[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 13, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H235]
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, since last year's kidnapping of 
over 200 Nigerian schoolgirls, Boko Haram's violence and attacks have 
not stopped. Instead, they have become more violent, more deadly, and 
more frequent.
  Mr. Speaker, last week Boko Haram attacked the Nigerian town of Baga, 
killing 2,000 men, women, and children. Furthermore, as recently as 
Sunday, there have been reports of young girls as young as 10 years old 
being used as suicide bombers and sent into crowded markets by Boko 
Haram militants.
  Mr. Speaker, we can no longer stand by idly and watch as innocent 
little girls are strapped with explosives and civilians are slaughtered 
by the thousands. Too many lives have been lost and innocent people 
murdered at the hands of those who use religion to propagate hate and 
oppression. My heart goes out to the victims and their families.
  Mr. Speaker, I call on my colleagues to join me and members of the 
House Foreign Affairs Committee in condemning the devastating actions 
of Boko Haram. We must keep fighting those that would use terrorism and 
fear to oppress us, and we must keep tweeting, as I have for 273 days--
#BringBackOurGirls and #JoinRepWilson--to show that we have not and we 
will not forget.
  Tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet.

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