[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 97 (Friday, June 20, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H5563]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
BRING BACK OUR GIRLS
(Ms. WILSON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
Ms. WILSON of Florida. Madam Speaker, more than 200 girls in Nigeria
are still missing. They were brutally kidnapped by the terrorist
organization Boko Haram more than 60 days ago. We pray for their
return, and we pray for their parents.
We will tweet and tweet and tweet until they are returned. We must
put pressure on the Nigerian Government and President Goodluck Jonathan
to bring back our girls. I am asking everyone to join our tweet war.
Every morning, at 9 a.m., please tweet a message of support for the
rescue of the girls: #bringbackourgirls. We will join the Bring Back
Our Girls organization in Nigeria in a tweet war during their tweet
time, which is 2 p.m. Nigerian time.
At 9 a.m., every morning, tweet. Let's show the girls that we love
them, and we will do all within our power to make sure that they return
safely to their families.
Let us show President Jonathan that the entire international
community is watching, and we will keep the pressure there. We will not
forget them, and we will not rest until they are returned.
Remember, #bringbackourgirls, 9 a.m.
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