Marsha Blackburn

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Blackburn Resolution Marking Day of Remembrance for Nuclear Workers Unanimously Passes Senate

Blackburn Resolution Marking Day of Remembrance for Nuclear Workers Unanimously Passes Senate

October 28, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following statement after her resolution designating October 30, 2025, as a "National Day of Remembrance for the Workers of the Nuclear Weapons Program of the United States" passed the Senate unanimously:

"It is my honor to lead the resolution designating October 30 as a National Day of Remembrance for nuclear workers, just as the Senate has done every year since 2009," said Senator Blackburn. "In Tennessee, we recognize and honor the many scientists, engineers, and other workers at Oak Ridge National Lab and the Y-12 National Security Complex. America is grateful for all of our nuclear workers and their service to our country."

Click here to download Senator Blackburn's video recognizing the National Day of Remembrance for Nuclear Weapons Program Workers.

This resolution is co-sponsored by Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.).

BACKGROUND

  • Since 2009 the Senate has recognized the contributions, services, and sacrifices that the workers of the nuclear weapons program made for the defense of the United States on October 30 of each year.
  • The Nuclear Weapons Workers Day of Remembrance Resolution:
  • Honors the hundreds of thousands of patriotic men and women that have served the United States by building nuclear weapons for the defense of the United States since World War II;
  • Recognizes the contributions, services, and sacrifices that those patriotic men and women made for the defense of the United States;
  • Designates October 30, 2025, as a national day of remembrance for the workers of the nuclear weapons program of the United States, including uranium miners, millers, and haulers, plutonium processors, and onsite participants at atmospheric nuclear weapons tests; and
  • Encourages the people of the United States to support and participate in appropriate ceremonies, programs, and other activities to commemorate October 30, 2025, as a national day of remembrance for past and present workers of the nuclear weapons program of the United States.

Click here to read the resolution.

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