[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 112 (Thursday, July 17, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H6357]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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NIGERIA
(Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to implore this
country and the world to direct our attention to the kidnappings of
more than 300 young Nigerian women in May and of another eight girls
just yesterday.
The leader of the Nigerian Islamist group, Boko Haram, who claims
responsibility for the kidnappings, has referred to these young women
as ``slaves'' and has threatened to sell them like chattel.
These deplorable actions can only be stopped by bringing the full
weight of international condemnation and law enforcement to bear on
those responsible and the ideology that they exploit. We must find the
perpetrators and combat their backward ideas in the court of public
opinion.
Every child has an absolute right to receive an education in a safe
and protected environment. We must redouble our efforts to better the
lives of people around the world who may be too poor and too isolated
to protect themselves. These girls could have been our daughters, our
sisters, our nieces, or our friends.
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