[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 78 (Thursday, May 22, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H4788]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         NIGERIA AND BOKO HARAM

  (Mr. FRANKS of Arizona asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. Mr. Speaker, last night, the House passed an 
amendment encouraging our regional partners and allies to develop an 
interagency strategy to counter the vicious terror attacks perpetrated 
by Boko Haram.
  Boko Haram is the terrorist group that recently kidnapped over 300 
innocent young Nigerian girls.
  Mr. Speaker, it is impossible for any of us to imagine the fear and 
heartbreak these children and their families are experiencing.
  For some time, it has been known that these groups have extensive 
links between Boko Haram and al Qaeda affiliates; yet, despite my 
multiple pleas 2 years ago to former Secretary of State Hillary 
Clinton, she would not even consider acknowledging Boko Haram's 
religious ideology and list them as a foreign terrorist organization.
  Consequently, Boko Haram is stronger today than ever before. This 
Islamist group continues their rampage of terror because the 
administration--this administration--as they have so many times before, 
refused to look at the facts as they were.
  I hope now we will face Boko Haram for the terrorist group that it is 
and defeat it and, somehow, bring these innocent young girls home.

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