
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anie Shults, Gail Minglana Martinez, and Bruce
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Baldwin, the 4 Americans who lost their lives in the
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terrorist attacks;
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(3) expresses its deepest condolences—
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(A) to the other victims who were killed or
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wounded as a result of the terrorist attacks;
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(B) to the families of the victims; and
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(C) to the home countries of each victim;
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and
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(4) pledges continued resolve to stand against
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terrorism and extremism.
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