[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 69 (Thursday, May 8, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H3950]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                RESPONDING TO THE KIDNAPPINGS IN NIGERIA

  (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, the whole world is 
watching Nigeria, and the whole world is outraged at the recent 
kidnappings of over 200 girls from a Nigerian school.
  Make no mistake, this is human trafficking. They say they are selling 
them into marriage. They are selling them into sex slavery, rape, and 
human bondage.
  As cochair of the Congressional Caucus on Human Trafficking, I hope 
the world will respond to this horrendous human tragedy with the same 
sense of urgency and compassion and the same level of assistance that 
was offered in the search for the missing Malaysian aircraft.
  The U.S. Africa Command, Departments of Justice and State, and the 
FBI are offering assistance to the Nigerian Government; and we, as a 
Congress, should support sanctions against Boko Haram.
  Decisive and swift action is needed to bring these young girls home 
and to prevent future mass kidnappings.

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