[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 10, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H7399]
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.)
  Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, while the world and mainstream 
media focuses on other world events, the Boko Haram terrorists continue 
to bomb, pillage, rape, and behead innocent men, women, and even 
children in Nigeria. Yesterday, I met with some of the girls who 
bravely escaped from their captors.
  As the girls relived their nightmare, the trauma of this experience 
was visible on their faces. I reassured them that Congress has not 
forgotten them and that I will be reintroducing legislation to help 
safely return their friends and family members and to eradicate Boko 
Haram.
  Mr. Speaker, when I visited Nigeria, a young woman, Abuja, told me 
that Boko Haram beheaded her husband and put his head on the bed next 
to her as they raped her.
  Mr. Speaker, Boko Haram is using kidnapped girls as suicide bombers. 
Boko Haram is beheading men, women, and children--let me repeat--and 
children. They must be stopped.
  Tweet today: #bringbackourgirls and #joinrepwilson.
  Tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet. Tweet all day, tweet all night, tweet all 
week, and tweet all month. Tweet, tweet, tweet.

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